Luke 7:1

Healing the Centurion’s Slave

7:1 After Jesus ¹  had finished teaching all this to the people, ²  he entered Capernaum. ³ 

Luke 12:43

12:43 Blessed is that slave ⁴  whom his master finds at work ⁵  when he returns.

Luke 15:5

15:5 Then ⁶  when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Luke 17:26

17:26 Just ⁷  as it was ⁸  in the days of Noah, ⁹  so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “After he had completed all his sayings in the hearing of the people.”

³ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.

⁴ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 7:2.

⁵ tn That is, doing his job, doing what he is supposed to be doing.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹¹ tn Or “as it happened.”

¹² sn Like the days of Noah, the time of the flood in Gen 6:5-8:22, the judgment will come as a surprise as people live their day to day lives.