Luke 8:1
Jesus’ Ministry and the Help of Women
1 Sometime ▼▼tn Grk “And it happened that sometime.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
afterward ▼ he went on through towns ▼▼tn Or “cities.”
and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news ▼▼sn The combination of preaching and proclaiming the good news is a bit emphatic, stressing Jesus’ teaching ministry on the rule of God.
of the kingdom of God. ▼▼sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ teaching. The nature of the kingdom of God in the NT and in Jesus’ teaching has long been debated by interpreters and scholars, with discussion primarily centering around the nature of the kingdom (earthly, heavenly, or both) and the kingdom’s arrival (present, future, or both). An additional major issue concerns the relationship between the kingdom of God and the person and work of Jesus himself. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.
The ▼▼tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
twelve were with him,
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