6:14 Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus 8 performed, they began to say to one another, “This is certainly the Prophet 9 who is to come into the world.” 10
1 tn Heb “and it will be if.”
2 tn Heb “listen to the voice of,” meaning listen so as to respond appropriately.
3 tn The nuance of this perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive will be equal to the imperfect of possibility – “they may believe.”
4 tn Heb “believe the voice of the latter sign,” so as to understand and accept the meaning of the event.
5 tn Grk “And this.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
6 sn The sign functions for the shepherds like Elizabeth’s conception served for Mary in 1:36.
7 tn Or “a feeding trough,” see Luke 2:7.
8 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 sn The Prophet is a reference to the “prophet like Moses” of Deut 18:15, by this time an eschatological figure in popular belief.
10 sn An allusion to Deut 18:15.