Luke 11:9-11

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.