Lukas 19:30

19:30 telling them, ¹  “Go to the village ahead of you. ²  When ³  you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. ⁴  Untie it and bring it here.

Lukas 21:34

Be Ready!

21:34 “But be on your guard ⁵  so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap. ⁶ 

Lukas 23:14

23:14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading ⁷  the people. When I examined him before you, I ⁸  did not find this man guilty ⁹  of anything you accused him of doing.

[19:30]  ¹ tn Grk “saying.”

[19:30]  ² tn Grk “the village lying before [you]” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.a).

[19:30]  ³ tn Grk “in which entering.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but because of the length and complexity of the construction a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[19:30]  ⁴ tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”

[21:34]  ⁵ tn Grk “watch out for yourselves.”

[21:34]  sn Disciples are to watch out. If they are too absorbed into everyday life, they will stop watching and living faithfully.

[21:34]  ⁶ sn Or like a thief, see Luke 12:39-40. The metaphor of a trap is a vivid one. Most modern English translations traditionally place the words “like a trap” at the end of v. 34, completing the metaphor. In the Greek text (and in the NRSV and REB) the words “like a trap” are placed at the beginning of v. 35. This does not affect the meaning.

[23:14]  ⁷ tn This term also appears in v. 2.

[23:14]  ⁸ tn Grk “behold, I” A transitional use of ἰδού (idou) has not been translated here.

[23:14]  ⁹ tn Grk “nothing did I find in this man by way of cause.” The reference to “nothing” is emphatic.