1 Kings 14:2

14:2 Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise ¹  yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there. ² 

1 Kings 14:5

14:5 But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. ³  When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”

Ezekiel 14:3-5

14:3 “Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity ⁴  right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek ⁵  me? 14:4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When any one from the house of Israel erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally according to the enormity of his idolatry. ⁶  14:5 I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’

Ezekiel 14:7-8

14:7 For when anyone from the house of Israel, or the foreigner who lives in Israel, separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally. 14:8 I will set my face against that person and will make him an object lesson and a byword ⁷  and will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Luke 20:20-23

Paying Taxes to Caesar

20:20 Then ⁸  they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. ⁹  They wanted to take advantage of what he might say ¹⁰  so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction ¹¹  of the governor. 20:21 Thus ¹²  they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, ¹³  and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. ¹⁴  20:22 Is it right ¹⁵  for us to pay the tribute tax ¹⁶  to Caesar ¹⁷  or not?” 20:23 But Jesus ¹⁸  perceived their deceit ¹⁹  and said to them,

Acts 5:3-5

5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled ²⁰  your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of ²¹  the land? 5:4 Before it was sold, ²²  did it not ²³  belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money ²⁴  not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? ²⁵  You have not lied to people ²⁶  but to God!”

5:5 When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped ²⁷  all who heard about it.

Acts 5:9-10

5:9 Peter then told her, “Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!” 5:10 At once ²⁸  she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Hebrews 4:13

4:13 And no creature is hidden from God, ²⁹  but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

[14:2]  ¹ tn Heb “Get up, change yourself.”

[14:2]  ² tn Heb “look, Ahijah the prophet is there, he told me [I would be] king over this nation.”

[14:5]  ³ sn Tell her so-and-so. Certainly the Lord gave Ahijah a specific message to give to Jeroboam’s wife (see vv. 6-16), but the author of Kings here condenses the Lord’s message with the words “so-and-so.” For dramatic effect he prefers to have us hear the message from Ahijah’s lips as he speaks to the king’s wife.

[14:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “the stumbling block of their iniquity.” This phrase is unique to the prophet Ezekiel.

[14:3]  ⁵ tn Or “I will not reveal myself to them.” The Hebrew word is used in a technical sense here of seeking an oracle from a prophet (2 Kgs 1:16; 3:11; 8:8).

[14:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “in accordance with the multitude of his idols.”

[14:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “proverbs.”

[20:20]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[20:20]  ⁹ tn Grk “righteous,” but in this context the point is their false sincerity.

[20:20]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “so that they might catch him in some word.”

[20:20]  ¹¹ tn This word is often translated “authority” in other contexts, but here, in combination with ἀρχή (arch), it refers to the domain or sphere of the governor’s rule (L&N 37.36).

[20:21]  ¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the plans by the spies.

[20:21]  ¹³ tn Or “precisely”; Grk “rightly.” Jesus teaches exactly, the straight and narrow.

[20:21]  ¹⁴ sn Teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Very few comments are as deceitful as this one; they did not really believe this at all. The question was specifically designed to trap Jesus.

[20:22]  ¹⁵ tn Or “lawful,” that is, in accordance with God’s divine law. On the syntax of ἔξεστιν (exestin) with an infinitive and accusative, see BDF §409.3.

[20:22]  ¹⁶ tn This was a “poll tax.” L&N 57.182 states this was “a payment made by the people of one nation to another, with the implication that this is a symbol of submission and dependence – ‘tribute tax.’”

[20:22]  ¹⁷ tn Or “to the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).

[20:23]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:23]  ¹⁹ tn Or “craftiness.” The term always has negative connotations in the NT (1 Cor 3:19; 2 Cor 4:2; 11:3; Eph 4:14).

[5:3]  ²⁰ sn This is a good example of the Greek verb fill (πληρόω, plhrow) meaning “to exercise control over someone’s thought and action” (cf. Eph 5:18).

[5:3]  ²¹ tn The words “from the sale of” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to clarify the meaning, since the phrase “proceeds from the land” could possibly be understood as crops rather than money from the sale.

[5:4]  ²² tn Grk “Remaining to you.”

[5:4]  ²³ tn The negative interrogative particle οὐχί (ouci) expects a positive reply to this question and the following one (“And when it was sold, was it not at your disposal?”).

[5:4]  ²⁴ tn Grk “it”; the referent of the pronoun (the money generated from the sale of the land) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:4]  ²⁵ tn Grk “How is it that you have [or Why have you] placed this deed in your heart?” Both of these literal translations differ from the normal way of expressing the thought in English.

[5:4]  ²⁶ tn Grk “to men.” If Peter’s remark refers only to the apostles, the translation “to men” would be appropriate. But if (as is likely) the action was taken to impress the entire congregation (who would presumably have witnessed the donation or been aware of it) then the more general “to people” is more appropriate, since the audience would have included both men and women.

[5:5]  ²⁷ tn Or “fear came on,” “fear seized”; Grk “fear happened to.”

[5:10]  ²⁸ tn Grk “And at once.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[4:13]  ²⁹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.