Lukas 7:5

7:5 because he loves our nation, ¹  and even ²  built our synagogue.” ³ 

Lukas 9:4

9:4 Whatever ⁴  house you enter, stay there ⁵  until you leave the area. ⁶ 

Lukas 20:23

20:23 But Jesus ⁷  perceived their deceit ⁸  and said to them,

Lukas 20:41

The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord

20:41 But ⁹  he said to them, “How is it that they say that the Christ ¹⁰  is David’s son? ¹¹ 

Lukas 23:38

23:38 There was also an inscription ¹²  over him, “This is the king of the Jews.”

[7:5]  ¹ tn Or “people.” The use of ἔθνος (eqnos, “nation”) here instead of “God” probably meant the man was not a full proselyte, but that he had simply been supportive of the Jews and their culture. He could have been a God-fearer. The Romans saw a stable religious community as politically helpful and often supported it (Josephus, Ant. 16.6.2 [16.162-165], 19.6.3 [19.300-311]).

[7:5]  ² tn In the Greek text, the pronoun αὐτός (autos) is included, making this emphatic. Naturally the force of this statement is causative, meaning the centurion either had the synagogue built or donated the cost of its construction.

[7:5]  ³ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:15.

[9:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “And whatever.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:4]  ⁵ sn Jesus telling his disciples to stay there in one house contrasts with the practice of religious philosophers in the ancient world who went from house to house begging.

[9:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “and depart from there.” The literal wording could be easily misunderstood; the meaning is that the disciples were not to move from house to house in the same town or locality, but remain at the same house as long as they were in that place.

[20:23]  ⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:23]  ⁸ tn Or “craftiness.” The term always has negative connotations in the NT (1 Cor 3:19; 2 Cor 4:2; 11:3; Eph 4:14).

[20:41]  ⁹ sn If the religious leaders will not dare to question Jesus any longer, then he will question them.

[20:41]  ¹⁰ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[20:41]  sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.

[20:41]  ¹¹ sn It was a common belief in Judaism that Messiah would be David’s son in that he would come from the lineage of David. On this point the Pharisees agreed and were correct. But their understanding was nonetheless incomplete, for Messiah is also David’s Lord. With this statement Jesus was affirming that, as the Messiah, he is both God and man.

[23:38]  ¹² sn Mention of the inscription is an important detail, because the inscription would normally give the reason for the execution. It shows that Jesus was executed for claiming to be a king. It was also probably written with irony from the executioners’ point of view.