Lukas 2:15

2:15 When ¹  the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem ²  and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord ³  has made known to us.”

Lukas 11:31-32

11:31 The queen of the South ⁴  will rise up at the judgment ⁵  with the people ⁶  of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, ⁷  something greater ⁸  than Solomon is here! 11:32 The people ⁹  of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them ¹⁰  – and now, ¹¹  something greater than Jonah is here!

[2:15]  ¹ tn Grk “And it happened that when.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[2:15]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[2:15]  ³ sn Note how although angels delivered the message, it was the Lord whose message is made known, coming through them.

[11:31]  ⁴ sn On the queen of the South see 1 Kgs 10:1-3 and 2 Chr 9:1-12, as well as Josephus, Ant. 8.6.5-6 (8.165-175). The South most likely refers to modern southwest Arabia, possibly the eastern part of modern Yemen, although there is an ancient tradition reflected in Josephus which identifies this geo-political entity as Ethiopia.

[11:31]  ⁵ sn For the imagery of judgment, see Luke 10:13-15 and 11:19. The warnings are coming consistently now.

[11:31]  ⁶ tn Grk “men”; the word here (ἀνήρ, anhr) usually indicates males or husbands, but occasionally is used in a generic sense of people in general, as is the case here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 1, 2). The same term, translated the same way, occurs in v. 32.

[11:31]  ⁷ tn Grk “behold.”

[11:31]  ⁸ sn The message of Jesus was something greater than what Solomon offered. On Jesus and wisdom, see Luke 7:35; 10:21-22; 1 Cor 1:24, 30.

[11:32]  ⁹ tn See the note on the word “people” in v. 31.

[11:32]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “at the preaching of Jonah.”

[11:32]  sn The phrase repented when Jonah preached to them confirms that in this context the sign of Jonah (v. 30) is his message.

[11:32]  ¹¹ tn Grk “behold.”