Lukas 19:8

19:8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give ¹  to the poor, and if ²  I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!”

Lukas 19:30

19:30 telling them, ³  “Go to the village ahead of you. ⁴  When ⁵  you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. ⁶  Untie it and bring it here.

Lukas 20:21

20:21 Thus ⁷  they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, ⁸  and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. ⁹ 

[19:8]  ¹ sn Zacchaeus was a penitent man who resolved on the spot to act differently in the face of Jesus’ acceptance of him. In resolving to give half his possessions to the poor, Zacchaeus was not defending himself against the crowd’s charges and claiming to be righteous. Rather as a result of this meeting with Jesus, he was a changed individual. So Jesus could speak of salvation coming that day (v. 9) and of the lost being saved (v. 10).

[19:8]  ² tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text. It virtually confesses fraud.

[19:30]  ³ tn Grk “saying.”

[19:30]  ⁴ tn Grk “the village lying before [you]” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.a).

[19:30]  ⁵ tn Grk “in which entering.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but because of the length and complexity of the construction a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[19:30]  ⁶ tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”

[20:21]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the plans by the spies.

[20:21]  ⁸ tn Or “precisely”; Grk “rightly.” Jesus teaches exactly, the straight and narrow.

[20:21]  ⁹ sn Teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Very few comments are as deceitful as this one; they did not really believe this at all. The question was specifically designed to trap Jesus.