Discovery Box| (0.53290533333333) | (Luk 23:54) |
1 sn The day of preparation was the day before the Sabbath when everything had to be prepared for it, as no work could be done on the Sabbath. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Luk 24:34) |
2 sn The Lord…has appeared to Simon. Jesus had made another appearance besides the one on the road. The excitement was rising. Simon refers to Simon Peter. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Luk 24:35) |
1 sn Now with the recounting of what had happened on the road two sets of witnesses corroborate the women’s report. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Luk 24:50) |
3 sn Bethany was village on the Mount of Olives about 2 mi (3 km) from Jerusalem; see John 11:1, 18. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joh 1:18) |
1 tn Or “The unique one.” For the meaning of μονογενής (monogenh") see the note on “one and only” in 1:14. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joh 3:16) |
3 tn In John the word ἀπόλλυμι (apollumi) can mean either (1) to be lost (2) to perish or be destroyed, depending on the context. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joh 4:25) |
1 sn The one called Christ. This is a parenthetical statement by the author. See the note on Christ in 1:20. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joh 12:2) |
2 tn Grk “And Martha.” The connective καί (kai, “and”) has been omitted in the translation because it would produce a run-on sentence in English. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joh 13:1) |
2 tn Grk “that he should depart.” The ἵνα (Jina) clause in Koine Greek frequently encroached on the simple infinitive (for the sake of greater clarity). |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joh 19:2) |
3 sn The crown of thorns was a crown plaited of some thorny material, intended as a mockery of Jesus’ “kingship.” Traditionally it has been regarded as an additional instrument of torture, but it seems more probable the purpose of the thorns was not necessarily to inflict more physical suffering but to imitate the spikes of the “radiant corona,” a type of crown portrayed on ruler’s heads on many coins of the period; the spikes on this type of crown represented rays of light pointing outward (the best contemporary illustration is the crown on the head of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor). |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joh 19:3) |
3 sn The greeting used by the soldiers, “Hail, King of the Jews!”, is a mockery based on the standard salutation for the Roman emperor, “Ave, Caesar!” (“Hail to Caesar!”). |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joh 19:20) |
1 tn Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the residents of Jerusalem in general. See also the note on the phrase Jewish religious leaders” in v. 7. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joh 19:23) |
4 tn Or “shirt” (a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin). See the note on the same word earlier in this verse. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joh 19:31) |
3 tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders. See also the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 7. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Joh 19:42) |
1 sn The day of preparation was the day before the Sabbath when everything had to be prepared for it, as no work could be done on the Sabbath. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Act 1:11) |
2 tn Or “into the sky.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” (vv. 10, 11a) or “heaven” (twice in v. 11b) depending on the context. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Act 2:34) |
1 sn Sit at my right hand. The word “sit” alludes back to the promise of “seating one on his throne” in v. 30. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Act 3:16) |
2 sn Here is another example of appeal to the person by mentioning the name. See the note on the word name in 3:6. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Act 5:28) |
6 sn To bring this man’s blood on us is an idiom meaning “you intend to make us guilty of this man’s death.” |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Act 7:42) |
1 sn The expression and gave them over suggests similarities to the judgment on the nations described by Paul in Rom 1:18-32. |
