THE HOLY BIBLE (Darby Translation) Darby's Notes on Luke

1:2c attendants: Huperetes: see Note, 1Cor. 4:1.
1:6d ordinances: Dikaioma: see Rom. 1:32.
1:7a years: Lit. 'in their days.'
1:9b, 1:21b, 1:22b temple: Naos, the shrine.
1:13c John: * Meaning, 'Jehovah is gracious.'
1:14d joy: Or 'thou shalt have joy and rejoicing.'
1:15e, 1:16e, 1:17e, 1:25e Lord: 'Jehovah.'
1:15f from: The Greek preposition indicates the time from when it would take place: see Gal. 1:15.
1:17g to: En: but 'through' would suppose other men, whereas it is here characteristic merely of their own new path. The word for 'thoughts' here is that for 'practical wisdom.'
1:18h years: Lit. 'in her days.'
1:19i tidings: Or 'to bring the glad tidings of these things.' Lit. 'evangelize these things.'
1:20k which: 'Which are such as shall be:' giving the character, not merely a relative pronoun. I have imitated an expression of the Authorized Version, by adding the article, which though somewhat antiquated, gives in a measure the idea of character, and may serve to distinguish the sense; so ch. 10:42.
1:22l recognised: As 'know,' Matt. 7:16.
1:29a what: 'Of what nature or character:' what the aim or meaning of it was.
1:32b Highest: 'Highest' is a name, Hebrew Elyon. I notice therefore the absence of 'the:' see Gen. 14:18.
1:32c God: 'Jehovah Elohim:' only occurrence in the Gospels.
1:33d ages: Or 'for ever;' but it is plural.
1:34e since: See Note, Matt. 18:32.
1:35f born: Or 'begotten.'
1:38g, 1:45g, 1:58g Lord: 'Jehovah:' so vers. 66 and 68.
1:44h sounded: Lit. 'took place.'
1:66a Lord's, 1:68a, 1:76a Lord: 'Jehovah.'
1:69b, 1:71b, 1:77b deliverance: Or 'salvation.' 'Saved' in ver. 74 is a different word: but the same as 'our deliverer from the coming wrath,' 1Thess. 1:10.
1:72c fulfil: 'To work,' or 'accomplish:' what the fathers had lived on by faith as promised mercy: 'Your father Abraham saw my day and was glad.'
1:78d dayspring: Lit. 'rising:' see Rev. 7:2, 'sunrising.'
2:1e census, 2:3e, 2:5e roll: As 'registered,' Heb. 12:23.
2:4f city: Or 'a city of David.'
2:9a, 2:15a, 2:22a, 2:23a, 2:24a Lord, 2:26a Lord's: 'Jehovah.'
2:9b by: Lit. 'stood all at once by them.'
2:14c pleasure: or 'delight.'
2:15d shepherds: Lit. 'the men the shepherds '
2:23e Lord: Ex. 13:2, 12, 15; Lev. 12:6, 8.
2:26f by: Hupo: see Matt. 2:5.
2:27g in: En: see Matt. 3:11.
2:27h temple: Hieron, as Matt. 4:5.
2:29i Lord: Despotes: see Note a, Acts 4:24.
2:36a years: Lit. 'many days.'
2:37b, 2:46b temple: Hieron, as ch. 2:27.
2:38c Lord: Some authorities read 'God.'
2:39d Lord: 'Jehovah,' as chs. 1:38; 3:4
2:49e business: Lit. 'To be in the things of my Father.' Elsewhere in New Testament the expression ('to be in the things') only occurs in 1Tim. 4:15.
3:2f word: Rhema: see John 17:8.
3:4g words: Logos: something more than 'words;' see Note to 1Cor. 1:5.
3:4h prophet: Isa. 40:3.
3:4a ye: Or 'Make ye ready,' as ch. 1:76.
3:9b to: See Note l, Matt. 3:10.
3:16c with: En, 'in the power of:' see Matt. 3:11.
4:1a by: En, 'in the power of:' see ch. 3:16.
4:4b written: Deut. 8:3.
4:8c written: Deut. 6:13.
4:8d, 4:12d, 4:18d, 4:19d Lord: 'Jehovah;' 'do homage' here is proskuneo: 'serve' is latreuo: see Matt. 4:10.
4:9e temple: See Matt. 21:12.
4:10f written: Ps. 91:11.
4:12g said: Deut. 6:16.
4:13h time: 'Till another season:' see Acts 13:11.
4:17i written: Isa. 61:1.
4:20k attendant: As ch. 1:2.
4:26a, 4:27a but: 'But' here has the sense of 'but it is only' or 'no one else than:' see Gal. 1:7 and 19.
4:34b Eh: See Note e, Mark 1:24.
4:36c power: Exousia and dunamis: see Matt. 10:1.
4:41d knew: As Mark 1:34.
5:1a standing: Or 'he was standing also.'
5:5b Master: 'One who is over others,' not 'teacher:' see ch. 9:33. Only used of Christ and only by Luke.
5:7c, 5:10c partners: Metochos, ver. 7; koinonos, ver. 10: see Notes, Heb. 2:14.
5:13d touched: As Mark 1:41.
5:16e praying: Lit. 'And (or 'But') he was withdrawing himself in the deserts and praying.' He was at that time waiting, occupied with prayer.
5:17f Lord's: 'Jehovah.'
5:24a power: Exousia: as Matt. 10:1.
5:36b, 5:37b, 5:39b new: 'New' is kainos, when used here of 'garment,' neos of 'wine:' see Note, Heb. 12:24.
5:36c rend: Or 'cut up.'
6:1d second-first: The expression 'second-first sabbath' is explained thus: The year, as regards the worship of God amongst the Jews, began with the month Abib (Heb. 'green corn'), which lasted from the middle of March to the middle of April. In Leviticus 23, in which we find the Jewish feasts described, we may observe that in addition to the general and weekly recurring feasts of the sabbath, the chief feasts begin with the passover (the 14th of Abib), and that, in immediate connexion with it, it was ordained that on the day after the following sabbath the first-fruits of the corn should be offered in the ear, a foreshadowing of the resurrection of Jesus which took place on the morrow after the sabbath of the passover week, or feast of unleavened bread. The sabbath immediately following the passover was therefore the 'first' or great sabbath, and after the offering of the first-fruits on the morrow after the sabbath, the first day of the week, the harvest might be commenced, and the new corn eaten, which was not permitted before, even though corn stood ripe in the fields. On the following sabbath, the 'second' after the 'first' or great sabbath, we see that the disciples ate ears of corn on the way, for the offering of the first-fruits had already taken place on the first day of the week; and, as seven weeks or sabbaths were counted from this day to the feast of Pentecost, it was therefore the 'first' of these seven sabbaths, or the 'second' with reference to the great sabbath of the Passover.
6:37a not: A strong negative: 'in no wise.'
6:38b given, 6:44b gathered: Lit. 'they shall give:' in ver. 44, 'they gather not' and 'they vintage not.' An example of Luke's use of the third person active of a verb impersonally with a passive sense. Also chs. 12:20; 14:35; 16:4, 9; 23:31.
6:40c The: See Matt. 10:24.
7:3a save: Or 'cure,' 'make perfectly well:' see Matt. 14:36.
7:11b afterwards: Or 'on the following day:' see ch. 9:37.
7:19c, 7:20c for: See Note, Matt. 11:3.
7:27a written: Mal. 3:1.
7:28b one: As Matt. 11:11.
7:34c wine-drinker: See Note, Matt. 11:19.
7:38d kissed: Or 'ardently kissed,' 'covered with kisses;' so ver. 45: cf. ch. 15:20; Acts 20:37.
7:39e what: As ch. 1:29.
7:42f, 7:43f forgave: As 'show grace,' 2Cor. 2:7.
8:2a Magdalene: Or 'of Magdala.'
8:7b with: See Note, Rom. 6:5.
8:14c were: Or 'into the thorns.'
8:14d life: Bios, life as such in this world.
8:15e who: Or 'who are such as;' so ver. 3.
8:24a Master: See Note. ch. 5:5.
8:26b, 8:37b Gadarenes: Or 'Gergesenes:' see Matt. 8:28; Mark 5:1.
8:29c often: Or 'Of a long time.'
8:31d besought: Or 'he besought.'
8:31e pit: The word elsewhere translated 'abyss;' Rom. 10:7; Rev. 9:1, &c.
8:40a gladly: 'Received with welcome:' see Acts 15:4. It is only used by Luke, ch. 9:11; Acts 2:41; 15:4; 18:27; 24:3; 28:30.
8:44b, 8:46b touched: As Mark 1:41.
8:45c Master: As ver. 24.
9:5d off: Aorist tense: 'have it done.'
9:8a one: Lit. 'a prophet, one of the old ones.'
9:17b hand-baskets: Possibly 'twelve hand-baskets of fragments:' see Matt. 16:9
9:19c one: Or 'some prophet of the old ones:' see Note a.
9:22d things: Or 'suffer much.'
9:24e lose: I am not satisfied with 'lose' here, but it must be read in connexion with what immediately follows. The word is the same as 'destroyed' in ver. 25. It means both 'lose' and 'destroy:' see Rom. 14:15; 1Cor. 8:11, 'perish.'
9:27f not: A strong negative: 'in no wise.'
9:28a mountain: See Note, Matt. 5:1.
9:29b countenance: As 'face,' Matt. 17:2.
9:30c who: Hostis: as Matt. 7:24; 'who indeed,' or 'who were no other than.'
9:33d Master: As ch. 5:5.
9:34e overshadowed: See Note, Matt. 17:5.
9:34f they: Some authorities read 'those,' but I have put 'they' (i.e. the disciples (Ed.)), with other authorities, as it seems a change made to refer it to Moses and Elias.
9:35g, 9:36g was: Ginomai, 'took place.'
9:41h long: Lit. 'until when.'
9:46i greatest: Lit. 'greater,' as Matt. 18:1.
9:47k by: Or 'alongside of.'
9:49d Master: As ch. 5:5.
9:49a forbad: Or 'hindered,' 'prohibited,' as ch. 11:52; Matt. 19:14.
9:50b Forbid: Or 'hinder,' 'prohibit.'
9:55c are: The words in brackets are, to say the least, doubtful.
10:7d have: Or 'as may be offered you by them.'
10:15a hades: Hades: see Note, Matt. 11:23.
10:19b power: Exousia: see Matt. 10:1. The second 'power' in this verse is 'dunamis'.
10:27c strength: Deut. 6:5.
10:27d thyself: Lev. 19:18.
10:29e justifying: Aorist tense; difficult to express in English. It gives the sense that he wanted to make out that he was in that state, not that he was obtaining it: see ch. 9:60, 61, where 'suffer,' 'allow,' and 'bid adieu' are all aorists.
10:39a Jesus: Many read 'the Lord.'
11:4b remit: Or 'forgive.'
11:8c Although: Or 'even though.'
11:8d rate: As Luke 18:5; 1Cor. 9:2.
11:13e give: Or 'who from heaven will give.'
11:15f By: En: as ver. 19; Matt. 9:34.
11:18a by: En: as ver. 19: Matt. 9:34.
11:21b armed, 11:22b panoply: Lit. 'fully armed;' only here: 'panoply' only here and Eph. 6:11, 13.
11:21c house: Or 'court:' see Note. Matt. 26:69.
11:30d was: Ginomai, 'became.'
11:33e corn-measure: Translated 'bushel' in Matt. 5:15; Mark 4:21.
11:46a touch: 'Touch lightly,' not as Mark 1:41.
12:1b first: Some read 'first of all beware:' but needlessly, I think. It was the first thing on his heart to tell them.
12:1c Beware: See Note to Matt. 16:6.
12:4d not: See Note, Matt. 10:28.
12:6e assaria: See Note, Matt. 10:29.
12:9f denied: A stronger word (as Matt. 16:24; 26:34) than the first 'denied' here.
12:19a soul, 12:22a, 12:23a life: 'Life' and 'soul' are the same in Greek, but not in ver. 15.
12:20b required: Lit. 'they shall require:' see Note, ch. 6:38.
12:24c they: Or 'for they.'
12:25d stature: Or 'growth:' see Note, Matt. 6:27.
12:32e not: There is an emphatic article here, impossible to translate into English: 'you who are the little flock.' It is the character Christ gives to them as attached to him in the midst of the world.
12:38a bondmen: 'Bondmen' is doubtful. This would make 'those' more emphatic.
12:58b For: The 'For' here is the practical conclusion the Lord draws as to the need of Israel's reconciling itself with God. 'Hearing what I say, that is what you have to do.'
12:58c lest: See Notes, Matt. 5:25 and Mark 4:12.
12:59a mite: * The smallest current coin of that day.
13:11b head: Lit. 'herself:' not as ch. 21:28.
13:23c saved: Spared in the judgment of the nation by Messiah, so as to enter into the kingdom: 'the remnant.' See Isa. 10:21-22; Acts 2:47.
13:34a I, not: Lit. 'I desired' -- 'ye desired not:' see Matt. 23:37.
13:35b not: A strengthened negative.
13:35c Lord: 'Jehovah:' see Ps. 118:26.
14:18a excuse: See Note, Heb. 12:19.
14:35b out: Lit 'they cast it out:' see ch. 6:38.
15:1a coming: Lit. 'drawing near;' not only at this time; it is usual.
15:7b who: Or 'such as.'
15:10c is: Lit. 'takes place.' Ginomai.
15:12d of: 'what they had to live on,' as 'substance,' 1John 3:17.
15:16e husks: The word translated 'husks' is a food called St. John's bread; it was eaten by animals and sometimes by destitute persons.
15:20f kisses: 'Covered him with kisses.' As ch. 7:38; Matt. 26:49; Mark 14:45; Acts 20:37.
15:29a serve: Douleuo: bond-service, i.e. of a slave.
16:2b stewardship: See Note l, Col. 1:25.
16:4c, 16:9c received: See Note, ch. 6:38.
16:8d world: Or 'age.'
16:14e mocked: The word translated 'mocked' only occurs here and at ch. 23:35, where it is rendered 'sneered.'
16:16a way: See Matt. 11:12.
16:23b hades: Hades: see Note, Matt. 11:23.
16:25c received: The word means, 'to receive all,' 'the sum of what we have to get.'
17:1d offences, 17:2d snare: Skandalon. It means the part of a fall-trap that makes the trap fall when touched: see Note, Matt. 13:57.
17:2e millstone: Or 'a great millstone,' as in Matt. 18:6.
17:3f rebuke: Epitimao: so Mark 8:33; Luke 9:42; 2Tim. 4:2.
17:7a immediately: Or 'will immediately say to him, Come and ...'
17:13b Master: As ch. 5:5.
17:22c coming: Or 'will come.'
17:24d lightens: As 'shining,' ch. 24:4.
17:36a go: See Matt. 24:40.
18:2b city: Lit. 'a certain judge in a certain city.'
18:7c long: As 'patience,' Jas. 5:7, 8.
18:10d temple: Hieron: as Matt. 4:5.
18:12e gain: See Notes at Luke 21:19 and 1Thess. 4:4.
18:15f infants: As 'babe,' ch. 2:12, 16.
18:28a things: Some read, 'left what was our own.'
18:29b home: Or 'house.'
18:42c healed: Same as 'saved' in Greek.
19:2d he: Or 'the man:' lit. 'this.'
19:3e was: Lit. 'who he is.'
19:13a bondmen: Or 'ten bondmen of his.'
19:13b minas: Mina: see Note, Ezek. 45:12.
19:13c coming: The same sense as 'till I come;' he was to go and return (ver. 12); while he was away and not yet come they were to trade.
19:27d them: In ver. 14 the expression is the same, but with a change of tense.
19:29e at: Pros: see Note, Matt. 21:1.
19:30f man: Lit. 'no one of men.'
19:38a Lord: 'Jehovah:' see Ps. 118:26.
19:41b wept: Not only weeping, as Mark 9:24, but audible expression of grief, as ch. 22:62; Rom. 12:15; Phil. 3:18; Rev. 5:4, &c.
19:45c, 19:47c, 20:1c temple: Hieron, as Matt. 4:5.
19:46d written: Isa. 56:7 and Jer. 7:11.
20:17a written: Ps. 118:22.
20:17b corner-stone: Lit. 'head of corner.'
20:19c of: Or 'against.'
20:20d they: i.e. the 'suborned persons:' see ver. 26.
20:28e brother: Deut. 25:5.
20:34f, 20:35f world: Or 'age.'
20:37a bush: See Note at Mark 2:26.
20:37b Lord: 'Jehovah:' see Mark 12:26.
20:37c Jacob: Ex. 3:6.
20:42d Psalms: Ps. 110:1.
20:46e suppers: Or 'in feasts.'
20:47f judgment: Krima, the sentence passed on the thing charged as guilt, even the charge itself as ground of judgment; not the fact of condemnation.
21:18a wise: A strengthened negative.
21:19b souls: Or 'possess your souls.' In the first sense, that of the text, it is the same thought as Matt. 24:13; Luke 17:33; Matt. 16:25; Luke 9:24, &c.: see Mark 13:13. For the second, the Greek certainly means 'possess,' as 'owners,' Acts 4:34. see 1Thess. 4:4, which evidently does not mean 'obtain a wife,' as alleged. There is the idea in the word of 'having by getting:' see Matt. 10:9; Luke 18:12. The idea is, 'they would have Messiah's deliverance,' and it is so worded as to allow that it would be a better deliverance to the killed, though some would win life here below.
21:21c it: i.e. Jerusalem.
21:37d, 21:38d temple: Hieron: as Matt. 4:5.
21:37e abroad: As 'passed the night,' Matt. 21:17.
22:10a pitcher: As Mark 14:13.
22:19b loaf: Or 'bread,' as 1Cor. 11:23.
22:24c greatest: As ch. 9:46.
22:32d restored: Lit. 'hast returned back;' 'confirm' is sterizo, as 'establish,' Rom. 16:25; 1Pet. 5:10.
22:34a not: A strong negative.
22:37b lawless: Isa. 53:12.
22:52c, 22:53c temple: Hieron, Matt. 4:5.
23:7a remitted, 23:11a back: Remitted is the technical word for sending to one's proper jurisdiction. So, ver. 11, 'sent back' alludes probably to jurisdiction, as they were in strife about it.
23:31a done: See Note, ch. 6:38.
23:35b sneered: See Note, ch. 16:14.
23:44a land: Or 'earth:' see Note, Matt. 5:5.
23:45b temple: Naos. The shrine.
23:55c who: Hostis, as Matt. 27:55.
24:1d sabbath: Or 'on the first day of the week.'
24:4e by: Same expression as 'was there by,' ch. 2:9.
24:4f shining: As 'lightens,' ch. 17:24.
24:7g sinners: Lit. 'men sinners.'
24:13h stadia: About 7 English miles.
24:16a know: As Matt. 11:27.
24:19b Nazaraean: Some read 'Nazarene,' as Mark 1:24.
24:19c prophet: Lit. 'a man, a prophet.'
24:20d judgment: See Note f, ch. 20:47.
24:21e was: Lit. 'is.'
24:30f gave: It has the sense of 'giving it into their hands,' as a letter: as ver. 42; ch. 4:17. He took the house-father's place, and blessed and gave it to them.
24:35g bread: Or 'the loaf;' also ver. 30.
24:42a gave: Same as 'gave' in ver. 30: see Note.
24:43b it: Or 'took it before them and ate.'

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