13:31 At that time, 12 some Pharisees 13 came up and said to Jesus, 14 “Get away from here, 15 because Herod 16 wants to kill you.”
1 tn Or “promised in marriage.”
2 tn Grk “Joseph, of the house of David.”
sn The Greek word order here favors connecting Davidic descent to Joseph, not Mary, in this remark.
3 sn On Elisha see 2 Kgs 5:1-14.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast.
5 sn The reference to Naaman the Syrian (see 2 Kgs 5:1-24) is another example where an outsider and Gentile was blessed. The stress in the example is the missed opportunity of the people to experience God’s work, but it will still go on without them.
6 tn Or “roof; therefore.”
7 tn Grk “I did not consider myself worthy to come to you.” See BDAG 94 s.v. ἀξιόω 1. “Presume” assumes this and expresses the idea in terms of offense.
8 tc The aorist imperative ἰαθήτω (iaqhtw, “must be healed”) is found in Ì75vid B L 1241 sa. Most
tn The aorist imperative may be translated as an imperative of command (“must be healed” or, more periphrastically, “command [my servant] to be healed”) or as a permissive imperative (“let my servant be healed”), which lessens the force of the imperative somewhat in English.
9 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
10 tn See L&N 13.154 for this use of the middle voice of φυλάσσω (fulassw) in this verse.
11 tn Or “avarice,” “covetousness.” Note the warning covers more than money and gets at the root attitude – the strong desire to acquire more and more possessions and experiences.
12 tn Grk “At that very hour.”
13 sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.
14 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
15 tn Grk “Go away and leave from here,” which is redundant in English and has been shortened to “Get away from here.”
16 sn Herod refers here to Herod Antipas. See the note on Herod Antipas in 3:1.
17 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
18 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the rich man, v. 19) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
19 sn If someone from the dead goes to them. The irony and joy of the story is that what is denied the rich man’s brothers, a word of warning from beyond the grave, is given to the reader of the Gospel in this exchange.
20 tn Or “tries to preserve”; Grk “seeks to gain.”
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).
21 sn Whoever loses his life. Suffering and persecution caused by the world, even to death, cannot stop God from saving (Luke 12:4-6).
22 sn This widow was not necessarily old, since many people lived only into their thirties in the 1st century.
23 tn Or “town.”
24 tn This is an iterative imperfect; the widow did this on numerous occasions.