2 Kings 5:1

Elisha Heals a Syrian General

5:1 Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria’s army, was esteemed and respected by his master, ¹  for through him the Lord had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease. ² 

Joshua 7:25

7:25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster ³  on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.) ⁴ 

Isaiah 59:2-3

59:2 But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God;

your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers. ⁵ 

59:3 For your hands are stained with blood

and your fingers with sin;

your lips speak lies,

your tongue utters malicious words.

Hosea 10:13

10:13 But you have plowed wickedness;

you have reaped injustice;

you have eaten the fruit of deception.

Because you have depended on your chariots; ⁶ 

you have relied ⁷  on your many warriors.

Malachi 2:3-4

2:3 I am about to discipline your children ⁸  and will spread offal ⁹  on your faces, ¹⁰  the very offal produced at your festivals, and you will be carried away along with it. 2:4 Then you will know that I sent this commandment to you so that my covenant ¹¹  may continue to be with Levi,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Malachi 2:8-9

2:8 You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; ¹²  you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,” ¹³  says the Lord who rules over all. 2:9 “Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your ¹⁴  instruction.”

Matthew 27:3-5

Judas’ Suicide

27:3 Now when ¹⁵  Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus ¹⁶  had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders, 27:4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!” 27:5 So ¹⁷  Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.

Acts 5:5

5:5 When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped ¹⁸  all who heard about it.

Acts 5:10

5:10 At once ¹⁹  she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Acts 8:20

8:20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, ²⁰  because you thought you could acquire ²¹  God’s gift with money!

Acts 8:1

8:1 And Saul agreed completely with killing ²²  him.

Saul Begins to Persecute the Church

Now on that day a great ²³  persecution began ²⁴  against the church in Jerusalem, ²⁵  and all ²⁶  except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions ²⁷  of Judea and Samaria.

Acts 6:10

6:10 Yet ²⁸  they were not able to resist ²⁹  the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

Acts 6:2

6:2 So the twelve ³⁰  called ³¹  the whole group ³²  of the disciples together and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables. ³³ 

Acts 2:3

2:3 And tongues spreading out like a fire ³⁴  appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.

[5:1]  ¹ tn Heb “was a great man before his master and lifted up with respect to the face.”

[5:1]  ² tn For a discussion of מְצֹרָע (mÿtsora’), traditionally translated “leprous,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 63. Naaman probably had a skin disorder of some type, not leprosy/Hansen’s disease.

[7:25]  ³ tn Or “trouble.” The word is “achor” in Hebrew (also in the following clause).

[7:25]  ⁴ tc Heb “and they burned them with fire and they stoned them with stones.” These words are somewhat parenthetical in nature and are omitted in the LXX; they may represent a later scribal addition.

[59:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and your sins have caused [his] face to be hidden from you so as not to hear.”

[10:13]  ⁶ tc The MT (followed by KJV, NASB) reads the enigmatic בְּדַרְכְּךָ (bÿdarkÿkha, “in your own way”) which does not seem to fit the context or the parallelism with בְּרֹב גִּבּוֹרֶיךָ (bÿrov gibborekha, “in your multitude of warriors”). The BHS editors suggest the original reading was בְרִכְבְּךָ (vÿrikhbÿkha, “in your chariots”), a reading followed by NAB, TEV. If this is correct, the textual corruption was caused by orthographic confusion between רֶכֶב (rekhev, “chariot”) and דֶּרֶכ (derekh, “way”).

[10:13]  ⁷ tn The phrase “you have relied” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the parallelism in the preceding line.

[2:3]  ⁸ tc The phrase “discipline your children” is disputed. The LXX and Vulgate suppose זְרוֹעַ (zÿroa’, “arm”) for the MT זֶרַע (zera’, “seed”; hence, “children”). Then, for the MT גֹעֵר (go’er, “rebuking”) the same versions suggest גָּרַע (gara’, “take away”). The resulting translation is “I am about to take away your arm” (cf. NAB “deprive you of the shoulder”). However, this reading is unlikely. It is common for a curse (v. 2) to fall on offspring (see, e.g., Deut 28:18, 32, 41, 53, 55, 57), but a curse never takes the form of a broken or amputated arm. It is preferable to retain the reading of the MT here.

[2:3]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew term פֶרֶשׁ (feresh, “offal”) refers to the entrails as ripped out in preparing a sacrificial victim (BDB 831 s.v. פֶּרֶשׁ). This graphic term has been variously translated: “dung” (KJV, RSV, NRSV, NLT); “refuse” (NKJV, NASB); “offal” (NEB, NIV).

[2:3]  ¹⁰ sn See Zech 3:3-4 for similar coarse imagery which reflects cultic disqualification.

[2:4]  ¹¹ sn My covenant refers to the priestly covenant through Aaron and his grandson Phinehas (see Exod 6:16-20; Num 25:10-13; Jer 33:21-22). The point here is to contrast the priestly ideal with the disgraceful manner in which it was being carried out in postexilic times.

[2:8]  ¹² tn The definite article embedded within בַּתּוֹרָה (battorah) may suggest that the Torah is in mind and not just “ordinary” priestly instruction, though it might refer to the instruction previously mentioned (v. 7).

[2:8]  ¹³ tn Or “the Levitical covenant.”

[2:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in the instruction” (so NASB). The Hebrew article is used here as a possessive pronoun (cf. NRSV, NLT).

[27:3]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “Then when.” Here τότε (tote) has been translated as “now” to indicate a somewhat parenthetical interlude in the sequence of events.

[27:3]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[27:5]  ¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the leaders’ response to Judas.

[5:5]  ¹⁸ tn Or “fear came on,” “fear seized”; Grk “fear happened to.”

[5:10]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “And at once.” 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.

[8:20]  ²⁰ tn Grk “May your silver together with you be sent into destruction.” This is a strong curse. The gifts of God are sovereignly bestowed and cannot be purchased.

[8:20]  ²¹ tn Or “obtain.”

[8:1]  ²² tn The term ἀναίρεσις (anairesi") can refer to murder (BDAG 64 s.v.; 2 Macc 5:13; Josephus, Ant. 5.2.12 [5.165]).

[8:1]  ²³ tn Or “severe.”

[8:1]  ²⁴ tn Grk “Now there happened on that day a great persecution.” It is less awkward to say in English “Now on that day a great persecution began.”

[8:1]  ²⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ²⁶ sn All. Given that the Jerusalem church is still active after this and that the Hellenists are the focus of Acts 6-8, it is possible to argue that only the Hellenistic Christians were forced to scatter.

[8:1]  ²⁷ tn Or “countryside.”

[6:10]  ²⁸ tn Grk “and.” The context, however, indicates that the conjunction carries an adversative force.

[6:10]  ²⁹ sn They were not able to resist. This represents another fulfillment of Luke 12:11-12; 21:15.

[6:2]  ³⁰ sn The twelve refers to the twelve apostles.

[6:2]  ³¹ tn Grk “calling the whole group…together, said.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενοι (proskalesamenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[6:2]  ³² tn Or “the multitude.”

[6:2]  ³³ tn Grk “to serve tables.”

[2:3]  ³⁴ tn Or “And divided tongues as of fire.” The precise meaning of διαμερίζομαι (diamerizomai) in Acts 2:3 is difficult to determine. The meaning could be “tongues as of fire dividing up one to each person,” but it is also possible that the individual tongues of fire were divided (“And divided tongues as of fire appeared”). The translation adopted in the text (“tongues spreading out like a fire”) attempts to be somewhat ambiguous.