Luk 7:22-23 | NET2full | STEP | So he answered them , “ Go tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind see , the lame walk , lepers are cleansed , the deaf hear , the dead are raised , the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

Luke 7:22-23

22 So ^{▼▼tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the relationship to Jesus’ miraculous cures in the preceding sentence.} he answered them, ^{▼▼tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation to “he answered them.”} “Go tell ^{▼▼sn The same verb has been translated “inform” in 7:18.} John what you have seen and heard: ^{▼▼sn What you have seen and heard. The following activities all paraphrase various OT descriptions of the time of promised salvation: Isa 35:5-6; 26:19; 29:18-19; 61:1. Jesus is answering not by acknowledging a title, but by pointing to the nature of his works, thus indicating the nature of the time.} The blind see, the lame walk, lepers ^{▼▼sn See the note on lepers in Luke 4:27.} are cleansed, the ^{▼▼tn Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.} deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them. 23 Blessed is anyone ^{▼▼tn Grk “whoever.”} who takes no offense at me.”