Exodus 14:31

14:31 When Israel saw ¹  the great power ²  that the Lord had exercised ³  over the Egyptians, they ⁴  feared the Lord, and they believed in ⁵  the Lord and in his servant Moses. ⁶ 

Luke 16:31

16:31 He ⁷  replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to ⁸  Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” ⁹ 

John 5:46-47

5:46 If ¹⁰  you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. 5:47 But if you do not believe what Moses ¹¹  wrote, how will you believe my words?”

John 13:20

13:20 I tell you the solemn truth, ¹²  whoever accepts ¹³  the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.” ¹⁴ 

[14:31]  ¹ tn The preterite with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces a clause that is subordinate to the main points that the verse is making.

[14:31]  ² tn Heb “the great hand,” with “hand” being a metonymy for work or power. The word play using “hand” contrasts the Lord’s hand/power at work on behalf of the Israelites with the hand/power of Egypt that would have killed them.

[14:31]  ³ tn Heb “did, made.”

[14:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the people feared.”

[14:31]  ⁵ tn The verb is the Hiphil preterite of אָמַן (’aman).

[14:31]  ⁶ sn Here the title of “servant” is given to Moses. This is the highest title a mortal can have in the OT – the “servant of Yahweh.” It signifies more than a believer; it describes the individual as acting on behalf of God. For example, when Moses stretched out his hand, God used it as his own (Isa 63:12). Moses was God’s personal representative. The chapter records both a message of salvation and of judgment. Like the earlier account of deliverance at the Passover, this chapter can be a lesson on deliverance from present troubles – if God could do this for Israel, there is no trouble too great for him to overcome. The passage can also be understood as a picture (at least) of the deliverance at the final judgment on the world. But the Israelites used this account for a paradigm of the power of God: namely, God is able to deliver his people from danger because he is the sovereign Lord of creation. His people must learn to trust him, even in desperate situations; they must fear him and not the situation. God can bring any threat to an end by bringing his power to bear in judgment on the wicked.

[16:31]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[16:31]  ⁸ tn Or “obey”; Grk “hear.” See the note on the phrase “respond to” in v. 29.

[16:31]  ⁹ sn The concluding statement of the parable, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead, provides a hint that even Jesus’ resurrection will not help some to respond. The message of God should be good enough. Scripture is the sign to be heeded.

[5:46]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “For if.”

[5:47]  ¹¹ tn Grk “that one” (“he”); the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:20]  ¹² tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[13:20]  ¹³ tn Or “receives,” and so throughout this verse.

[13:20]  ¹⁴ sn The one who sent me refers to God.