[19] back to 8:12 The word translated "generation" here (genea) could also be translated "people," "race," or "family."
[20] back to 9:43 or, h.e.l.l
[21] back to 9:45 or, h.e.l.l
[22] back to 9:47 or, h.e.l.l
[23] back to 9:48 Isaiah 66:24
[24] back to 10:6 Genesis 1:27
[25] back to 10:8 Genesis 2:24
[26] back to 10:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
[27] back to 10:51 Rhabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "great teacher."
[28] back to 11:1 TR & NU read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"
[29] back to 11:9 "Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray."
[30] back to 11:9 Psalm 118:25-26
[31] back to 11:17 Isaiah 56:7
[32] back to 11:17 Jeremiah 7:11
[33] back to 12:11 Psalm 118:22-23
[34] back to 12:26 Exodus 3:6
[35] back to 12:30 Deuteronomy 6:4-5
[36] back to 12:31 Leviticus 19:18
[37] back to 12:36 Psalm 110:1
[38] back to 12:42 literally, lepta (or widow"s mites). Lepta are very small bra.s.s coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper a.s.sarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker"s daily wages.
[39] back to 12:42 A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius.
A denarius is about one day"s wages for an agricultural laborer.
[40] back to 13:6 or, "I AM!"
[41] back to 13:14 Daniel 9:17; 11:31; 12:11
[42] back to 13:25 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
[43] back to 13:30 The word translated "generation" (genea) could also be translated "race," "family," or "people."
[44] back to 14:5 300 denarii was about a years wages for an agricultural laborer.
[45] back to 14:27 Zechariah 13:7
[46] back to 15:25 9:00 A. M.
[47] back to 15:32 TR omits "him"
[48] back to 15:33 or, noon
[49] back to 15:33 3:00 PM
[50] back to 15:34 Psalm 22:1
[51] back to 16:8 TR adds "quickly"
The Good News According to Luke
1:1 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, 1:2 even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us, 1:3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus; 1:4 that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.
1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 1:6 They were both righteous before G.o.d, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord. 1:7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years. 1:8 Now it happened, while he executed the priest"s office before G.o.d in the order of his division, 1:9 according to the custom of the priest"s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 1:10 The whole mult.i.tude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
1:11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 1:12 Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 1:13 But the angel said to him, "Don"t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 1:14 You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth. 1:15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother"s womb. 1:16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their G.o.d. 1:17 He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, "to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children," and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
1:18 Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."
1:19 The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of G.o.d. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.
1:20 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn"t believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."
1:21 The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple. 1:22 When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute. 1:23 It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.
1:24 After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying, 1:25 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."
1:26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from G.o.d to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 1:27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin"s name was Mary. 1:28 Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!"
1:29 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be. 1:30 The angel said to her, "Don"t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with G.o.d. 1:31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name "Jesus." 1:32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord G.o.d will give him the throne of his father, David, 1:33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom."
1:34 Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"
1:35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of G.o.d. 1:36 Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 1:37 For everything spoken by G.o.d is possible."