Acts 4:20

4:20 for it is impossible ¹  for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 17:16

Paul at Athens

17:16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, ²  his spirit was greatly upset ³  because he saw ⁴  the city was full of idols.

Job 32:18-20

32:18 For I am full of words,

and the spirit within me ⁵  constrains me. ⁶ 

32:19 Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, ⁷ 

like new wineskins ⁸  ready to burst!

32:20 I will speak, ⁹  so that I may find relief;

I will open my lips, so that I may answer.

Jeremiah 6:11

6:11 I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, ¹⁰ 

I am tired of trying to hold it in.”

The Lord answered, ¹¹ 

“Vent it, then, ¹²  on the children who play in the street

and on the young men who are gathered together.

Husbands and wives are to be included, ¹³ 

as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.

Jeremiah 20:9

20:9 Sometimes I think, “I will make no mention of his message.

I will not speak as his messenger ¹⁴  any more.”

But then ¹⁵  his message becomes like a fire

locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. ¹⁶ 

I grow weary of trying to hold it in;

I cannot contain it.

Ezekiel 3:14

3:14 A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly, ¹⁷  my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully ¹⁸  on me.

Micah 3:8

3:8 But I ¹⁹  am full of the courage that the Lord’s Spirit gives,

and have a strong commitment to justice. ²⁰ 

This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion,

and Israel with its sin. ²¹ 

Luke 12:50

12:50 I have a baptism ²²  to undergo, ²³  and how distressed I am until it is finished!

Luke 12:2

12:2 Nothing is hidden ²⁴  that will not be revealed, ²⁵  and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

Colossians 1:14

1:14 in whom we have redemption, ²⁶  the forgiveness of sins.

Philippians 1:23

1:23 I feel torn between the two, ²⁷  because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

[4:20]  ¹ tn Grk “for we are not able not to speak about what we have seen and heard,” but the double negative, which cancels out in English, is emphatic in Greek. The force is captured somewhat by the English translation “it is impossible for us not to speak…” although this is slightly awkward.

[17:16]  ² map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[17:16]  ³ tn Grk “greatly upset within him,” but the words “within him” were not included in the translation because they are redundant in English. See L&N 88.189. The term could also be rendered “infuriated.”

[17:16]  ⁴ tn Or “when he saw.” The participle θεωροῦντος (qewrounto") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle; it could also be translated as temporal.

[32:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “the spirit of my belly.”

[32:18]  ⁶ tn The verb צוּק (tsuq) means “to constrain; to urge; to press.” It is used in Judg 14:17; 16:16 with the sense of wearing someone down with repeated entreaties. Elihu cannot withhold himself any longer.

[32:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “in my belly I am like wine that is not opened” (a Niphal imperfect), meaning sealed up with no place to escape.

[32:19]  ⁸ tc The Hebrew text has כְּאֹבוֹת חֲדָשִׁים (kÿ’ovot khadashim), traditionally rendered “like new wineskins.” But only here does the phrase have this meaning. The LXX has “smiths” for “new,” thus “like smith’s bellows.” A. Guillaume connects the word with an Arabic word for a wide vessel for wine shaped like a cup (“Archaeological and philological note on Job 32:19,” PEQ 93 [1961]: 147-50). Some have been found in archaeological sites. The poor would use skins, the rich would use jars. The key to putting this together is the verb at the end of the line, יִבָּקֵעַ (yibbaqea’, “that are ready to burst”). The point of the statement is that Elihu is bursting to speak, and until now has not had the opening.

[32:20]  ⁹ tn The cohortative expresses Elihu’s resolve to speak.

[6:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I am full of the wrath of the Lord.”

[6:11]  ¹¹ tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the words that follow. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[6:11]  ¹² tn Heb “Pour it out.”

[6:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “are to be captured.”

[20:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “speak in his name.” This idiom occurs in passages where someone functions as the messenger under the authority of another. See Exod 5:23; Deut 18:19, 29:20; Jer 14:14. The antecedent in the first line is quite commonly misidentified as being “him,” i.e., the Lord. Comparison, however, with the rest of the context, especially the consequential clause “then it becomes” (וְהָיָה, vÿhayah), and Jer 23:36 shows that it is “the word of the Lord.”

[20:9]  ¹⁵ tn The English sentence has again been restructured for the sake of English style. The Hebrew construction involves two vav consecutive perfects in a condition and consequence relation, “If I say to myself…then it [his word] becomes.” See GKC 337 §112.kk for the construction.

[20:9]  ¹⁶ sn Heb “It is in my heart like a burning fire, shut up in my bones.” In addition to standing as part for the whole, the “bones” for the person (e.g., Ps 35:10), the bones were associated with fear (e.g., Job 4:14) and with pain (e.g., Job 33:19, Ps 102:3 [102:4 HT]) and joy or sorrow (e.g., Ps 51:8 [51:10 HT]). As has been mentioned several times, the heart was connected with intellectual and volitional concerns.

[3:14]  ¹⁷ tn The traditional interpretation is that Ezekiel embarked on his mission with bitterness and anger, either reflecting God’s attitude toward the sinful people or his own feelings about having to carry out such an unpleasant task. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:13) takes “bitterly” as a misplaced marginal note and understands the following word, normally translated “anger,” in the sense of fervor or passion. He translates, “I was passionately moved” (p. 4). Another option is to take the word translated “bitterly” as a verb meaning “strengthened” (attested in Ugaritic). See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 152.

[3:14]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was on me heavily.” The “hand of the Lord” is a metaphor for his power or influence; the modifier conveys intensity.

[3:8]  ¹⁹ sn The prophet Micah speaks here and contrasts himself with the mercenaries just denounced by the Lord in the preceding verses.

[3:8]  ²⁰ tn Heb “am full of power, the Spirit of the Lord, and justice and strength.” The appositional phrase “the Spirit of the Lord” explains the source of the prophet’s power. The phrase “justice and strength” is understood here as a hendiadys, referring to the prophet’s strong sense of justice.

[3:8]  ²¹ tn Heb “to declare to Jacob his rebellion and to Israel his sin.” The words “this enables me” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:50]  ²² sn The figure of the baptism is variously interpreted, as some see a reference (1) to martyrdom or (2) to inundation with God’s judgment. The OT background, however, suggests the latter sense: Jesus is about to be uniquely inundated with God’s judgment as he is rejected, persecuted, and killed (Ps 18:4, 16; 42:7; 69:1-2; Isa 8:7-8; 30:27-28; Jonah 2:3-6).

[12:50]  ²³ tn Grk “to be baptized with.”

[12:2]  ²⁴ tn Or “concealed.”

[12:2]  ²⁵ sn I.e., be revealed by God. The passive voice verbs here (“be revealed,” be made known”) see the revelation as coming from God. The text is both a warning about bad things being revealed and an encouragement that good things will be made known, though the stress with the images of darkness and what is hidden in vv. 2-3 is on the attempt to conceal.

[1:14]  ²⁶ tc διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ (dia tou {aimato" autou, “through his blood”) is read at this juncture by several minuscule mss (614 630 1505 2464 al) as well as a few, mostly secondary, versional and patristic witnesses. But the reading was prompted by the parallel in Eph 1:7 where the wording is solid. If these words had been in the original of Colossians, why would scribes omit them here but not in Eph 1:7? Further, the testimony on behalf of the shorter reading is quite overwhelming: {א A B C D F G Ψ 075 0150 6 33 1739 1881 Ï latt co as well as several other versions and fathers}. The conviction that “through his blood” is not authentic in Col 1:14 is as strong as the conviction that these words are authentic in Eph 1:7.

[1:23]  ²⁷ tn Grk “I am hard-pressed between the two.” Cf. L&N 30.18.