Translation commentary on Luke 10:9

Exegesis:

tous en autē astheneis lit. ‘the sick in it,’ i.e. in that town, or there. For asthenēs cf. on 9.2.

kai legete autois ‘and say to them,’ i.e. to the people of the town in question, not to the sick only.

ēggiken eph’ humas hē basileia tou theou ‘the kingdom of God has come close to you.’ For eggizō cf. on 7.12. For hē basileia tou theou cf. on 4.43. The perfect tense of ēggiken indicates that the rule of God is a present reality then and there. eph’ humas indicates the people for whom this reality is there.

Translation:

For sick see on 4.40.

To them, or specifying the pronoun, ‘to the people (there),’ ‘to the inhabitants/townspeople.’

The kingdom of God has come near to you, or, ‘has come to you’ (Batak Toba); or, ‘the day that God rules has come near to you,’ ‘here and now God is going to rule you.’

Quoted with permission from Reiling, J. and Swellengrebel, J.L. A Handbook on the Gospel of Luke. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1971. For this and other handbooks for translators see here . Make sure to also consult the Handbook on the Gospel of Mark for parallel or similar verses.

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