1 Kings 18:21-24
Context18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? 1 If the Lord is the true God, 2 then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word. 18:22 Elijah said to them: 3 “I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal. 18:23 Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire. 18:24 Then you 4 will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” 5 All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” 6
1 Kings 18:36-37
Context18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, 7 Elijah the prophet approached the altar 8 and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove 9 today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 18:37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God 10 and that you are winning back their allegiance.” 11
1 Kings 18:2
Context18:2 So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab.
Now the famine was severe in Samaria. 12
1 Kings 18:27
Context18:27 At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.” 13
Amos 3:1
Context3:1 Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the Lord is proclaiming against 14 you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up 15 from the land of Egypt:
Micah 1:2
Context1:2 Listen, all you nations! 16
Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! 17
The sovereign Lord will testify 18 against you;
the Lord will accuse you 19 from his majestic palace. 20
Mark 7:14-16
Context7:14 Then 21 he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand. 7:15 There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”
7:16 [[EMPTY]] 22Mark 12:37
Context12:37 If David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 23 And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.
[18:21] 1 tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.
[18:22] 3 tn Heb “to the people.”
[18:24] 4 tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.
[18:24] 6 tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”
[18:36] 7 tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”
[18:36] 8 tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[18:36] 9 tn Heb “let it be known.”
[18:37] 11 tn Heb “that you are turning their heart[s] back.”
[18:2] 12 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
[18:27] 13 sn Elijah’s sarcastic proposals would have been especially offensive and irritating to Baal’s prophets, for they believed Baal was imprisoned in the underworld as death’s captive during this time of drought. Elijah’s apparent ignorance of their theology is probably designed for dramatic effect; indeed the suggestion that Baal is away on a trip or deep in sleep comes precariously close to the truth as viewed by the prophets.
[3:1] 15 tn One might expect a third person verb form (“he brought up”), since the
[1:2] 16 tn Heb “O peoples, all of them.”
[1:2] 17 tn Heb “O earth and all its fullness”; KJV “and all that therein is.”
[1:2] 18 tn Heb “May the sovereign
[1:2] 19 tn Heb “the
[1:2] 20 tn Or “his holy temple” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). This refers to the Lord’s dwelling in heaven, however, rather than the temple in Jerusalem (note the following verse, which describes a theophany).
[7:14] 21 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
[7:16] 22 tc Most later
[12:37] 23 tn Grk “David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ So how is he his son?” The conditional nuance, implicit in Greek, has been made explicit in the translation (cf. Matt 22:45).