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Luke 12:37
New English Translation
Luke 12:37
New English Translation
37 Blessed are those slaves[a] whom their master finds alert[b] when he returns! I tell you the truth,[c] he will dress himself to serve,[d] have them take their place at the table,[e] and will come[f] and wait on them![g]
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- Luke 12:37 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 7:2.
- Luke 12:37 tn Or “watching”; Grk “awake,” but in context this is not just being awake but alert and looking out.
- Luke 12:37 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
- Luke 12:37 tn See v. 35 (same verb).
- Luke 12:37 tn Grk “have them recline at table,” as 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away.
- Luke 12:37 tn The participle παρελθών (parelthōn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
- Luke 12:37 sn He…will come and wait on them is a reversal of expectation, but shows that what Jesus asks for he is willing to do as well; see John 13:5 and 15:18-27, although those instances merely foreshadow what is in view here.
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