Lukas 6:21

6:21 “Blessed are you who hunger ¹  now, for you will be satisfied. ² 

“Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. ³ 

Lukas 11:52

11:52 Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away ⁴  the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered ⁵  those who were going in.”

Lukas 20:32

20:32 Finally the woman died too.

Lukas 24:48

24:48 You are witnesses ⁶  of these things.

[6:21]  ¹ sn You who hunger are people like the poor Jesus has already mentioned. The term has OT roots both in conjunction with the poor (Isa 32:6-7; 58:6-7, 9-10; Ezek 18:7, 16) or by itself (Ps 37:16-19; 107:9).

[6:21]  ² sn The promise you will be satisfied is the first of several “reversals” noted in these promises. The beatitudes and the reversals that accompany them serve in the sermon as an invitation to enter into God’s care, because one can know God cares for those who turn to him.

[6:21]  ³ sn You will laugh alludes to the joy that comes to God’s people in the salvation to come.

[11:52]  ⁴ sn You have taken away the key to knowledge is another stinging rebuke. They had done the opposite of what they were trying to do.

[11:52]  ⁵ tn Or “you tried to prevent.”

[24:48]  ⁶ sn You are witnesses. This becomes a key concept of testimony in Acts. See Acts 1:8.