Lukas 1:80

1:80 And the child kept growing ¹  and becoming strong ²  in spirit, and he was in the wilderness ³  until the day he was revealed ⁴  to Israel.

Lukas 2:4

2:4 So ⁵  Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth ⁶  in Galilee to Judea, to the city ⁷  of David called Bethlehem, ⁸  because he was of the house ⁹  and family line ¹⁰  of David.

Lukas 9:10

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

9:10 When ¹¹  the apostles returned, ¹²  they told Jesus ¹³  everything they had done. Then ¹⁴  he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town ¹⁵  called Bethsaida. ¹⁶ 

Lukas 20:20

Paying Taxes to Caesar

20:20 Then ¹⁷  they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. ¹⁸  They wanted to take advantage of what he might say ¹⁹  so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction ²⁰  of the governor.

[1:80]  ¹ tn This verb is imperfect.

[1:80]  ² tn This verb is also imperfect.

[1:80]  ³ tn Or “desert.”

[1:80]  ⁴ tn Grk “until the day of his revealing.”

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the consequential nature of the action.

[2:4]  ⁶ sn On Nazareth see Luke 1:26.

[2:4]  map For location see Map1 D3; Map2 C2; Map3 D5; Map4 C1; Map5 G3.

[2:4]  ⁷ tn Or “town.” The translation “city” is used here because of its collocation with “of David,” suggesting its importance, though not its size.

[2:4]  ⁸ sn The journey from Nazareth to the city of David called Bethlehem was a journey of about 90 mi (150 km). Bethlehem was a small village located about 7 miles south-southwest of Jerusalem.

[2:4]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[2:4]  ⁹ sn Luke’s use of the term “house” probably alludes to the original promise made to David outlined in the Nathan oracle of 2 Sam 7:12-16, especially in light of earlier connections between Jesus and David made in Luke 1:32. Further, the mention of Bethlehem reminds one of the promise of Mic 5:2, namely, that a great king would emerge from Bethlehem to rule over God’s people.

[2:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “family,” “lineage.”

[9:10]  ¹¹ tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:10]  ¹² tn The participle ὑποστρέψαντες (Jupostreyante") has been taken temporally.

[9:10]  ¹³ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:10]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[9:10]  ¹⁵ tc There is a seeming myriad of variants for this text. Many mss read εἰς τόπον ἔρημον (ei" topon erhmon, “to a deserted place”; א*^,2 [1241]) or εἰς τόπον ἔρημον πόλεως καλουμένης Βηθσαϊδά (ei" topon erhmon polew" kaloumenh" Bhqsai>da, “to a deserted place of a town called Bethsaida”; [A] C W Ξ^mg [Ë^1,13] [565] Ï) here, while others have εἰς κώμην λεγομένην Βηδσαϊδά (ei" kwmhn legomenhn Bhdsai>da, “to a village called Bedsaida”; D), εἰς κώμην καλουμένην Βηθσαϊδά εἰς τόπον ἔρημον (ei" kwmhn kaloumenhn Bhqsai>da ei" topon erhmon, “to a village called Bethsaida to a deserted place”; Θ), or εἰς τόπον καλουμένον Βηθσαϊδά (ei" topon kaloumenon Bhqsaida, “to a place called Bethsaida”; Ψ). The Greek behind the translation (εἰς πόλιν καλουμένην Βηθσαϊδά, ei" polin kaloumenhn Bhqsai>da) is supported by (Ì⁷⁵) א¹ B L Ξ* 33 2542 pc co. The variants can be grouped generally into those that speak of a “deserted place” and those that speak of a place/city/town called Bethsaida. The Byzantine reading is evidently a conflation of the earlier texts, and should be dismissed as secondary. The variants that speak of a deserted place are an assimilation to Mark 6:32, as well a harmonization with v. 12, and should also be regarded as secondary. The reading that best explains the rise of the others – both internally and externally – is the one that stands behind the translation and is found in the text of NA²⁷.

[9:10]  tn Or “city.”

[9:10]  ¹⁶ sn Bethsaida was a town on the northeast side of the Sea of Galilee. Probably this should be understood to mean a place in the vicinity of the town. It represents an attempt to reconcile the location with the place of the miraculous feeding that follows.

[20:20]  ¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[20:20]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “righteous,” but in this context the point is their false sincerity.

[20:20]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “so that they might catch him in some word.”

[20:20]  ²⁰ tn This word is often translated “authority” in other contexts, but here, in combination with ἀρχή (arch), it refers to the domain or sphere of the governor’s rule (L&N 37.36).