Lukas 1:13

1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, ¹  and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you ²  will name him John. ³ 

Lukas 15:22

15:22 But the father said to his slaves, ⁴  ‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, ⁵  and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger ⁶  and sandals ⁷  on his feet!

Lukas 17:10

17:10 So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; ⁸  we have only done what was our duty.’” ⁹ 

Lukas 24:5

24:5 The ¹⁰  women ¹¹  were terribly frightened ¹²  and bowed ¹³  their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living ¹⁴  among the dead?

[1:13]  ¹ tn The passive means that the prayer was heard by God.

[1:13]  sn Your prayer has been heard. Zechariah’s prayer while offering the sacrifice would have been for the nation, but the answer to the prayer also gave them a long hoped-for child, a hope they had abandoned because of their old age.

[1:13]  ² tn Grk “a son, and you”; καί (kai) has not been translated. Instead a semicolon is used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:13]  ³ tn Grk “you will call his name John.” The future tense here functions like a command (see ExSyn 569-70). This same construction occurs in v. 31.

[1:13]  sn “Do not be afraid…you must call his name John.” This is a standard birth announcement (see Gen 16:11; Isa 7:14; Matt 1:21; Luke 1:31).

[15:22]  ⁴ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 7:2.

[15:22]  ⁵ sn With the instructions Hurry! Bring the best robe, there is a total acceptance of the younger son back into the home.

[15:22]  ⁶ tn Grk “hand”; but χείρ (ceir) can refer to either the whole hand or any relevant part of it (L&N 8.30).

[15:22]  ⁷ sn The need for sandals underlines the younger son’s previous destitution, because he was barefoot.

[17:10]  ⁸ tn Some translations describe the slaves as “worthless” (NRSV) or “unworthy” (NASB, NIV) but that is not Jesus’ point. These disciples have not done anything deserving special commendation or praise (L&N 33.361), but only what would normally be expected of a slave in such a situation (thus the translation “we have only done what was our duty”).

[17:10]  ⁹ tn Or “we have only done what we were supposed to do.”

[24:5]  ¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[24:5]  ¹¹ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the women) has been specified in the translation for clarity (the same has been done in v. 8).

[24:5]  ¹² tn Or “They were extremely afraid.”

[24:5]  ¹³ sn Bowed their faces to the ground. Such respect for angels is common: Dan 7:28; 10:9, 15.

[24:5]  ¹⁴ sn By referring to Jesus as the living, the angels make it clear that he is alive. There should be no surprise.