Luke 7:22-24

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Luke 7:22 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the relationship to Jesus’ miraculous cures in the preceding sentence.
2. Luke 7:22 tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation to “he answered them.”
3. Luke 7:22 sn The same verb has been translated “inform” in 7:18.
4. Luke 7:22 sn What you have seen and heard. The following activities all paraphrase various OT descriptions of the time of promised salvation: Isa 35:5-6; 26:19; 29:18-19; 61:1. Jesus is answering not by acknowledging a title, but by pointing to the nature of his works, thus indicating the nature of the time.
5. Luke 7:22 sn See the note on lepers in Luke 4:27.
6. Luke 7:22 tn Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
7. Luke 7:23 tn Grk “whoever.”
8. Luke 7:24 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
9. Luke 7:24 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10. Luke 7:24 tn Or “desert.”
11. Luke 7:24 tn It is debated whether this expression should be read figuratively (“to see someone who is easily blown over?”) or literally (“to see the wilderness vegetation blowing in the wind?…No, to see a prophet”). Either view is possible, but the following examples suggest the question should be read literally, meaning that an extraordinary event like the arrival of a prophet (rather than the common occurrence of plants blowing in the wind) drew them to the desert.