Genesis 22:3

22:3 Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. ¹  He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out ²  for the place God had spoken to him about.

Psalms 119:60

119:60 I keep your commands

eagerly and without delay. ³ 

Jeremiah 7:13

7:13 You also have done all these things, says the Lord, and I have spoken to you over and over again. ⁴  But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent! ⁵ 

Jeremiah 25:3

25:3 “For the last twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was ruling in Judah ⁶  until now, the Lord has been speaking to me. I told you over and over again ⁷  what he said. ⁸  But you would not listen.

Jeremiah 26:5

26:5 You must pay attention to the exhortations of my servants the prophets. I have sent them to you over and over again. ⁹  But you have not paid any attention to them.

Mark 1:35

Praying and Preaching

1:35 Then ¹⁰  Jesus ¹¹  got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer. ¹² 

¹ tn Heb “Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey.”

² tn Heb “he arose and he went.”

³ tn Heb “I hurry and I do not delay to keep your commands.”

⁴ tn This reflects a Hebrew idiom (e.g., 7:25; 11:7; 25:3, 4), i.e., an infinitive of a verb meaning “to do something early [or eagerly]” followed by an infinitive of another verb of action. Cf. HALOT 1384 s.v. שָׁכַם Hiph.2.

⁵ tn Heb “I called to you and you did not answer.” The words “to repent” are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁶ sn The year referred to would be 627 b.c. The same year is referred to in 1:2 in reference to his call to be a prophet.

⁷ tn For the idiom involved here see the notes at 7:13 and 11:7.

⁸ tn The words “what he said” are not in the text but are implicit. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn See the translator’s note on 7:13 for the idiom here.

¹⁰ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn The imperfect προσηύχετο (proshuceto) implies some duration to the prayer.