Lukas 23:48

23:48 And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts. ¹ 

Lukas 18:13

18:13 The tax collector, however, stood ²  far off and would not even look up ³  to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful ⁴  to me, sinner that I am!’ ⁵ 

Lukas 23:27

23:27 A great number of the people followed him, among them women ⁶  who were mourning ⁷  and wailing for him.

Lukas 5:18

5:18 Just then ⁸  some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man ⁹  on a stretcher. ¹⁰  They ¹¹  were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus. ¹² 

Lukas 5:24

5:24 But so that you may know ¹³  that the Son of Man ¹⁴  has authority on earth to forgive sins” – he said to the paralyzed man ¹⁵  – “I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher ¹⁶  and go home.” ¹⁷ 

[23:48]  ¹ sn Some apparently regretted what had taken place. Beating their breasts was a sign of lamentation.

[18:13]  ² tn Grk “standing”; the Greek participle has been translated as a finite verb.

[18:13]  ³ tn Grk “even lift up his eyes” (an idiom).

[18:13]  ⁴ tn The prayer is a humble call for forgiveness. The term for mercy (ἱλάσκομαι, Jilaskomai) is associated with the concept of a request for atonement (BDAG 473-74 s.v. 1; Ps 51:1, 3; 25:11; 34:6, 18).

[18:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “the sinner.” The tax collector views himself not just as any sinner but as the worst of all sinners. See ExSyn 222-23.

[23:27]  ⁶ sn The background of these women is disputed. Are they “official” mourners of Jesus’ death, appointed by custom to mourn death? If so, the mourning here would be more pro forma. However, the text seems to treat the mourning as sincere, so their tears and lamenting would have been genuine.

[23:27]  ⁷ tn Or “who were beating their breasts,” implying a ritualized form of mourning employed in Jewish funerals. See the note on the term “women” earlier in this verse.

[5:18]  ⁸ tn Grk “And behold.” Here καὶ ἰδού (kai idou) has been translated as “just then” to indicate the somewhat sudden appearance of the men carrying the paralytic. The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1), especially in conjunction with the suddenness of the stretcher-bearers’ appearance.

[5:18]  ⁹ tn Grk “a man who was paralyzed”; the relative clause in Greek has adjectival force and has been simplified to a simple adjective in the translation.

[5:18]  ¹⁰ tn Traditionally, “on a bed,” but this could be confusing to the modern reader who might envision a large piece of furniture. In various contexts, κλίνη (klinh) may be translated “bed, couch, cot, stretcher, or bier” (in the case of a corpse). See L&N 6.106.

[5:18]  ¹¹ tn Grk “stretcher, and.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. Instead, because of the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was begun here in the translation.

[5:18]  ¹² tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:24]  ¹³ sn Now Jesus put the two actions together. The walking of the man would be proof (so that you may know) that his sins were forgiven and that God had worked through Jesus (i.e., the Son of Man).

[5:24]  ¹⁴ sn The term Son of Man, which is a title in Greek, comes from a pictorial description in Dan 7:13 of one “like a son of man” (i.e., a human being). It is Jesus’ favorite way to refer to himself. Jesus did not reveal the background of the term here, which mixes human and divine imagery as the man in Daniel rides a cloud, something only God does. He just used it. It also could be an idiom in Aramaic meaning either “some person” or “me.” So there is a little ambiguity in its use here, since its origin is not clear at this point. However, the action makes it clear that Jesus used it to refer to himself here.

[5:24]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “to the one who was paralyzed”; the Greek participle is substantival and has been simplified to a simple adjective and noun in the translation.

[5:24]  sn Jesus did not finish his sentence with words but with action, that is, healing the paralytic with an accompanying pronouncement to him directly.

[5:24]  ¹⁶ tn This word, κλινίδιον (klinidion), is the same as the one used in v. 19. In this context it may be translated “stretcher” (see L&N 6.107).

[5:24]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “to your house.”