Luke 11:9-13

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Luke 11:9 tn Here καί (kai, from καγώ [kagō]) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion drawn from the preceding parable.
2. Luke 11:9 sn The three present imperatives in this verse (Ask…seek…knock) are probably intended to call for a repeated or continual approach before God.
3. Luke 11:9 tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4. Luke 11:10 sn The actions of asking, seeking, and knocking are repeated here from v. 9 with the encouragement that God does respond.
5. Luke 11:10 tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6. Luke 11:11 tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
7. Luke 11:11 tc Most mss (א A C D L W Θ Ψ ƒ^1,13 33 M lat sy^c,p,h bo) have “bread, does not give him a stone instead, or” before “a fish”; the longer reading, however, looks like a harmonization to Matt 7:9. The shorter reading is thus preferred, attested by P^45,75 B 1241 sy^s sa.
8. Luke 11:11 sn The snake probably refers to a water snake.
9. Luke 11:12 sn The two questions of vv. 11-12 expect the answer, “No father would do this!”
10. Luke 11:13 tn The participle ὑπάρχοντες (huparchontes) has been translated as a concessive participle.
11. Luke 11:13 sn The provision of the Holy Spirit is probably a reference to the wisdom and guidance supplied in response to repeated requests. Some apply it to the general provision of the Spirit, but this would seem to look only at one request in a context that speaks of repeated asking. The teaching as a whole stresses not that God gives everything his children want, but that God gives the good that they need. The parallel account in Matthew (7:11) refers to good things where Luke mentions the Holy Spirit.