Footnotes

1. Luke 2:50 tn Grk “And they.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast.
2. Luke 2:50 tn Grk “they”; the referent (his parents) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3. Luke 2:50 sn This was the first of many times those around Jesus did not understand what he was saying at the time (9:45; 10:21-24; 18:34).
4. Luke 2:50 tn Or “the matter.”
5. Luke 2:50 tn Grk “which he spoke.”
6. Luke 2:51 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
7. Luke 2:51 tn Or “was submitting.”
8. Luke 2:51 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.
9. Luke 2:51 tn Or “all these words.”
10. Luke 2:51 sn On the phrase his mother kept all these things in her heart compare Luke 2:19.
11. Luke 2:52 tn Or “kept increasing.” The imperfect tense suggests something of a progressive force to the verb.