Isaiah 21:10

21:10 O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor,¹

what I have heard

from the Lord who commands armies,

the God of Israel,

I have reported to you.

Jeremiah 26:2

26:2 The Lord said, “Go stand in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.² Speak out to all the people who are coming from the towns of Judah to worship in the Lord’s temple. Tell them everything I command you to tell them. Do not leave out a single word!

Acts 20:27

20:27 For I did not hold back from³ announcing⁴ to you the whole purpose⁵ of God.

Acts 20:1

Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece

20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging⁶ them and saying farewell,⁷ he left to go to Macedonia.⁸

Colossians 1:23

1:23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm,⁹ without shifting¹⁰ from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

¹tn Heb “My trampled one, and the son of the threshing floor.”

²sn It is generally agreed that the incident recorded in this chapter relates to the temple message that Jeremiah gave in 7:1-15. The message there is summarized here in vv. 3-6. The primary interest here is in the response to that message.

³tn Or “did not avoid.” BDAG 1041 s.v. ὑποστέλλω 2.b has “shrink from, avoid implying fear…οὐ γὰρ ὑπεστειλάμην τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι I did not shrink from proclaiming Ac 20:27”; L&N 13.160 has “to hold oneself back from doing something, with the implication of some fearful concern – ‘to hold back from, to shrink from, to avoid’…‘for I have not held back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God’ Ac 20:27.”

⁴tn Or “proclaiming,” “declaring.”

⁵tn Or “plan.”

⁶tn Or “exhorting.”

⁷tn Or “and taking leave of them.”

⁸sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

⁹tn BDAG 276 s.v. ἑδραῖος suggests “firm, steadfast.”

¹⁰tn BDAG 639 s.v. μετακινέω suggests “without shifting from the hope” here.