Discovery Box1 Kings 8:41-43
Context8:41 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation. 1 8:42 When they hear about your great reputation 2 and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, 3 they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple. 8:43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. 4 Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, 5 obey 6 you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. 7
Isaiah 11:10
Context11:10 At that time 8 a root from Jesse 9 will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, 10 and his residence will be majestic.
Isaiah 60:2-14
Context60:2 For, look, darkness covers the earth
and deep darkness covers 11 the nations,
but the Lord shines on you;
his splendor 12 appears over you.
60:3 Nations come to your light,
kings to your bright light.
They all gather and come to you –
your sons come from far away
and your daughters are escorted by guardians.
60:5 Then you will look and smile, 14
you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. 15
For the riches of distant lands 16 will belong to you
and the wealth of nations will come to you.
60:6 Camel caravans will cover your roads, 17
young camels from Midian and Ephah.
All the merchants of Sheba 18 will come,
bringing gold and incense
and singing praises to the Lord. 19
60:7 All the sheep of Kedar will be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices. 20
They will go up on my altar acceptably, 21
and I will bestow honor on my majestic temple.
60:8 Who are these who float along 22 like a cloud,
who fly like doves to their shelters? 23
60:9 Indeed, the coastlands 24 look eagerly for me,
the large ships 25 are in the lead,
bringing your sons from far away,
along with their silver and gold,
to honor the Lord your God, 26
the Holy One of Israel, 27 for he has bestowed honor on you.
60:10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls;
their kings will serve you.
Even though I struck you down in my anger,
I will restore my favor and have compassion on you. 28
60:11 Your gates will remain open at all times;
they will not be shut during the day or at night,
so that the wealth of nations may be delivered,
with their kings leading the way. 29
60:12 Indeed, 30 nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish;
such nations will be totally destroyed. 31
60:13 The splendor of Lebanon will come to you,
its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together,
to beautify my palace; 32
I will bestow honor on my throne room. 33
60:14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you;
all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet.
They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’ 34
Isaiah 66:19-21
Context66:19 I will perform a mighty act among them 35 and then send some of those who remain to the nations – to Tarshish, Pul, 36 Lud 37 (known for its archers 38 ), Tubal, Javan, 39 and to the distant coastlands 40 that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor. 66:20 They will bring back all your countrymen 41 from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them 42 on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels 43 to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord’s temple in ritually pure containers. 66:21 And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites,” says the Lord.
Acts 8:27
Context8:27 So 44 he got up 45 and went. There 46 he met 47 an Ethiopian eunuch, 48 a court official of Candace, 49 queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He 50 had come to Jerusalem to worship, 51
[8:41] 1 tn Heb “your name.” In the OT the word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the
[8:42] 2 tn Heb “your great name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in the previous verse.
[8:42] 3 tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”
[8:43] 4 tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”
[8:43] 5 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
[8:43] 7 tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.
[11:10] 8 tn Or “in that day” (KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
[11:10] 9 sn See the note at v. 1.
[11:10] 10 tn Heb “ a root from Jesse, which stands for a signal flag of the nations, of him nations will inquire” [or “seek”].
[60:2] 11 tn The verb “covers” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
[60:2] 12 tn Or “glory” (so most English versions); TEV “the brightness of his presence.”
[60:4] 13 tn Heb “Lift up around your eyes and see!”
[60:5] 14 tn Or “shine,” or “be radiant” (NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
[60:5] 15 tn Heb “and it will tremble and be wide, your heart.”
[60:5] 16 tn Heb “the wealth of the sea,” i.e., wealth that is transported from distant lands via the sea.
[60:6] 17 tn Heb “an abundance of camels will cover you.”
[60:6] 18 tn Heb “all of them, from Sheba.”
[60:6] 19 tn Heb “and they will announce the praises of the Lord.”
[60:7] 20 tn Heb “will serve you,” i.e., be available as sacrifices (see the next line). Another option is to understood these “rams” as symbolic of leaders who will be subject to the people of Zion. See v. 10.
[60:7] 21 tc Heb “they will go up on acceptance [on] my altar.” Some have suggested that the preposition עַל (’al) is dittographic (note the preceding יַעֲלוּ [ya’alu]). Consequently, the form should be emended to לְרָצוֹן (lÿratson, “acceptably”; see BDB 953 s.v. רָצוֹן). However, the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa has both לרצון followed by the preposition על, which would argue against deleted the preposition. As the above translation seeks to demonstrate, the preposition עַל (’al) indicates a norm (“in accordance with acceptance” or “acceptably”; IBHS 218 §11.2.13e, n. 111) and the “altar” functions as an objective accusative with a verb of motion (cf. Gen 49:4; Lev 2:2; Num 13:17; J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 2:534, n. 14).
[60:8] 22 tn Heb “fly” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NAB, NIV “fly along.”
[60:8] 23 tn Heb “to their windows,” i.e., to the openings in their coops. See HALOT 83 s.v. אֲרֻבָּה.
[60:9] 24 tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”
[60:9] 25 tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.
[60:9] 26 tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”
[60:9] 27 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
[60:10] 28 tn Heb “in my favor I will have compassion on you.”
[60:11] 29 tn Or “led in procession.” The participle is passive.
[60:12] 30 tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); TEV “But.”
[60:12] 31 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
[60:13] 32 tn Or “holy place, sanctuary.”
[60:13] 33 tn Heb “the place of my feet.” See Ezek 43:7, where the Lord’s throne is called the “place of the soles of my feet.”
[60:14] 34 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
[66:19] 35 tn Heb “and I will set a sign among them.” The precise meaning of this statement is unclear. Elsewhere “to set a sign” means “perform a mighty act” (Ps 78:43; Jer 32:20), “make [someone] an object lesson” (Ezek 14:8), and “erect a [literal] standard” (Ps 74:4).
[66:19] 36 tn Some prefer to read “Put” (i.e., Libya).
[66:19] 37 sn That is, Lydia (in Asia Minor).
[66:19] 38 tn Heb “drawers of the bow” (KJV and ASV both similar).
[66:19] 39 sn Javan is generally identified today as Greece (so NIV, NCV, NLT).
[66:19] 40 tn Or “islands” (NIV).
[66:20] 41 tn Heb “brothers” (so NIV); NCV “fellow Israelites.”
[66:20] 42 tn The words “they will bring them” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[66:20] 43 tn The precise meaning of this word is uncertain. Some suggest it refers to “chariots.” See HALOT 498 s.v. *כִּרְכָּרָה.
[8:27] 44 tn Grk “And,” but καί (kai) carries something of a resultative force in this context because what follows describes Philip’s response to the angel’s command.
[8:27] 45 tn Grk “So getting up he went.” The aorist participle ἀναστάς (anastas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[8:27] 46 tn Grk “And there.” 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.
[8:27] 47 tn Grk “and behold.” This expression is used to portray Philip’s encounter with the Ethiopian in a vivid way. In the English translation this vividness is difficult to convey; it is necessary to supply the words “he met.”
[8:27] 48 sn The term eunuch normally referred to a man who had been castrated, but this was not always the case (see Gen 39:1 LXX, where Potiphar is called a eunuch). Such castrated individuals were preferred as court officials in the East, although Judaism opposed the practice. The Mosaic law excluded eunuchs from Israel (Deut 23:1), although God certainly accepted them (Isa 56:3-5; Wis 3:14). This individual was a high official, since he was said to be in charge of all her treasury. He may or may not have been a eunuch physically. He appears to be the first fully Gentile convert to Christianity, since the Samaritans mentioned previously (Acts 8:4-25) were regarded as half-breeds.
[8:27] 49 tn Or “the Candace” (the title of the queen of the Ethiopians). The term Κανδάκης (Kandakh") is much more likely a title rather than a proper name (like Pharaoh, which is a title); see L&N 37.77. A few, however, still take the word to be the name of the queen (L&N 93.209). BDAG 507 s.v. Κανδάκη, treats the term as a title and lists classical usage by Strabo (Geography 17.1.54) and others.
[8:27] 50 tn Grk “who was over all her treasury, who.” The two consecutive relative clauses make for awkward English style, so the second was begun as a new sentence with the pronoun “he” supplied in place of the Greek relative pronoun to make a complete sentence in English.
[8:27] 51 sn Since this man had come to Jerusalem to worship, he may have been a proselyte to Judaism. This event is a precursor to Acts 10.
