Luke 12:12-14

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Luke 12:12 tn Grk “in that very hour” (an idiom).
2. Luke 12:12 tn Grk “what it is necessary to say.”
3. Luke 12:13 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
4. Luke 12:13 sn Tell my brother. In 1st century Jewish culture, a figure like a rabbi was often asked to mediate disputes, except that here mediation was not requested, but representation.
5. Luke 12:14 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6. Luke 12:14 tn This term of address can be harsh or gentle depending on the context (BDAG 82 s.v. ἄνθρωπος 8). Here it is a rebuke.
7. Luke 12:14 tn The pronoun ὑμᾶς (humas) is plural, referring to both the man and his brother; thus the translation “you two.”