Lukas 1:32

1:32 He ¹  will be great, ²  and will be called the Son of the Most High, ³  and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father ⁴  David.

Lukas 9:18

Peter’s Confession

9:18 Once ⁵  when Jesus ⁶  was praying ⁷  by himself, and his disciples were nearby, he asked them, ⁸  “Who do the crowds say that I am?” ⁹ 

Lukas 18:7

18:7 Won’t ¹⁰  God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out ¹¹  to him day and night? ¹²  Will he delay ¹³  long to help them?

Lukas 18:16

18:16 But Jesus called for the children, ¹⁴  saying, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God ¹⁵  belongs to such as these. ¹⁶ 

Lukas 23:11

23:11 Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, ¹⁷  dressing him in elegant clothes, ¹⁸  Herod ¹⁹  sent him back to Pilate.

[1:32]  ¹ tn Grk “this one.”

[1:32]  ² sn Compare the description of Jesus as great here with 1:15, “great before the Lord.” Jesus is greater than John, since he is Messiah compared to a prophet. Great is stated absolutely without qualification to make the point.

[1:32]  ³ sn The expression Most High is a way to refer to God without naming him. Such avoiding of direct reference to God was common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.

[1:32]  ⁴ tn Or “ancestor.”

[9:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “And it happened that.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:18]  ⁷ sn Prayer is a favorite theme of Luke and he is the only one of the gospel authors to mention it in the following texts (with the exception of 22:41): Luke 3:21; 5:16; 6:12; 9:28-29; 11:1; 22:41; 23:34, 46.

[9:18]  ⁸ tn Grk “the disciples were with him, and he asked them, saying.”

[9:18]  ⁹ sn “Who do the crowds say that I am?” The question of who Jesus is occurs frequently in this section of Luke: 7:49; 8:25; 9:9. The answer resolves a major theme of Luke’s Gospel.

[18:7]  ¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[18:7]  ¹¹ sn The prayers have to do with the righteous who cry out to him to receive justice. The context assumes the righteous are persecuted.

[18:7]  ¹² tn The emphatic particles in this sentence indicate that God will indeed give justice to the righteous.

[18:7]  ¹³ sn The issue of delay has produced a whole host of views for this verse. (1) Does this assume provision to endure in the meantime? Or (2) does it mean God restricts the level of persecution until he comes? Either view is possible.

[18:16]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “summoned them”; the referent (the children) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:16]  ¹⁵ sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.

[18:16]  ¹⁶ sn The kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Children are a picture of those whose simple trust illustrates what faith is all about. The remark illustrates how everyone is important to God, even those whom others regard as insignificant.

[23:11]  ¹⁷ tn This is a continuation of the previous Greek sentence, but because of its length and complexity, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying “then” to indicate the sequence of events.

[23:11]  ¹⁸ sn This mockery involved putting elegant royal clothes on Jesus, either white or purple (the colors of royalty). This was no doubt a mockery of Jesus’ claim to be a king.

[23:11]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Herod) has been specified in the translation for clarity.