Luke 8:39-41 New English Translation
39 “Return to your home,[a] and declare[b] what God has done for you.”[c] So[d] he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town[e] what Jesus[f] had done for him.
Restoration and Healing
40 Now when Jesus returned,[g] the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him. 41 Then[h] a man named Jairus, who was a leader[i] of the synagogue,[j] came up. Falling[k] at Jesus’ feet, he pleaded[l] with him to come to his house,
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- Luke 8:39 tn Grk “your house.”
- Luke 8:39 tn Or “describe.”
- Luke 8:39 sn Jesus instructs the man to declare what God has done for him, in contrast to the usual instructions (e.g., 8:56; 9:21) to remain silent. Here in Gentile territory Jesus allowed more open discussion of his ministry. D. L. Bock (Luke [BECNT], 1:781) suggests that with few Jewish religious representatives present, there would be less danger of misunderstanding Jesus’ ministry as political.
- Luke 8:39 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the man’s response to Jesus’ instructions.
- Luke 8:39 tn Or “city.”
- Luke 8:39 sn Note that the man could not separate what God had done from the one through whom God had done it (what Jesus had done for him). This man was called to witness to God’s goodness at home.
- Luke 8:40 tn This is a temporal infinitival clause in contrast to Mark’s genitive absolute (Mark 5:21).sn Here the author notes that Jesus returned to the western shore of the Sea of Galilee after his brief excursion into Gentile territory (8:26-39; cf. also Mark 5:21).
- Luke 8:41 tn Grk “And behold.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. The Greek word ἰδού (idou) at the beginning of this statement has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
- Luke 8:41 tn Jairus is described as ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς (archōn tēs sunagōgēs), the main elder at the synagogue who was in charge of organizing the services.
- Luke 8:41 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:15.
- Luke 8:41 tn Grk “and falling.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started in the translation at this point.
- Luke 8:41 tn This verb is an imperfect tense, commonly used by Luke for vividness.
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