Lukas 1:33

1:33 He ¹  will reign over the house of Jacob ²  forever, and his kingdom will never end.”

Lukas 9:24

9:24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, ³  but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

Lukas 10:15

10:15 And you, Capernaum, ⁴  will you be exalted to heaven? ⁵  No, you will be thrown down to Hades! ⁶ 

Lukas 12:2

12:2 Nothing is hidden ⁷  that will not be revealed, ⁸  and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

Lukas 12:10

12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit ⁹  will not be forgiven. ¹⁰ 

Lukas 12:29

12:29 So ¹¹  do not be overly concerned about ¹²  what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things. ¹³ 

Lukas 12:39

12:39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief ¹⁴  was coming, he would not have let ¹⁵  his house be broken into.

Lukas 19:43

19:43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build ¹⁶  an embankment ¹⁷  against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.

Lukas 20:18

20:18 Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, ¹⁸  and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.” ¹⁹ 

Lukas 21:7

21:7 So ²⁰  they asked him, ²¹  “Teacher, when will these things ²²  happen? And what will be the sign that ²³  these things are about to take place?”

Lukas 21:26

21:26 People will be fainting from fear ²⁴  and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ²⁵ 

Lukas 22:22

22:22 For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, ²⁶  but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”

[1:33]  ¹ tn Grk “And he.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. A new sentence is begun here in the translation because of the length of the sentence in Greek.

[1:33]  ² tn Or “over Israel.”

[1:33]  sn The expression house of Jacob refers to Israel. This points to the Messiah’s relationship to the people of Israel.

[9:24]  ³ sn The point of the saying whoever wants to save his life will lose it is that if one comes to Jesus then rejection by many will certainly follow. If self-protection is a key motivation, then one will not respond to Jesus and will not be saved. One who is willing to risk rejection will respond and find true life.

[10:15]  ⁴ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.

[10:15]  map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.

[10:15]  ⁵ tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.

[10:15]  ⁶ sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Matt 11:23; Luke 16:23; Rev 20:13-14).

[12:2]  ⁷ tn Or “concealed.”

[12:2]  ⁸ sn I.e., be revealed by God. The passive voice verbs here (“be revealed,” be made known”) see the revelation as coming from God. The text is both a warning about bad things being revealed and an encouragement that good things will be made known, though the stress with the images of darkness and what is hidden in vv. 2-3 is on the attempt to conceal.

[12:10]  ⁹ sn Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit probably refers to a total rejection of the testimony that the Spirit gives to Jesus and the plan of God. This is not so much a sin of the moment as of one’s entire life, an obstinate rejection of God’s message and testimony. Cf. Matt 12:31-32 and Mark 3:28-30.

[12:10]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “it will not be forgiven the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit.”

[12:29]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate a conclusion drawn from the previous illustrations.

[12:29]  ¹² tn Grk “do not seek,” but this could be misunderstood to mean that people should make no attempt to obtain their food. The translation “do not be overly concerned” attempts to reflect the force of the original.

[12:29]  ¹³ tn The words “about such things” have been supplied to qualify the meaning; the phrase relates to obtaining food and drink mentioned in the previous clause.

[12:39]  ¹⁴ sn On Jesus pictured as a returning thief, see 1 Thess 5:2, 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15.

[12:39]  ¹⁵ tc Most mss (א¹ A B L Q W Θ Ψ 070 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat sy^p,h sa^ms bo) read “he would have watched and not let” here, but this looks like an assimilation to Matt 24:43. The alliance of two important and early mss along with a few others (Ì⁷⁵ א* [D] e i sy^s,c sa^mss), coupled with much stronger internal evidence, suggests that the shorter reading is authentic.

[19:43]  ¹⁶ sn Jesus now predicted the events that would be fulfilled in the fall of Jerusalem in a.d. 70. The details of the siege have led some to see Luke writing this after Jerusalem’s fall, but the language of the verse is like God’s exilic judgment for covenant unfaithfulness (Hab 2:8; Jer 6:6, 14; 8:13-22; 9:1; Ezek 4:2; 26:8; Isa 29:1-4). Specific details are lacking and the procedures described (build an embankment against you) were standard Roman military tactics.

[19:43]  ¹⁷ sn An embankment refers to either wooden barricades or earthworks, or a combination of the two.

[20:18]  ¹⁸ tn On this term, see BDAG 972 s.v. συνθλάω.

[20:18]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”

[20:18]  sn This proverb basically means that the stone crushes, without regard to whether it falls on someone or someone falls on it. On the stone as a messianic image, see Isa 28:16 and Dan 2:44-45.

[21:7]  ²⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ comments about the temple’s future destruction.

[21:7]  ²¹ tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[21:7]  ²² sn Both references to these things are plural, so more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastrophe signals the end.

[21:7]  ²³ tn Grk “when.”

[21:26]  ²⁴ tn According to L&N 23.184 this could be mainly a psychological experience rather than actual loss of consciousness. It could also refer to complete discouragement because of fear, leading people to give up hope (L&N 25.293).

[21:26]  ²⁵ sn An allusion to Isa 34:4. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.

[22:22]  ²⁶ sn Jesus’ death has been determined as a part of God’s plan (Acts 2:22-24).