Deuteronomy 32:13

32:13 He enabled him ¹  to travel over the high terrain of the land,

and he ate of the produce of the fields.

He provided honey for him from the cliffs, ² 

and olive oil ³  from the hardest of ⁴  rocks, ⁵ 

Psalms 67:4

67:4 Let foreigners ⁶  rejoice and celebrate!

For you execute justice among the nations,

and govern the people living on earth. ⁷  (Selah)

Psalms 105:3

105:3 Boast about his holy name!

Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

Luke 2:10

2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, ⁸  for I proclaim to you good news ⁹  that brings great joy to all the people:

Luke 2:20

2:20 So ¹⁰  the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising ¹¹  God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told. ¹² 

Acts 13:46-48

13:46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, ¹³  “It was necessary to speak the word of God ¹⁴  to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy ¹⁵  of eternal life, we ¹⁶  are turning to the Gentiles. ¹⁷  13:47 For this ¹⁸  is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have appointed ¹⁹  you to be a light ²⁰  for the Gentiles, to bring salvation ²¹  to the ends of the earth.’” ²²  13:48 When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice ²³  and praise ²⁴  the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life ²⁵  believed.

Romans 15:9-13

15:9 and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. ²⁶  As it is written, “Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.” ²⁷  15:10 And again it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.” ²⁸  15:11 And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him.” ²⁹  15:12 And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.” ³⁰  15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, ³¹  so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

[32:13]  ¹ tn The form of the suffix on this verbal form indicates that the verb is a preterite, not an imperfect. As such it simply states the action factually. Note as well the preterites with vav (ו) consecutive that follow in the verse.

[32:13]  ² tn Heb “he made him suck honey from the rock.”

[32:13]  ³ tn Heb “oil,” but this probably refers to olive oil; see note on the word “rock” at the end of this verse.

[32:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “flinty.”

[32:13]  ⁵ sn Olive oil from rock probably suggests olive trees growing on rocky ledges and yet doing so productively. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 415; cf. TEV “their olive trees flourished in stony ground.”

[67:4]  ⁶ tn Or “peoples.”

[67:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “for you judge nations fairly, and [as for the] peoples in the earth, you lead them.” The imperfects are translated with the present tense because the statement is understood as a generalization about God’s providential control of the world. Another option is to understand the statement as anticipating God’s future rule (“for you will rule…and govern”).

[2:10]  ⁸ tn Grk “behold.”

[2:10]  ⁹ tn Grk “I evangelize to you great joy.”

[2:20]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the topic.

[2:20]  ¹¹ sn The mention of glorifying and praising God is the second note of praise in this section; see Luke 2:13-14.

[2:20]  ¹² tn Grk “just as [it] had been spoken to them.” This has been simplified in the English translation by making the prepositional phrase (“to them”) the subject of the passive verb.

[13:46]  ¹³ tn Grk “Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out courageously and said.” The redundancy is removed in the translation and the verb “replied” is used in keeping with the logical sequence of events. The theme of boldness reappears: Acts 4:24-30; 9:27-28.

[13:46]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken.” For smoothness and simplicity of English style, the passive construction has been converted to active voice in the translation.

[13:46]  ¹⁵ tn Or “and consider yourselves unworthy.”

[13:46]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “behold, we.” In this context ἰδού (idou) is not easily translated into English.

[13:46]  ¹⁷ sn This turning to the Gentiles would be a shocking rebuke to 1st century Jews who thought they alone were the recipients of the promise.

[13:47]  ¹⁸ tn Here οὕτως (Joutws) is taken to refer to what follows, the content of the quotation, as given for this verse by BDAG 742 s.v. οὕτω/οὕτως 2.

[13:47]  ¹⁹ tn BDAG 1004 s.v. τίθημι 3.a has “τιθέναι τινὰ εἴς τι place/appoint someone to or for (to function as) someth….Ac 13:47.” This is a double accusative construction of object (“you”) and complement (“a light”).

[13:47]  ²⁰ sn Paul alludes here to the language of the Servant in Isaiah, pointing to Isa 42:6; 49:6. He and Barnabas do the work of the Servant in Isaiah.

[13:47]  ²¹ tn Grk “that you should be for salvation,” but more simply “to bring salvation.”

[13:47]  ²² sn An allusion to Isa 42:6 and 49:6. The expression the ends of the earth recalls Luke 3:6 and Acts 1:8. Paul sees himself and Barnabas as carrying out the commission of Luke 24:27. (See 2 Cor 6:2, where servant imagery also appears concerning Paul’s message.)

[13:48]  ²³ tn The imperfect verb ἔχαιρον (ecairon) and the following ἐδόξαζον (edoxazon) are translated as ingressive imperfects.

[13:48]  ²⁴ tn Or “glorify.” Although “honor” is given by BDAG 258 s.v. δοξάζω as a translation, it would be misleading here, because the meaning is “to honor in the sense of attributing worth to something,” while in contemporary English usage one speaks of “honoring” a contract in the sense of keeping its stipulations. It is not a synonym for “obey” in this context (“obey the word of the Lord”), but that is how many English readers would understand it.

[13:48]  ²⁵ sn Note the contrast to v. 46 in regard to eternal life.

[15:9]  ²⁶ tn There are two major syntactical alternatives which are both awkward: (1) One could make “glorify” dependent on “Christ has become a minister” and coordinate with “to confirm” and the result would be rendered “Christ has become a minister of circumcision to confirm the promises…and so that the Gentiles might glorify God.” (2) One could make “glorify” dependent on “I tell you” and coordinate with “Christ has become a minister” and the result would be rendered “I tell you that Christ has become a minister of circumcision…and that the Gentiles glorify God.” The second rendering is preferred.

[15:9]  ²⁷ sn A quotation from Ps 18:49.

[15:10]  ²⁸ sn A quotation from Deut 32:43.

[15:11]  ²⁹ sn A quotation from Ps 117:1.

[15:12]  ³⁰ sn A quotation from Isa 11:10.

[15:13]  ³¹ tn Grk “in the believing” or “as [you] believe,” with the object “him” supplied from the context. The referent could be God (15:13a) or Christ (15:12).