Luke 4:29-30

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Luke 4:29 tn Grk “cast.”
2. Luke 4:29 tn Or “city.”
3. Luke 4:29 tn The Greek conjunction ὥστε (hōste) here indicates their purpose.
4. Luke 4:29 sn The attempt to throw him down the cliff looks like “lynch law,” but it may really be an indication that Jesus was regarded as a false prophet who was worthy of death (Deut 13:5). Such a sentence meant being thrown into a pit and then stoned.
5. Luke 4:30 tn Grk “their midst.”
6. Luke 4:30 tn The verb πορεύομαι (poreuomai) in Luke often suggests divine direction, “to go in a led direction” (4:42; 7:6, 11; 9:51, 52, 56, 57; 13:33; 17:11; 22:22, 29; 24:28). It could suggest that Jesus is on a journey, a theme that definitely is present later in Luke 9-19.