Luke 21:34

Be Ready!

21:34 “But be on your guard ¹  so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap. ² 

Exodus 34:12

34:12 Be careful not to make ³  a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare ⁴  among you.

Deuteronomy 4:9

Reminder of the Horeb Covenant

4:9 Again, however, pay very careful attention, ⁵  lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.

Deuteronomy 4:15

The Nature of Israel’s God

4:15 Be very careful, ⁶  then, because you saw no form at the time the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire.

Deuteronomy 4:23

4:23 Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he ⁷  has forbidden ⁸  you.

Deuteronomy 4:2

4:2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to ⁹  you.

Deuteronomy 19:6-7

19:6 Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him, ¹⁰  and kill him, ¹¹  though this is not a capital case ¹²  since he did not hate him at the time of the accident. 19:7 Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.

Ephesians 5:15

Live Wisely

5:15 Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise,

Hebrews 12:15

12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up ¹³  and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.

Hebrews 12:2

12:2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. ¹⁴ 

Hebrews 1:8

1:8 but of ¹⁵  the Son he says, ¹⁶ 

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, ¹⁷ 

and a righteous scepter ¹⁸  is the scepter of your kingdom.

[21:34]  ¹ tn Grk “watch out for yourselves.”

[21:34]  ² sn Or like a thief, see Luke 12:39-40. The metaphor of a trap is a vivid one. Most modern English translations traditionally place the words “like a trap” at the end of v. 34, completing the metaphor. In the Greek text (and in the NRSV and REB) the words “like a trap” are placed at the beginning of v. 35. This does not affect the meaning.

[34:12]  ³ tn The exact expression is “take heed to yourself lest you make.” It is the second use of this verb in the duties, now in the Niphal stem. To take heed to yourself means to watch yourself, be sure not to do something. Here, if they failed to do this, they would end up making entangling treaties.

[34:12]  ⁴ sn A snare would be a trap, an allurement to ruin. See Exod 23:33.

[4:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “watch yourself and watch your soul carefully.”

[4:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “give great care to your souls.”

[4:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 4:3.

[4:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “commanded.”

[4:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “commanding.”

[19:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and overtake him, for the road is long.”

[19:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “smite with respect to life,” that is, fatally.

[19:6]  ¹² tn Heb “no judgment of death.”

[12:15]  ¹³ tn Grk “that there not be any root of bitterness,” but referring figuratively to a person who causes trouble (as in Deut 29:17 [LXX] from which this is quoted).

[12:2]  ¹⁴ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1.

[1:8]  ¹⁵ tn Or “to.”

[1:8]  ¹⁶ tn The verb “he says” (λέγει, legei) is implied from the λέγει of v. 7.

[1:8]  ¹⁷ tn Or possibly, “Your throne is God forever and ever.” This translation is quite doubtful, however, since (1) in the context the Son is being contrasted to the angels and is presented as far better than they. The imagery of God being the Son’s throne would seem to be of God being his authority. If so, in what sense could this not be said of the angels? In what sense is the Son thus contrasted with the angels? (2) The μέν…δέ (men…de) construction that connects v. 7 with v. 8 clearly lays out this contrast: “On the one hand, he says of the angels…on the other hand, he says of the Son.” Thus, although it is grammatically possible that θεός (qeos) in v. 8 should be taken as a predicate nominative, the context and the correlative conjunctions are decidedly against it. Hebrews 1:8 is thus a strong affirmation of the deity of Christ.

[1:8]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “the righteous scepter,” but used generically.