2 Kings 2:10

2:10 Elijah ¹  replied, “That’s a difficult request! ²  If you see me taken from you, may it be so, but if you don’t, it will not happen.”

2 Kings 3:18

3:18 This is an easy task for the Lord; ³  he will also hand Moab over to you.

Isaiah 49:6

49:6 he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,

to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,

and restore the remnant ⁴  of Israel? ⁵ 

I will make you a light to the nations, ⁶ 

so you can bring ⁷  my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

Mark 9:28-29

9:28 Then, ⁸  after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?” 9:29 He told them, “This kind can come out only by prayer.” ⁹ 

John 14:12

14:12 I tell you the solemn truth, ¹⁰  the person who believes in me will perform ¹¹  the miraculous deeds ¹²  that I am doing, ¹³  and will perform ¹⁴  greater deeds ¹⁵  than these, because I am going to the Father.

[2:10]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:10]  ² tn Heb “You have made difficult [your] request.”

[3:18]  ³ tn Heb “and this is easy in the eyes of the Lord.”

[49:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”

[49:6]  ⁵ sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel.

[49:6]  ⁶ tn See the note at 42:6.

[49:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.”

[9:28]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[9:29]  ⁹ tc Most witnesses, even early and excellent ones (Ì^45vid א² A C D L W Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat co), have “and fasting” (καὶ νηστείᾳ, kai nhsteia) after “prayer” here. But this seems to be a motivated reading, due to the early church’s emphasis on fasting (TCGNT 85; cf., e.g., 2 Clem. 16:4; Pol. Phil 7:2; Did. 1:3; 7:4). That the most important witnesses (א* B), as well as a few others (0274 2427 k), lack καὶ νηστείᾳ, when a good reason for the omission is difficult to find, argues strongly for the shorter reading.

[14:12]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[14:12]  ¹¹ tn Or “will do.”

[14:12]  ¹² tn Grk “the works.”

[14:12]  ¹³ tn Or “that I do.”

[14:12]  ¹⁴ tn Or “will do.”

[14:12]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “greater works.”