21:1 Now 7 when they approached Jerusalem 8 and came to Bethphage, 9 at the Mount of Olives, 10 Jesus sent two disciples,
2:16 When Herod 11 saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men 12 to kill all the children in Bethlehem 13 and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
10:26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, 14 10:27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury 15 of fire that will consume God’s enemies. 16 10:28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death 17 without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 18 10:29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for 19 the Son of God, and profanes 20 the blood of the covenant that made him holy, 21 and insults the Spirit of grace? 10:30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” 22 and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 23 10:31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
5:1 Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud 24 over the miseries that are coming on you.
5:1 Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud 25 over the miseries that are coming on you.
1 tn Grk “to rule over them.”
2 tn This term, when used of people rather than animals, has some connotations of violence and mercilessness (L&N 20.72).
3 sn Slaughter them. To reject the king is to face certain judgment from him.
4 sn Jesus now predicted the events that would be fulfilled in the fall of Jerusalem in
5 sn An embankment refers to either wooden barricades or earthworks, or a combination of the two.
6 tc A few witnesses, especially of the Western text (D 33 it sys Or Eussyr), do not contain 21:44. However, the verse is found in א B C L W Z (Θ) 0102 Ë1,13 Ï lat syc,p,h co and should be included as authentic.
7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
8 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
9 sn The exact location of the village of Bethphage is not known. Most put it on the southeast side of the Mount of Olives and northwest of Bethany, about 1.5 miles (3 km) east of Jerusalem.
10 sn “Mountain” in English generally denotes a higher elevation than it often does in reference to places in Palestine. The Mount of Olives is really a ridge running north to south about 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) long, east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley. Its central elevation is about 30 meters (100 ft) higher than Jerusalem. It was named for the large number of olive trees which grew on it.
11 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13.
12 tn Or “soldiers.”
13 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
14 tn Grk “is left,” with “for us” implied by the first half of the verse.
15 tn Grk “zeal,” recalling God’s jealous protection of his holiness and honor (cf. Exod 20:5).
16 tn Grk “the enemies.”
17 tn Grk “dies.”
18 sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.
19 tn Grk “tramples under foot.”
20 tn Grk “regarded as common.”
21 tn Grk “by which he was made holy.”
22 sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.
23 sn A quotation from Deut 32:36.
24 tn Or “wail”; Grk “crying aloud.”
25 tn Or “wail”; Grk “crying aloud.”
26 tn Or “knows how to do what is good.”
27 tn Grk “to him it is sin.”