Lukas 2:36

The Testimony of Anna

2:36 There was also a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, ¹  having been married to her husband for seven years until his death.

Lukas 12:3

12:3 So then ²  whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered ³  in private rooms ⁴  will be proclaimed from the housetops. ⁵ 

Lukas 17:8

17:8 Won’t ⁶  the master ⁷  instead say to him, ‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready ⁸  to serve me while ⁹  I eat and drink. Then ¹⁰  you may eat and drink’?

Lukas 22:20

22:20 And in the same way he took ¹¹  the cup after they had eaten, ¹²  saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant ¹³  in my blood.

[2:36]  ¹ tn Her age is emphasized by the Greek phrase here, “she was very old in her many days.”

[12:3]  ² tn Or “because.” Understanding this verse as a result of v. 2 is a slightly better reading of the context. Knowing what is coming should impact our behavior now.

[12:3]  ³ tn Grk “spoken in the ear,” an idiom. The contemporary expression is “whispered.”

[12:3]  ⁴ sn The term translated private rooms refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).

[12:3]  ⁵ tn The expression “proclaimed from the housetops” is an idiom for proclaiming something publicly (L&N 7.51). Roofs of many first century Jewish houses in Judea and Galilee were flat and had access either from outside or from within the house. Something shouted from atop a house would be heard by everyone in the street below.

[17:8]  ⁶ tn The question includes a Greek particle, οὐχί (ouci), that expects a positive reply. The slave is expected to prepare a meal before eating himself.

[17:8]  ⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:8]  ⁸ tn Grk “and gird yourself” (with an apron or towel, in preparation for service).

[17:8]  ⁹ tn BDAG 423 s.v. ἕως 2.b, “to denote contemporaneousness as long as, while… w. subjunctive… Lk 17:8.”

[17:8]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “after these things.”

[22:20]  ¹¹ tn The words “he took” are not in the Greek text at this point, but are an understood repetition from v. 19.

[22:20]  ¹² tn The phrase “after they had eaten” translates the temporal infinitive construction μετὰ τὸ δειπνῆσαι (meta to deipnhsai), where the verb δειπνέω (deipnew) means “to eat a meal” or “to have a meal.”

[22:20]  ¹³ sn Jesus’ death established the forgiveness promised in the new covenant of Jer 31:31. Jesus is reinterpreting the symbolism of the Passover meal, indicating the presence of a new era.