Discovery BoxLuke 23:46
Context23:46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” 1 And after he said this he breathed his last.
Acts 7:59
Context7:59 They 2 continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Acts 7:2
Context7:2 So he replied, 3 “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather 4 Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
Acts 1:12
Context1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem 5 from the mountain 6 called the Mount of Olives 7 (which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey 8 away).
[23:46] 1 sn A quotation from Ps 31:5. It is a psalm of trust. The righteous, innocent sufferer trusts in God. Luke does not have the cry of pain from Ps 22:1 (cf. Matt 27:46; Mark 15:34), but notes Jesus’ trust instead.
[7:59] 2 tn Grk “And they.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences, καί (kai) has not been translated here; a new sentence is begun instead.
[7:2] 4 tn Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”
[1:12] 5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[1:12] 6 tn Or “from the hill.” The Greek term ὄρος (oros) refers to a relatively high elevation of land in contrast with βουνός (bounos, “hill”).
[1:12] 7 sn The Mount of Olives is the traditional name for this mountain, also called Olivet. The Mount of Olives is really a ridge running north to south about 1.8 mi (3 km) long, east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley. Its central elevation is about 100 ft (30 m) higher than Jerusalem. It was named for the large number of olive trees which grew on it.
[1:12] 8 sn The phrase a Sabbath day’s journey refers to the distance the rabbis permitted a person to travel on the Sabbath without breaking the Sabbath, specified in tractate Sotah 5:3 of the Mishnah as 2,000 cubits (a cubit was about 18 inches). In this case the distance was about half a mile (1 km).
