Luke 22:20-22

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Luke 22:20 tn The words “he took” are not in the Greek text at this point, but are an understood repetition from v. 19.
2. Luke 22:20 tn The phrase “after they had eaten” translates the temporal infinitive construction μετὰ τὸ δειπνῆσαι (meta to deipnēsai), where the verb δειπνέω (deipneō) means “to eat a meal” or “to have a meal.”
3. Luke 22:20 sn Jesus’ death established the forgiveness promised in the new covenant of Jer 31:31. Jesus is reinterpreting the symbolism of the Passover meal, indicating the presence of a new era.
4. Luke 22:21 sn The one who betrays me. Jesus knows about Judas and what he has done.
5. Luke 22:21 sn The point of Jesus’ comment here is not to identify the specific individual per se, but to indicate that it is one who was close to him—somebody whom no one would suspect. His comment serves to heighten the treachery of Judas’ betrayal.
6. Luke 22:22 sn Jesus’ death has been determined as a part of God’s plan (Acts 2:22-24).