6 Or, in the midst of you.
7 Some ancient authorities omit in his day.
8 Or, soul.
9 Gr. save it alive.
10 Some ancient authorities add ver. 36 There shall be two men in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
11 Or, vultures.
a As Ephraim ([§ 119]) was pretty certainly in the northern part of Judea, it has been reasonably supposed (Wieseler, Clark, and others) that, when the Passover was approaching, Jesus went from that region northward through Samaria into the southern or southeastern part of Galilee, so as to fall in with the pilgrims going from Galilee through Perea to Jerusalem. We thus again combine Luke's account with that of John in easy agreement. And this explains Luke's mention of Samaria first, which would be strange in describing a journey from Galilee through Samaria to Jerusalem, while the marginal translation, "between Samaria and Galilee," would he obscure and hard to account for. From this point he is making his final journey to Jerusalem, for the Passover of the crucifixion.
§ 121. TWO PARABLES ON PRAYER (THE IMPORTUNATE WIDOW, THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN)
Luke 18:1-14