Luke 12:37

12:37 Blessed are those slaves89 whom their master finds alert90 when he returns! I tell you the truth,91 he will dress himself to serve,92 have them take their place at the table,93 and will come94 and wait on them!95

89	tn See the note on the word “slave” in 7:2.
90	tn Or “watching”; Grk “awake,” but in context this is not just being awake but alert and looking out.
91	tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
92	tn See v. 35 (same verb).
93	tn Grk “have them recline at table,” as 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away.
94	tn The participle παρελθών (parelthōn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
95	sn He … will come and wait on them is a reversal of expectation, but shows that what Jesus asks for he is willing to do as well; see John 13:5 and 15:18–27, although those instances merely foreshadow what is in view here.