Lukas 4:20

4:20 Then ¹  he rolled up ²  the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on ³  him.

Lukas 4:43

4:43 But Jesus ⁴  said to them, “I must ⁵  proclaim the good news of the kingdom ⁶  of God to the other towns ⁷  too, for that is what I was sent ⁸  to do.” ⁹ 

Lukas 9:59

9:59 Jesus ¹⁰  said to another, “Follow me.” But he replied, ¹¹  “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Lukas 14:28

14:28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down ¹²  first and compute the cost ¹³  to see if he has enough money to complete it?

[4:20]  ¹ tn Grk “And closing.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[4:20]  ² tn Grk “closing,” but a scroll of this period would have to be rolled up. The participle πτύξας (ptuxas) has been translated as a finite verb due to the requirements of contemporary English style.

[4:20]  ³ tn Or “gazing at,” “staring at.”

[4:43]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:43]  ⁵ tn Here δεῖ (dei, “it is necessary”) indicates divine commission (cf. Luke 2:49).

[4:43]  ⁶ sn The good news of the kingdom, the kingdom of the rule of God through the Messiah, is the topic of Jesus’ preaching.

[4:43]  ⁷ tn Or “cities.”

[4:43]  ⁸ sn Jesus was sent by God for this purpose. This is the language of divine commission.

[4:43]  ⁹ tn Grk “because for this purpose I was sent.”

[9:59]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:59]  ¹¹ tn Grk “said.”

[14:28]  ¹² tn The participle καθίσας (kaqisas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[14:28]  ¹³ tn The first illustration involves checking to see if enough funds exist to build a watchtower. Both ψηφίζω (yhfizw, “compute”) and δαπάνη (dapanh, “cost”) are economic terms.