Lukas 9:4

9:4 Whatever ¹  house you enter, stay there ²  until you leave the area. ³ 

Lukas 10:5

10:5 Whenever ⁴  you enter a house, ⁵  first say, ‘May peace ⁶  be on this house!’

Lukas 12:35

Call to Faithful Stewardship

12:35 “Get dressed for service ⁷  and keep your lamps burning; ⁸ 

[9:4]  ¹ tn Grk “And whatever.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:4]  ² sn Jesus telling his disciples to stay there in one house contrasts with the practice of religious philosophers in the ancient world who went from house to house begging.

[9:4]  ³ tn Grk “and depart from there.” The literal wording could be easily misunderstood; the meaning is that the disciples were not to move from house to house in the same town or locality, but remain at the same house as long as they were in that place.

[10:5]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “Into whatever house you enter.” This acts as a distributive, meaning every house they enter; this is expressed more naturally in English as “whenever you enter a house.”

[10:5]  ⁶ sn The statement ‘May peace be on this house!’ is really a benediction, asking for God’s blessing. The requested shalom (peace) is understood as coming from God.

[12:35]  ⁷ tn Grk “Let your loins be girded,” an idiom referring to the practice of tucking the ends of the long cloak (outer garment) into the belt to shorten it in preparation for activities like running, etc.

[12:35]  ⁸ sn Keep your lamps burning means to be ready at all times.