Discovery Box| (0.54706064516129) | (Act 3:15) |
4 sn We are witnesses. Note the two witnesses here, Peter and John (Acts 5:32; Heb 2:3-4). |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Act 21:33) |
3 tn The two chains would be something like handcuffs (BDAG 48 s.v. ἅλυσις and compare Acts 28:20). |
| (0.54706064516129) | (2Co 1:12) |
2 tn Or “sincerity.” The two terms translated “pure motives” (ἁπλότης, Japloth") and “sincerity” (εἰλικρίνεια, eilikrineia) are close synonyms. |
| (0.54706064516129) | (2Co 11:27) |
1 tn The two different words for labor are translated “in hard work and toil” by L&N 42.48. |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Heb 1:1) |
3 tn These two phrases are emphasized in Greek by being placed at the beginning of the sentence and by alliteration. |
| (0.54706064516129) | (1Jo 4:10) |
2 tn The two ὅτι (Joti) clauses are epexegetical to the phrase ἐν τούτῳ (en toutw) which begins the verse. |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Rev 2:8) |
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present between these two phrases. |
| (0.50483783870968) | (Gen 25:23) |
1 sn By metonymy the two children in her womb are described as two nations of which the two children, Jacob and Esau, would become the fathers. The language suggests there would be a struggle between these nations, with one being stronger than the other. The oracle reveals that all of Jacob’s scheming was unnecessary in the final analysis. He would have become the dominant nation without using deception to steal his brother’s blessing. |
| (0.50483783870968) | (Deu 21:17) |
2 tn Heb “measure of two.” The Hebrew expression פִּי שְׁנַיִם (piy shÿnayim) suggests a two-thirds split; that is, the elder gets two parts and the younger one part. Cf. 2 Kgs 2:9; Zech 13:8. The practice is implicit in Isaac’s blessing of Jacob (Gen 25:31-34) and Jacob’s blessing of Ephraim (Gen 48:8-22). |
| (0.50483783870968) | (Pro 5:4) |
4 sn The Hebrew has “like a sword of [two] mouths,” meaning a double-edged sword that devours/cuts either way. There is no movement without damage. There may be a wordplay here with this description of the “sword with two mouths,” and the subject of the passage being the words of her mouth which also have two sides to them. The irony is cut by the idiom. |
| (0.50483783870968) | (Pro 24:22) |
2 tn Heb “the ruin of the two of them.” Judgment is sent on the rebels both by God and the king. The term פִּיד (pid, “ruin; disaster”) is a metonymy of effect, the cause being the sentence of judgment (= “ruinous judgment” in the translation; cf. NLT “punishment”). The word “two of them” is a subjective genitive – they two bring the disaster on the rebels. The referents (the |
| (0.50483783870968) | (Pro 30:15) |
1 sn The next two verses describe insatiable things, things that are problematic to normal life. The meaning of v. 15a and its relationship to 15b is debated. But the “leech” seems to have been selected to begin the section because it was symbolic of greed – it sucks blood through its two suckers. This may be what the reference to two daughters calling “Give! Give!” might signify (if so, this is an implied comparison, a figure known as hypocatastasis). |
| (0.50483783870968) | (Jer 28:17) |
1 sn Comparison with Jer 28:1 shows that this whole incident took place in the space of two months. Hananiah had prophesied that the captivity would be over before two years had past. However, before two months were past, Hananiah himself died in fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophecy of his death. His death was a validation of Jeremiah as a true prophet. The subsequent events of 588 |
| (0.50483783870968) | (Mat 14:19) |
2 tn Grk “And after instructing the crowds to recline for a meal on the grass, after taking the five loaves and the two fish, after looking up to heaven, he gave thanks, and after breaking the loaves he gave them to the disciples.” Although most of the participles are undoubtedly attendant circumstance, there are but two indicative verbs – “he gave thanks” and “he gave.” The structure of the sentence thus seems to focus on these two actions and has been translated accordingly. |
| (0.50203848387097) | (Gen 2:9) |
3 tn The verse ends with a disjunctive clause providing a parenthetical bit of information about the existence of two special trees in the garden. |
| (0.50203848387097) | (Gen 18:7) |
2 tn The construction uses the Piel preterite, “he hurried,” followed by the infinitive construct; the two probably form a verbal hendiadys: “he quickly prepared.” |
| (0.50203848387097) | (Gen 34:5) |
1 tn The two disjunctive clauses in this verse (“Now Jacob heard…and his sons were”) are juxtaposed to indicate synchronic action. |
| (0.50203848387097) | (Gen 38:25) |
1 tn Heb “she was being brought out and she sent.” The juxtaposition of two clauses, both of which place the subject before the predicate, indicates synchronic action. |
| (0.50203848387097) | (Gen 39:20) |
2 sn The story of Joseph is filled with cycles and repetition: He has two dreams (chap. 37), he interprets two dreams in prison (chap. 40) and the two dreams of Pharaoh (chap. 41), his brothers make two trips to see him (chaps. 42-43), and here, for the second time (see 37:24), he is imprisoned for no good reason, with only his coat being used as evidence. For further discussion see H. Jacobsen, “A Legal Note on Potiphar’s Wife,” HTR 69 (1976): 177. |
| (0.50203848387097) | (Gen 40:14) |
2 tn This perfect verbal form with the prefixed conjunction (and the two that immediately follow) carry the same force as the preceding perfect. |
