36:13 The godless at heart 1 nourish anger, 2
they do not cry out even when he binds them.
7:8 When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down 3 on the couch where Esther was lying. 4 The king exclaimed, “Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building!”
As these words left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
1 tn The expression “godless [or hypocrite] in heart” is an intensification of the description. It conveys that they are intentionally godless. See Matt 23:28.
2 tn Heb “they put anger.” This is usually interpreted to mean they lay up anger, or put anger in their hearts.
3 tn Heb “falling”; NAB, NRSV “had (+ just TEV) thrown himself (+ down TEV).”
4 tn Heb “where Esther was” (so KJV, NASB). The term “lying” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “was reclining.”
5 sn Many have wondered how Lazarus got out of the tomb if his hands and feet were still tied up with strips of cloth. The author does not tell, and with a miracle of this magnitude, this is not an important fact to know. If Lazarus’ decomposing body was brought back to life by the power of God, then it could certainly have been moved out of the tomb by that same power. Others have suggested that the legs were bound separately, which would remove the difficulty, but the account gives no indication of this. What may be of more significance for the author is the comparison which this picture naturally evokes with the resurrection of Jesus, where the graveclothes stayed in the tomb neatly folded (20:6-7). Jesus, unlike Lazarus, would never need graveclothes again.
6 tn Grk “and his face tied around with cloth.”
7 tn Grk “Loose him.”