2 Kings 13:14-19

Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy

13:14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness. ¹  King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. ²  He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot ³  and horsemen of Israel!” ⁴  13:15 Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows,” and he did so. ⁵  13:16 Then Elisha ⁶  told the king of Israel, “Aim the bow.” ⁷  He did so, ⁸  and Elisha placed his hands on the king’s hands. 13:17 Elisha ⁹  said, “Open the east window,” and he did so. ¹⁰  Elisha said, “Shoot!” and

he did so. ¹¹  Elisha ¹²  said, “This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria. ¹³  You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!” ¹⁴  13:18 Then Elisha ¹⁵  said, “Take the arrows,” and he did so. ¹⁶  He told the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” He struck the ground three times and stopped. 13:19 The prophet ¹⁷  got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! ¹⁸  But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”

Psalms 81:10

81:10 I am the Lord, your God,

the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’

Matthew 9:28-29

9:28 When ¹⁹  he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus ²⁰  said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” 9:29 Then he touched their eyes saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.”

Matthew 17:19-21

17:19 Then the disciples came ²¹  to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?” 17:20 He told them, “It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, ²²  if you have faith the size of ²³  a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing ²⁴  will be impossible for you.”

17:21 [[EMPTY]] ²⁵ 

Mark 6:4-6

6:4 Then ²⁶  Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.” 6:5 He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6:6 And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then ²⁷  he went around among the villages and taught.

Mark 11:24

11:24 For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

James 1:6-7

1:6 But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind. 1:7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,

James 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From James, ²⁸  a slave ²⁹  of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. ³⁰  Greetings!

James 5:14-15

5:14 Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint ³¹  him with oil in the name of the Lord. 5:15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up – and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. ³² 

[13:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”

[13:14]  ² tn Heb “went down to him.”

[13:14]  ³ tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

[13:14]  ⁴ sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.

[13:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he took a bow and some arrows.”

[13:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “Cause your hand to ride on the bow.”

[13:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he caused his hand to ride.”

[13:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “He opened [it].”

[13:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he shot.”

[13:17]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “The arrow of victory of the Lord and the arrow of victory over Syria.”

[13:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “you will strike down Syria in Aphek until destruction.”

[13:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and he took [them].”

[13:19]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “man of God.”

[13:19]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “[It was necessary] to strike five or six times, then you would strike down Syria until destruction.” On the syntax of the infinitive construct, see GKC 349 §114.k.

[9:28]  ¹⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:28]  ²⁰ tn Grk “to him, and Jesus.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[17:19]  ²¹ tn Grk “coming, the disciples said.” The participle προσελθόντες (proselqontes) has been translated as a finite verb to make the sequence of events clear in English.

[17:20]  ²² tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

[17:20]  ²³ tn Grk “faith as,” “faith like.”

[17:20]  ²⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[17:21]  ²⁵ tc Many important mss (א* B Θ 0281 33 579 892* pc e ff¹ sy^s,c sa) do not include 17:21 “But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” The verse is included in א² C D L W Ë^1,13 Ï lat, but is almost certainly not original. As B. M. Metzger notes, “Since there is no satisfactory reason why the passage, if originally present in Matthew, should have been omitted in a wide variety of witnesses, and since copyists frequently inserted material derived from another Gospel, it appears that most manuscripts have been assimilated to the parallel in Mk 9.29” (TCGNT 35). The present translation follows NA²⁷ in omitting the verse number as well, a procedure also followed by a number of other modern translations.

[6:4]  ²⁶ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[6:6]  ²⁷ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[1:1]  ²⁸ tn Grk “James.” The word “From” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[1:1]  ²⁹ tn Traditionally, “servant” or “bondservant.” Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times…in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v.). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος), in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.

[1:1]  ³⁰ tn Grk “to the twelve tribes in the Diaspora.” The Greek term διασπορά (diaspora, “dispersion”) refers to Jews not living in Palestine but “dispersed” or scattered among the Gentiles.

[5:14]  ³¹ tn Grk “anointing.”

[5:15]  ³² tn Grk “it will be forgiven him.”