Luke 17:16-18 New English Translation

¹⁶He^[a] fell with his face to the ground^[b] at Jesus’ feet and thanked him.^[c] (Now^[d] he was a Samaritan.)^[e] ¹⁷Then^[f] Jesus said,^[g] “Were^[h] not ten cleansed? Where are the other^[i] nine? ¹⁸Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?”^[j]

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Luke 17:16 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
Luke 17:16 tn Grk “he fell on his face” (an idiom for complete prostration).
Luke 17:16 sn And thanked him. This action recognized God’s healing work through Jesus.
Luke 17:16 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of a parenthetical comment.
Luke 17:16 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The comment that the man was a Samaritan means that to most Jews of Jesus’ day he would have been despised as a half-breed and a heretic. The note adds a touch of irony to the account (v. 18).
Luke 17:17 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
Luke 17:17 tn Grk “Jesus answering said”; this is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.
Luke 17:17 tn The Greek construction used here (οὐχί, ouchi) expects a positive reply.
Luke 17:17 tn The word “other” is implied in the context.
Luke 17:18 sn Jesus’ point in calling the man a foreigner is that none of the other nine, who were presumably Israelites, responded with gratitude. Only the “outsiders” were listening and responding.

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