Lukas 1:42

1:42 She ¹  exclaimed with a loud voice, ²  “Blessed are you among women, ³  and blessed is the child ⁴  in your womb!

Lukas 1:69

1:69 For ⁵  he has raised up ⁶  a horn of salvation ⁷  for us in the house of his servant David, ⁸ 

Lukas 7:31

7:31 “To what then should I compare the people ⁹  of this generation, and what are they like?

Lukas 11:30

11:30 For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, ¹⁰  so the Son of Man will be a sign ¹¹  to this generation. ¹² 

Lukas 17:25

17:25 But first he must ¹³  suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

[1:42]  ¹ tn Grk “and she.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:42]  ² tn Grk “and she exclaimed with a great cry and said.” The verb εἶπεν (eipen, “said”) has not been included in the translation since it is redundant in contemporary English.

[1:42]  ³ sn The commendation Blessed are you among women means that Mary has a unique privilege to be the mother of the promised one of God.

[1:42]  ⁴ tn Grk “fruit,” which is figurative here for the child she would give birth to.

[1:69]  ⁵ tn Grk “and,” but specifying the reason for the praise in the psalm.

[1:69]  ⁶ sn The phrase raised up means for God to bring someone significant onto the scene of history.

[1:69]  ⁷ sn The horn of salvation is a figure that refers to the power of Messiah and his ability to protect, as the horn refers to what an animal uses to attack and defend (Ps 75:4-5, 10; 148:14; 2 Sam 22:3). Thus the meaning of the figure is “a powerful savior.”

[1:69]  ⁸ sn In the house of his servant David is a reference to Messiah’s Davidic descent. Zechariah is more interested in Jesus than his own son John at this point.

[7:31]  ⁹ tn Grk “men,” but this is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"). The comparison that follows in vv. 32-34 describes “this generation,” not Jesus and John.

[11:30]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “to the Ninevites.” What the Ninevites experienced was Jonah’s message (Jonah 3:4, 10; 4:1).

[11:30]  ¹¹ tn The repetition of the words “a sign” are not in the Greek text, but are implied and are supplied here for clarity.

[11:30]  ¹² tc Only the Western ms D and a few Itala mss add here a long reference to Jonah being in the belly of the fish for three days and nights and the Son of Man being three days in the earth, apparently harmonizing the text to the parallel in Matt 12:40.

[17:25]  ¹³ sn The Son of Man’s suffering and rejection by this generation is another “it is necessary” type of event in God’s plan (Luke 4:43; 24:7, 26, 44) and the fifth passion prediction in Luke’s account (9:22, 44; 12:50; 13:32-33; for the last, see 18:32-33).