Mark 6:5-6

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6:5 He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6:6 And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then¹ he went around among the villages and taught.

Luke 4:25-29

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4:25 But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days,² when the sky³ was shut up three and a half years, and⁴ there was a great famine over all the land. 4:26 Yet⁵ Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.⁶ 4:27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha,⁷ yet⁸ none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”⁹ 4:28 When they heard this, all the people¹⁰ in the synagogue were filled with rage. 4:29 They got up, forced¹¹ him out of the town,¹² and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that¹³ they could throw him down the cliff.¹⁴

Romans 11:20

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11:20 Granted!¹⁵ They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear!

Hebrews 3:12-19

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3:12 See to it,¹⁶ brothers and sisters,¹⁷ that none of you has¹⁸ an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes¹⁹ the living God.²⁰ 3:13 But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception. 3:14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence²¹ firm until the end. 3:15 As it says,²² “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!²³ Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”²⁴ 3:16 For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership?²⁵ 3:17 And against whom was God²⁶ provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?²⁷ 3:18 And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient? 3:19 So²⁸ we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.

Hebrews 4:6-11

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4:6 Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience. 4:7 So God²⁹ again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David³⁰ after so long a time, as in the words quoted before,³¹ “O, that today you would listen as he speaks!³² Do not harden your hearts.” 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God³³ would not have spoken afterward about another day. 4:9 Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. 4:10 For the one who enters God’s³⁴ rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. 4:11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

[6:6] ¹tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[4:25] ²sn Elijah’s days. Jesus, by discussing Elijah and Elisha, pictures one of the lowest periods in Israel’s history. These examples, along with v. 24, also show that Jesus is making prophetic claims as well as messianic ones. See 1 Kgs 17-18.

[4:25] ³tn Or “the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. Since the context here refers to a drought (which produced the famine), “sky” is preferable.

[4:25] ⁴tn Grk “as.” The particle ὡς can also function temporally (see BDAG 1105-6 s.v. 8).

[4:26] ⁵tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast.

[4:26] ⁶sn Zarephath in Sidon was Gentile territory (see 1 Kgs 17:9-24). Jesus’ point was that he would be forced to minister elsewhere, and the implication is that this ministry would ultimately extend (through the work of his followers) to those outside the nation.

[4:27] ⁷sn On Elisha see 2 Kgs 5:1-14.

[4:27] ⁸tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast.

[4:27] ⁹sn The reference to Naaman the Syrian (see 2 Kgs 5:1-24) is another example where an outsider and Gentile was blessed. The stress in the example is the missed opportunity of the people to experience God’s work, but it will still go on without them.

[4:28] ¹⁰tn The words “the people” are not in the Greek text but have been supplied.

[4:29] ¹¹tn Grk “cast.”

[4:29] ¹²tn Or “city.”

[4:29] ¹³tn The Greek conjunction ὥστε (Jwste) here indicates their purpose.

[4:29] ¹⁴sn The attempt to throw him down the cliff looks like “lynch law,” but it may really be an indication that Jesus was regarded as a false prophet who was worthy of death (Deut 13:5). Such a sentence meant being thrown into a pit and then stoned.

[11:20] ¹⁵tn Grk “well!”, an adverb used to affirm a statement. It means “very well,” “you are correct.”

[3:12] ¹⁶tn Or “take care.”

[3:12] ¹⁷tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[3:12] ¹⁸tn Grk “that there not be in any of you.”

[3:12] ¹⁹tn Or “deserts,” “rebels against.”

[3:12] ²⁰tn Grk “in forsaking the living God.”

[3:14] ²¹tn Grk “the beginning of the confidence.”

[3:15] ²²tn Grk “while it is said.”

[3:15] ²³tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

[3:15] ²⁴sn A quotation from Ps 95:7b-8.

[3:16] ²⁵tn Grk “through Moses.”

[3:17] ²⁶tn Grk “he”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:17] ²⁷sn An allusion to God’s judgment pronounced in Num 14:29, 32.

[3:19] ²⁸tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate a summary or conclusion to the argument of the preceding paragraph.

[4:7] ²⁹tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:7] ³⁰sn Ps 95 does not mention David either in the text or the superscription. It is possible that the writer of Hebrews is attributing the entire collection of psalms to David (although some psalms are specifically attributed to other individuals or groups).

[4:7] ³¹tn Grk “as it has been said before” (see Heb 3:7).

[4:7] ³²tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

[4:8] ³³tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:10] ³⁴tn Grk “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.