Lukas 8:2

8:2 and also some women ¹  who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities: ²  Mary ³  (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

Lukas 8:47

8:47 When ⁴  the woman saw that she could not escape notice, ⁵  she came trembling and fell down before him. In ⁶  the presence of all the people, she explained why ⁷  she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

Lukas 23:35

23:35 The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed ⁸  him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save ⁹  himself if ¹⁰  he is the Christ ¹¹  of God, his chosen one!”

[8:2]  ¹ sn There is an important respect shown to women in this text, as their contributions were often ignored in ancient society.

[8:2]  ² tn Or “illnesses.” The term ἀσθένεια (asqeneia) refers to the state of being ill and thus incapacitated in some way – “illness, disability, weakness.” (L&N 23.143).

[8:2]  ³ sn This Mary is not the woman mentioned in the previous passage (as some church fathers claimed), because she is introduced as a new figure here. In addition, she is further specified by Luke with the notation called Magdalene, which seems to distinguish her from the woman at Simon the Pharisee’s house.

[8:47]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[8:47]  ⁵ tn Or “could not remain unnoticed” (see L&N 28.83).

[8:47]  ⁶ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. The order of the clauses in the remainder of the verse has been rearranged to reflect contemporary English style.

[8:47]  ⁷ tn Grk “told for what reason.”

[23:35]  ⁸ tn A figurative extension of the literal meaning “to turn one’s nose up at someone”; here “ridicule, sneer at, show contempt for” (L&N 33.409).

[23:35]  ⁹ sn The irony in the statement Let him save himself is that salvation did come, but later, not while on the cross.

[23:35]  ¹⁰ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.

[23:35]  ¹¹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[23:35]  sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.