Discovery Box| (0.53290533333333) | (Act 27:2) |
1 tn Grk “Going on board.” The participle ἐπιβάντες (epibante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Act 27:7) |
2 sn Cnidus was the name of a peninsula on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor. This was about 130 mi (210 km) from Myra. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Act 27:7) |
5 sn Salmone was the name of a promontory on the northeastern corner of the island of Crete. This was about 100 mi (160 km) farther along. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Act 27:8) |
3 sn Lasea was a city on the southern coast of the island of Crete. This was about 60 mi (96 km) farther. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Act 27:12) |
5 sn Phoenix was a seaport on the southern coast of the island of Crete. This was about 30 mi (48 km) further west. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Act 28:12) |
2 sn Syracuse was a city on the eastern coast of the island of Sicily. It was 75 mi (120 km) from Malta. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Rom 2:9) |
1 tn No verb is expressed in this verse, but the verb “to be” is implied by the Greek construction. Literally “suffering and distress on everyone…” |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Rom 2:29) |
1 sn On circumcision is of the heart see Lev 26:41; Deut 10:16; Jer 4:4; Ezek 44:9. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Rom 3:26) |
4 tn Or “of the one who has faith in Jesus.” See note on “faithfulness of Jesus Christ” in v. 22 for the rationale behind the translation “Jesus’ faithfulness.” |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Rom 12:16) |
1 tn Or “but give yourselves to menial tasks.” The translation depends on whether one takes the adjective “lowly” as masculine or neuter. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (1Co 6:5) |
1 tn Grk “to decide between his brother (and his opponent),” but see the note on the word “Christian” in 5:11. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (1Co 8:11) |
1 tn Grk “the one who is weak…the brother for whom Christ died,” but see note on the word “Christian” in 5:11. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (2Co 11:32) |
1 sn The governor was an official called an ethnarch who was appointed to rule over a particular area or constituency on behalf of a king. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gal 2:9) |
2 tn Or “who were influential as,” or “who were reputed to be.” See also the note on the word “influential” in 2:6. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gal 2:12) |
4 tn Grk “the [ones] of the circumcision,” that is, the group of Jewish Christians who insisted on circumcision of Gentiles before they could become Christians. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gal 2:13) |
1 tn The words “with them” are a reflection of the σύν- (sun-) prefix on the verb συναπήχθη (sunaphcqh; see L&N 31.76). |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Eph 1:7) |
2 sn In this context his blood, the blood of Jesus Christ, refers to the price paid for believers’ redemption, which is the sacrificial death of Christ on the cross. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Eph 4:13) |
2 tn Grk “the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” On this translation of ἡλικία (Jhlikia, “stature”) see BDAG 436 s.v. 3. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Eph 5:27) |
1 tn The use of the pronoun αὐτός (autos) is intensive and focuses attention on Christ as the one who has made the church glorious. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Col 2:14) |
2 tn On the translation of χειρόγραφον (ceirografon), see BDAG 1083 s.v. which refers to it as “a certificate of indebtedness.” |
