Luke 9:1-2 New English Translation

The Sending of the Twelve Apostles

9 After^[a] Jesus^[b] called^[c] the twelve^[d] together, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure^[e] diseases, ²and he sent^[f] them out to proclaim^[g] the kingdom of God^[h] and to heal the sick.^[i]

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Luke 9:1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
Luke 9:1 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
Luke 9:1 tn An aorist participle preceding an aorist main verb may indicate either contemporaneous (simultaneous) action (“When he called…he gave”) or antecedent (prior) action (“After he called…he gave”). The participle συγκαλεσάμενος (sunkalesamenos) has been translated here as indicating antecedent action.
Luke 9:1 tc Some mss add ἀποστόλους (apostolous, “apostles”; א C* L Θ Ψ 070 0291 ƒ¹³ 33 579 892 1241 1424 2542 lat) or μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ (mathētas autou, “his disciples”; C³ al it) here, but such clarifying notes are clearly secondary.
Luke 9:1 sn Note how Luke distinguishes between exorcisms (authority over all demons) and diseases here.
Luke 9:2 sn “To send out” is often a term of divine commission in Luke: 1:19; 4:18, 43; 7:27; 9:48; 10:1, 16; 11:49; 13:34; 24:49.
Luke 9:2 tn Or “to preach.”
Luke 9:2 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ teaching. The nature of the kingdom of God in the NT and in Jesus’ teaching has long been debated by interpreters and scholars, with discussion primarily centering around the nature of the kingdom (earthly, heavenly, or both) and the kingdom’s arrival (present, future, or both). An additional major issue concerns the relationship between the kingdom of God and the person and work of Jesus himself. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.
Luke 9:2 sn As Jesus’ own ministry (Luke 4:16-44) involved both word (to proclaim) and deed (to heal) so also would that of the disciples.

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