Exodus 39:42-43

39:42 The Israelites did all the work according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses. 39:43 Moses inspected ¹  all the work – and ²  they had done it just as the Lord had commanded – they had done it exactly – and Moses blessed them. ³ 

Exodus 40:16

40:16 This is what Moses did, according to all the Lord had commanded him – so he did.

Matthew 22:2-6

22:2 “The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. 22:3 He sent his slaves ⁴  to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come. 22:4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. ⁵  My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’ 22:5 But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. 22:6 The ⁶  rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.

John 2:5-8

2:5 His mother told the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.” ⁷ 

2:6 Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, ⁸  each holding twenty or thirty gallons. ⁹  2:7 Jesus told the servants, ¹⁰  “Fill the water jars with water.” So they filled them up to the very top. 2:8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the head steward,” ¹¹  and they did.

Acts 26:19-20

26:19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, ¹²  I was not disobedient ¹³  to the heavenly ¹⁴  vision, 26:20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, ¹⁵  and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, ¹⁶  performing deeds consistent with ¹⁷  repentance.

Acts 26:2

26:2 “Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, ¹⁸  I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,

Acts 2:3

2:3 And tongues spreading out like a fire ¹⁹  appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.

Hebrews 11:8

11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

Hebrews 11:17-19

11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, ²⁰  yet he was ready to offer up ²¹  his only son. 11:18 God had told him, “Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,” ²²  11:19 and he reasoned ²³  that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense ²⁴  he received him back from there.

[39:43]  ¹ tn Or “examined” (NASB, TEV); NCV “looked closely at.”

[39:43]  ² tn The deictic particle draws attention to what he saw in such a way as to give the reader Moses’ point of view and a sense of his pleasure: “and behold, they…”

[39:43]  ³ sn The situation and wording in Exod 39:43 are reminiscent of Gen 1:28 and 31, with the motifs of blessing people and inspecting what has been made.

[22:3]  ⁴ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

[22:4]  ⁵ tn Grk “Behold, I have prepared my dinner.” In some contexts, however, to translate ἄριστον (ariston) as “dinner” somewhat misses the point. L&N 23.22 here suggests, “See now, the feast I have prepared (for you is ready).”

[22:6]  ⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[2:5]  ⁷ tn The pronoun “it” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

[2:6]  ⁸ tn Grk “for the purification of the Jews.”

[2:6]  ⁹ tn Grk “holding two or three metretes” (about 75 to 115 liters). Each of the pots held 2 or 3 μετρηταί (metrhtai). A μετρητῆς (metrhths) was about 9 gallons (40 liters); thus each jar held 18-27 gallons (80-120 liters) and the total volume of liquid involved was 108-162 gallons (480-720 liters).

[2:7]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “them” (it is clear from the context that the servants are addressed).

[2:8]  ¹¹ tn Or “the master of ceremonies.”

[26:19]  ¹² sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[26:19]  ¹³ sn I was not disobedient. Paul’s defense is that he merely obeyed the risen Jesus. He was arrested for obeying heavenly direction and preaching the opportunity to turn to God.

[26:19]  ¹⁴ tn According to L&N 1.5, “In Ac 26:19 the adjective οὐράνιος could be interpreted as being related simply to the meaning of οὐρανός^a ‘sky,’ but it seems preferable to regard οὐράνιος in this context as meaning simply ‘from heaven’ or ‘heavenly.’”

[26:20]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 1093-94 s.v. χώρα 2.b states, “of the provincial name (1 Macc 8:3) ἡ χώρα τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας Ac 26:20.”

[26:20]  ¹⁶ sn That they should repent and turn to God. This is the shortest summary of Paul’s message that he preached.

[26:20]  ¹⁷ tn BDAG 93 s.v. ἄξιος 1.b, “καρποὶ ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας fruits in keeping with your repentance…Lk 3:8; Mt 3:8. For this ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα Ac 26:20.” Note how Paul preached the gospel offer and the issue of response together, side by side.

[26:2]  ¹⁸ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[2:3]  ¹⁹ tn Or “And divided tongues as of fire.” The precise meaning of διαμερίζομαι (diamerizomai) in Acts 2:3 is difficult to determine. The meaning could be “tongues as of fire dividing up one to each person,” but it is also possible that the individual tongues of fire were divided (“And divided tongues as of fire appeared”). The translation adopted in the text (“tongues spreading out like a fire”) attempts to be somewhat ambiguous.

[11:17]  ²⁰ tn Here “received the promises” refers to the pledges themselves, not to the things God promised.

[11:17]  ²¹ tn Grk “he was offering up.” The tense of this verb indicates the attempt or readiness to sacrifice Isaac without the actual completion of the deed.

[11:18]  ²² tn Grk “in Isaac seed will be named for you.”

[11:19]  ²³ tn Grk “having reasoned,” continuing the ideas of v. 17.

[11:19]  ²⁴ tn Grk “in/by a symbol.”