Lukas 17:12

17:12 As ¹  he was entering ²  a village, ten men with leprosy ³  met him. They ⁴  stood at a distance,

Lukas 17:16

17:16 He ⁵  fell with his face to the ground ⁶  at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. ⁷  (Now ⁸  he was a Samaritan.) ⁹ 

[17:12]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:12]  ² tn The participle εἰσερχομένου (eisercomenou) is taken temporally.

[17:12]  ³ sn The ten men with leprosy would have been unable to approach Jesus (Lev 13:45-46; Num 5:2-3). The ancient term for leprosy covered a wider array of conditions than what is called leprosy today. A leper was totally ostracized from society until he was declared cured (Lev 13:45-46).

[17:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “leprosy, who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun was replaced with a personal pronoun and a new sentence started at this point in the translation.

[17:16]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “he fell on his face” (an idiom for complete prostration).

[17:16]  ⁷ sn And thanked him. This action recognized God’s healing work through Jesus.

[17:16]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of a parenthetical comment.

[17:16]  ⁹ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The comment that the man was a Samaritan means that to most Jews of Jesus’ day he would have been despised as a half-breed and a heretic. The note adds a touch of irony to the account (v. 18).