Acts 20:12

20:12 They took the boy home alive and were greatly ¹  comforted.

Genesis 45:26

45:26 They told him, “Joseph is still alive and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned, ²  for he did not believe them.

Genesis 45:1

The Reconciliation of the Brothers

45:1 Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants, ³  so he cried out, “Make everyone go out from my presence!” No one remained ⁴  with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

Genesis 17:23

17:23 Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household (whether born in his house or bought with money) ⁵  and circumcised them ⁶  on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.

Luke 7:15

7:15 So ⁷  the dead man ⁸  sat up and began to speak, and Jesus ⁹  gave him back ¹⁰  to his mother.

[20:12]  ¹ tn Grk “were not to a moderate degree” (an idiom). L&N 78.11 states: “μετρίως: a moderate degree of some activity or state – ‘moderately, to a moderate extent.’ ἤγαγον δὲ τὸν παῖδα ζῶντα, καὶ παρεκλήθησαν οὐ μετρίωθς ‘they took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted’ Ac 20:12. In Ac 20:12 the phrase οὐ μετρίως, literally ‘not to a moderate degree,’ is equivalent to a strong positive statement, namely, ‘greatly’ or ‘to a great extent.’”

[45:26]  ² tn Heb “and his heart was numb.” Jacob was stunned by the unbelievable news and was unable to respond.

[45:1]  ³ tn Heb “all the ones standing beside him.”

[45:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “stood.”

[17:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “Ishmael his son and all born in his house and all bought with money, every male among the men of the house of Abraham.”

[17:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “circumcised the flesh of their foreskin.” The Hebrew expression is somewhat pleonastic and has been simplified in the translation.

[7:15]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of Jesus’ command.

[7:15]  ⁸ tn Or “the deceased.”

[7:15]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:15]  ¹⁰ tn In the context, the verb δίδωμι (didwmi) has been translated “gave back” rather than simply “gave.”