1:55 as he promised 3 to our ancestors, 4 to Abraham and to his descendants 5 forever.”
20:34 So 6 Jesus said to them, “The people of this age 7 marry and are given in marriage.
1 tn Grk “And he.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. A new sentence is begun here in the translation because of the length of the sentence in Greek.
2 tn Or “over Israel.”
3 tn Grk “as he spoke.” Since this is a reference to the covenant to Abraham, ἐλάλησεν (elalhsen) can be translated in context “as he promised.” God keeps his word.
4 tn Grk “fathers.”
5 tn Grk “his seed” (an idiom for offspring or descendants).
5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ response is a result of their framing of the question.
6 tn Grk “sons of this age” (an idiom, see L&N 11.16). The following clause which refers to being “given in marriage” suggests both men and women are included in this phrase.