2 Corinthians 11:27

11:27 in hard work and toil, ¹  through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing. ² 

Ezekiel 3:17

3:17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman ³  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

Mark 13:34-37

13:34 It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves ⁴  in charge, assigning ⁵  to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert. 13:35 Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return – whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn – 13:36 or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly. 13:37 What I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!”

Acts 20:31

20:31 Therefore be alert, ⁶  remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning ⁷  each one of you with tears.

Acts 20:2

20:2 After he had gone through those regions ⁸  and spoken many words of encouragement ⁹  to the believers there, ¹⁰  he came to Greece, ¹¹ 

Acts 4:5

4:5 On the next day, ¹²  their rulers, elders, and experts in the law ¹³  came together ¹⁴  in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ 

Hebrews 13:17

13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. ¹⁶  Let them do this ¹⁷  with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

[11:27]  ¹ tn The two different words for labor are translated “in hard work and toil” by L&N 42.48.

[11:27]  ² tn Grk “in cold and nakedness.” Paul does not mean complete nakedness, however, which would have been repugnant to a Jew; he refers instead to the lack of sufficient clothing, especially in cold weather. A related word is used to 1 Cor 4:11, also in combination with experiencing hunger and thirst.

[3:17]  ³ tn The literal role of a watchman is described in 2 Sam 18:24; 2 Kgs 9:17.

[13:34]  ⁴ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 10:44.

[13:34]  ⁵ tn Grk “giving.”

[20:31]  ⁶ tn Or “be watchful.”

[20:31]  ⁷ tn Or “admonishing.”

[20:2]  ⁸ tn BDAG 633 s.v. μέρος 1.b.γ gives the meanings “the parts (of a geographical area), region, district,” but the use of “district” in this context probably implies too much specificity.

[20:2]  ⁹ tn Grk “and encouraging them with many words.” The participle παρακαλέσας (parakalesa", “encouraging”) has been translated by the phrase “spoken…words of encouragement” because the formal equivalent is awkward in contemporary English.

[20:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “[to] them”; the referent (the believers there) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ¹¹ tn In popular usage the term translated “Greece” here could also refer to the Roman province officially known as Achaia (BDAG 318 s.v. ῾Ελλάς).

[4:5]  ¹² tn Grk “It happened that on the next day.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[4:5]  ¹³ tn Or “and scribes.” The traditional rendering of γραμματεύς (grammateu") as “scribe” does not communicate much to the modern English reader, for whom the term might mean “professional copyist,” if it means anything at all. The people referred to here were recognized experts in the law of Moses and in traditional laws and regulations. Thus “expert in the law” comes closer to the meaning for the modern reader.

[4:5]  ¹⁴ tn Or “law assembled,” “law met together.”

[4:5]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:17]  ¹⁶ tn Or “as ones who will give an account”; Grk “as giving an account.”

[13:17]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “that they may do this.”