Lukas 9:31

9:31 They appeared in glorious splendor and spoke about his departure ¹  that he was about to carry out ²  at Jerusalem. ³ 

Lukas 12:2

12:2 Nothing is hidden ⁴  that will not be revealed, ⁵  and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

Lukas 13:21

13:21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with ⁶  three measures ⁷  of flour until all the dough had risen.” ⁸ 

Lukas 13:30

13:30 But ⁹  indeed, ¹⁰  some are last ¹¹  who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

Lukas 17:33

17:33 Whoever tries to keep ¹²  his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life ¹³  will preserve it.

[9:31]  ¹ tn Grk “his exodus,” which refers to Jesus’ death in Jerusalem and journey back to glory. Here is the first lesson that the disciples must learn. The wondrous rule comes only after suffering.

[9:31]  ² tn Or “accomplish,” “bring to completion.”

[9:31]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:2]  ⁴ tn Or “concealed.”

[12:2]  ⁵ sn I.e., be revealed by God. The passive voice verbs here (“be revealed,” be made known”) see the revelation as coming from God. The text is both a warning about bad things being revealed and an encouragement that good things will be made known, though the stress with the images of darkness and what is hidden in vv. 2-3 is on the attempt to conceal.

[13:21]  ⁶ tn Grk “hid in.”

[13:21]  ⁷ sn This measure was a saton, the Greek name for the Hebrew term “seah.” Three of these was a very large quantity of flour, since a saton is a little over 16 lbs (7 kg) of dry measure (or 13.13 liters). So this was over 47 lbs (21 kg) of flour total, enough to feed over a hundred people.

[13:21]  ⁸ tn Grk “it was all leavened.”

[13:21]  sn The parable of the yeast and the dough teaches that the kingdom of God will start small but eventually grow to permeate everything. Jesus’ point was not to be deceived by its seemingly small start, the same point made in the parable of the mustard seed, which preceded this one.

[13:30]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[13:30]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “behold.”

[13:30]  ¹¹ sn Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last. Jesus’ answer is that some who are expected to be there (many from Israel) will not be there, while others not expected to be present (from other nations) will be present. The question is not, “Will the saved be few?” (see v. 23), but “Will it be you?”

[17:33]  ¹² tn Or “tries to preserve”; Grk “seeks to gain.”

[17:33]  sn If there is no willingness to suffer the world’s rejection at this point, then one will not respond to Jesus (which is trying to keep his life) and then will be subject to this judgment (which is losing it).

[17:33]  ¹³ sn Whoever loses his life. Suffering and persecution caused by the world, even to death, cannot stop God from saving (Luke 12:4-6).