Deuteronomy 33:9

33:9 He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,” ¹ 

and he did not acknowledge his own brothers

or know his own children,

for they kept your word,

and guarded your covenant.

Deuteronomy 33:2

33:2 He said:

A Historical Review

The Lord came from Sinai

and revealed himself ²  to Israel ³  from Seir.

He appeared in splendor ⁴  from Mount Paran,

and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. ⁵ 

With his right hand he gave a fiery law ⁶  to them.

Deuteronomy 16:10

16:10 Then you are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks ⁷  before the Lord your God with the voluntary offering ⁸  that you will bring, in proportion to how he ⁹  has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 19:1

Laws Concerning Manslaughter

19:1 When the Lord your God destroys the nations whose land he ¹⁰  is about to give you and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and houses,

Luke 2:49

2:49 But ¹¹  he replied, ¹²  “Why were you looking for me? ¹³  Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?” ¹⁴ 

Luke 2:2

2:2 This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor ¹⁵  of Syria.

Colossians 1:16

1:16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, ¹⁶  whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.

Galatians 2:5-6

2:5 But ¹⁷  we did not surrender to them ¹⁸  even for a moment, ¹⁹  in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. ²⁰ 

2:6 But from those who were influential ²¹  (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people ²² ) – those influential leaders ²³  added ²⁴  nothing to my message. ²⁵ 

[33:9]  ¹ sn This statement no doubt alludes to the Levites’ destruction of their own fellow tribesmen following the golden calf incident (Exod 32:25-29).

[33:2]  ² tn Or “rose like the sun” (NCV, TEV).

[33:2]  ³ tc Heb “to him.” The LXX reads “to us” (לָנוּ [lanu] for לָמוֹ [lamo]), the reading of the MT is acceptable since it no doubt has in mind Israel as a collective singular.

[33:2]  ⁴ tn Or “he shone forth” (NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[33:2]  ⁵ tc With slight alteration (מִמְרִבַת קָדֵשׁ [mimrivat qadesh] for the MT’s מֵרִבְבֹת קֹדֶשׁ [merivvot qodesh]) the translation would be “from Meribah Kadesh” (cf. NAB, NLT; see Deut 32:51). However, the language of holy war in the immediate context favors the reading of the MT, which views the Lord as accompanied by angelic hosts.

[33:2]  ⁶ tc The mispointed Hebrew term אֵשְׁדָּת (’eshdat) should perhaps be construed as אֵשְׁהַת (’eshhat) with Smr.

[16:10]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew phrase חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת (khag shavu’ot) is otherwise known in the OT (Exod 23:16) as קָצִיר (qatsir, “harvest”) and in the NT as πεντηχοστή (penthcosth, “Pentecost”).

[16:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “the sufficiency of the offering of your hand.”

[16:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[19:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[2:49]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

[2:49]  ¹² tn Grk “he said to them.”

[2:49]  ¹³ tn Grk “Why is it that you were looking for me?”

[2:49]  ¹⁴ tn Or “I must be about my Father’s business” (so KJV, NKJV); Grk “in the [things] of my Father,” with an ellipsis. This verse involves an idiom that probably refers to the necessity of Jesus being involved in the instruction about God, given what he is doing. The most widely held view today takes this as a reference to the temple as the Father’s house. Jesus is saying that his parents should have known where he was.

[2:2]  ¹⁵ tn Or “was a minister of Syria.” This term could simply refer to an administrative role Quirinius held as opposed to being governor (Josephus, Ant. 18.4.2 [18.88]). See also Luke 2:1.

[1:16]  ¹⁶ tn BDAG 579 s.v. κυριότης 3 suggests “bearers of the ruling powers, dominions” here.

[2:5]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “slaves, nor did we…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, οὐδέ (oude) was translated as “But…even” and a new sentence started in the translation at the beginning of v. 5.

[2:5]  ¹⁸ tn Or “we did not cave in to their demands.”

[2:5]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “even for an hour” (an idiom for a very short period of time).

[2:5]  ²⁰ sn In order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. Paul evidently viewed the demands of the so-called “false brothers” as a departure from the truth contained in the gospel he preached. This was a very serious charge (see Gal 1:8).

[2:6]  ²¹ tn Or “influential leaders.” BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.a.β has “the influential men Gal 2:2, 6b. A fuller expr. w. the same mng., w. inf. added…vss. 6a, 9.” This refers to the leadership of the Jerusalem church.

[2:6]  ²² tn Grk “God does not receive the face of man,” an idiom for showing favoritism or partiality (BDAG 887-88 s.v. πρόσωπον 1.b.α; L&N 88.238).

[2:6]  ²³ tn Or “influential people”; here “leaders” was used rather than “people” for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy with the word “people” in the previous parenthetical remark. See also the note on the word “influential” at the beginning of this verse.

[2:6]  ²⁴ tn Or “contributed.” This is the same word translated “go to ask advice from” in 1:16, but it has a different meaning here; see L&N 59.72.

[2:6]  ²⁵ tn Or “added nothing to my authority.” Grk “added nothing to me,” with what was added (“message,” etc.) implied.