Genesis 24:56

24:56 But he said to them, “Don’t detain me – the Lord ¹  has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return ²  to my master.”

Nehemiah 4:8

4:8 All of them conspired together to move with armed forces ³  against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it.

Luke 11:52

11:52 Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away ⁴  the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered ⁵  those who were going in.”

Romans 15:22

Paul’s Intention of Visiting the Romans

15:22 This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you.

Romans 15:2

15:2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

Colossians 1:12

1:12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share ⁶  in the saints’ ⁷  inheritance in the light.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial, indicating a reason for the preceding request.

² tn After the preceding imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

³ tn Heb “to fight.”

⁴ sn You have taken away the key to knowledge is another stinging rebuke. They had done the opposite of what they were trying to do.

⁵ tn Or “you tried to prevent.”

⁶ tn BDAG 473 s.v. ἱκανόω states, “τινὰ εἴς τι someone for someth. Col 1:12.” The point of the text is that God has qualified the saints for a “share” or “portion” in the inheritance of the saints.

⁷ tn Grk “the inheritance of the saints.” The genitive noun τῶν ἁγίων (twn Jagiwn) is a possessive genitive: “the saints’ inheritance.”