Luke 8:53-55

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Luke 8:53 tn This imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
2. Luke 8:53 tn The participle εἰδότες (eidotes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.
3. Luke 8:53 tn Or “had died.”
4. Luke 8:54 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5. Luke 8:54 tn Grk “and called, saying.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation to “and said.”
6. Luke 8:55 tn Grk “And her.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
7. Luke 8:55 sn In other words, she came back to life; see Acts 20:10.
8. Luke 8:55 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.