Lukas 13:9

13:9 Then if ¹  it bears fruit next year, ²  very well, ³  but if ⁴  not, you can cut it down.’”

Lukas 14:25

Counting the Cost

14:25 Now large crowds ⁵  were accompanying Jesus, ⁶  and turning to them he said,

Lukas 18:38

18:38 So ⁷  he called out, ⁸  “Jesus, Son of David, ⁹  have mercy ¹⁰  on me!”

Lukas 20:44

20:44 If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” ¹¹ 

Lukas 24:45

24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures, ¹² 

[13:9]  ¹ tn This is a third class condition in the Greek text. The conjunction καί (kai, a component of κάν [kan]) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[13:9]  ² tn Grk “the coming [season].”

[13:9]  ³ tn The phrase “very well” is supplied in the translation to complete the elided idea, but its absence is telling.

[13:9]  ⁴ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text, showing which of the options is assumed.

[14:25]  ⁵ sn It is important to note that the following remarks are not just to disciples, but to the large crowds who were following Jesus.

[14:25]  ⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:38]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the blind man learning that Jesus was nearby.

[18:38]  ⁸ tn Grk “called out, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[18:38]  ⁹ sn Jesus was more than a Nazarene to this blind person, who saw quite well that Jesus was Son of David. He understood what Luke 7:22-23 affirms. There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).

[18:38]  ¹⁰ sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing (cf. 17:13). It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.

[20:44]  ¹¹ tn Grk “David thus calls him ‘Lord.’ So how is he his son?” The conditional nuance, implicit in Greek, has been made explicit in the translation (cf. Matt 22:45).

[24:45]  ¹² sn Luke does not mention specific texts here, but it is likely that many of the scriptures he mentioned elsewhere in Luke-Acts would have been among those he had in mind.