Malachi 4:2

4:2 But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication ¹  will rise with healing wings, ²  and you will skip about ³  like calves released from the stall.

Acts 13:26

13:26 Brothers, ⁴  descendants ⁵  of Abraham’s family, ⁶  and those Gentiles among you who fear God, ⁷  the message ⁸  of this salvation has been sent to us.

[4:2]  ¹ tn Here the Hebrew word צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah), usually translated “righteousness” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT; cf. NAB “justice”), has been rendered as “vindication” because it is the vindication of God’s people that is in view in the context. Cf. BDB 842 s.v. צְדָקָה 6; “righteousness as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc.”

[4:2]  ² sn The point of the metaphor of healing wings is unclear. The sun seems to be compared to a bird. Perhaps the sun’s “wings” are its warm rays. “Healing” may refer to a reversal of the injury done by evildoers (see Mal 3:5).

[4:2]  ³ tn Heb “you will go out and skip about.”

[13:26]  ⁴ tn Grk “Men brothers,” but this is both awkward and unnecessary in English.

[13:26]  ⁵ tn Grk “sons”

[13:26]  ⁶ tn Or “race.”

[13:26]  ⁷ tn Grk “and those among you who fear God,” but this is practically a technical term for the category called God-fearers, Gentiles who worshiped the God of Israel and in many cases kept the Mosaic law, but did not take the final step of circumcision necessary to become a proselyte to Judaism. See further K. G. Kuhn, TDNT 6:732-34, 743-44. Note how Paul includes God-fearing Gentiles as recipients of this promise.

[13:26]  ⁸ tn Grk “word.”