Genesis 34:13-17

34:13 Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem ¹  had violated their sister Dinah. 34:14 They said to them, “We cannot give ²  our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace ³  to us. 34:15 We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become ⁴  like us by circumcising ⁵  all your males. 34:16 Then we will give ⁶  you our daughters to marry, ⁷  and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people. 34:17 But if you do not agree to our terms ⁸  by being circumcised, then we will take ⁹  our sister ¹⁰  and depart.”

Isaiah 58:4

58:4 Look, your fasting is accompanied by ¹¹  arguments, brawls,

and fistfights. ¹² 

Do not fast as you do today,

trying to make your voice heard in heaven.

Matthew 2:8

2:8 He ¹³  sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”

Matthew 23:14

23:14 [[EMPTY]] ¹⁴ 

Luke 20:47

20:47 They ¹⁵  devour ¹⁶  widows’ property, ¹⁷  and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”

John 18:28

Jesus Brought Before Pilate

18:28 Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence. ¹⁸  (Now it was very early morning.) ¹⁹  They ²⁰  did not go into the governor’s residence ²¹  so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.

[34:13]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Shechem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[34:14]  ² tn Heb “we are not able to do this thing, to give.” The second infinitive is in apposition to the first, explaining what they are not able to do.

[34:14]  ³ tn The Hebrew word translated “disgrace” usually means “ridicule; taunt; reproach.” It can also refer to the reason the condition of shame or disgrace causes ridicule or a reproach.

[34:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “if you are like us.”

[34:15]  ⁵ tn The infinitive here explains how they would become like them.

[34:16]  ⁶ tn The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence.

[34:16]  ⁷ tn The words “to marry” (and the words “as wives” in the following clause) are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[34:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “listen to us.”

[34:17]  ⁹ tn The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence.

[34:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “daughter.” Jacob’s sons call Dinah their daughter, even though she was their sister (see v. 8). This has been translated as “sister” for clarity.

[58:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “you fast for” (so NASB); NRSV “you fast only to quarrel.”

[58:4]  ¹² tn Heb “and for striking with a sinful fist.”

[2:8]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[23:14]  ¹⁴ tc The most important mss (א B D L Z Θ Ë¹ 33 892* pc and several versional witnesses) do not have 23:14 “Woe to you experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ property, and as a show you pray long prayers! Therefore you will receive a more severe punishment.” Part or all of the verse is contained (either after v. 12 or after v. 13) in W 0102 0107 ˹³ Ï and several versions, but it is almost certainly not original. The present translation follows NA²⁷ in omitting the verse number as well, a procedure also followed by a number of other modern translations. Note also that Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47 are very similar in wording and are not disputed textually.

[20:47]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “who,” continuing the sentence begun in v. 46.

[20:47]  ¹⁶ sn How they were able to devour widows’ houses is debated. Did they seek too much for contributions, or take too high a commission for their work, or take homes after debts failed to be paid? There is too little said here to be sure.

[20:47]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “houses,” “households”; however, the term can have the force of “property” or “possessions” as well (O. Michel, TDNT 5:131; BDAG 695 s.v. οἶκια 1.a).

[18:28]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “to the praetorium.”

[18:28]  ¹⁹ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[18:28]  ²⁰ tn Grk “And they.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

[18:28]  ²¹ tn Grk “into the praetorium.”