Psalms 33:6

33:6 By the Lord’s decree ¹  the heavens were made;

by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created. ² 

Psalms 33:9

33:9 For he spoke, and it ³  came into existence,

he issued the decree, ⁴  and it stood firm.

Psalms 148:5

148:5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,

for he gave the command and they came into existence.

Matthew 8:3

8:3 He stretched out his hand and touched ⁵  him saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

John 11:43

11:43 When ⁶  he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice, ⁷  “Lazarus, come out!”

¹ tn Heb “word.”

² tn Heb “and by the breath of his mouth all their host.” The words “were created” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons; they are understood by ellipsis (note “were made” in the preceding line). The description is consistent with Gen 1:16, which indicates that God spoke the heavenly luminaries into existence.

³ tn That is, “all the earth” in the first line of v. 8. The apparent antecedent of the masculine subject of the verbs in v. 9 (note וַיֶּהִי [vayyehiy] and וַיַּעֲמֹד [vayya’amod]) is “earth” or “world,” both of which are feminine nouns. However, כָּל (kol, “all”) may be the antecedent, or the apparent lack of agreement may be explained by the collective nature of the nouns involved here (see GKC 463 §145.e).

⁴ tn Heb “he commanded.”

⁵ sn Touched. This touch would have rendered Jesus ceremonially unclean (Lev 14:46; also Mishnah, m. Nega’im 3.1; 11.1; 12.1; 13.6-12).

⁶ tn Grk “And when.”

⁷ sn The purpose of the loud voice was probably to ensure that all in the crowd could hear (compare the purpose of the prayer of thanksgiving in vv. 41-42).