Luke 14:1

New English Translation

14 Now^[a] one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine^[b] at the house of a leader^[c] of the Pharisees,^[d] they were watching^[e] him closely.

Luke 14:1 tn Grk “Now it happened that one.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
Luke 14:1 tn Grk “to eat bread,” an idiom for participating in a meal.
Luke 14:1 tn Grk “a ruler of the Pharisees.” He was probably a synagogue official.
Luke 14:1 sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.
Luke 14:1 sn Watching…closely is a graphic term meaning to lurk and watch; see Luke 11:53-54.

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