Discovery Box| (0.55616485106383) | (Jer 51:3) |
2 sn For the concept underlying this word see the study note on “utterly destroy” in Jer 25:9 and compare the usage in 50:21, 26. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Eze 3:26) |
1 tn Heb “you will not be to them a reprover.” In Isa 29:21 and Amos 5:10 “a reprover” issued rebuke at the city gate. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Eze 5:12) |
2 sn Judgment by plague, famine, and sword occurs in Jer 21:9; 27:13; Ezek 6:11, 12; 7:15. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Eze 11:1) |
2 sn The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Eze 16:20) |
1 sn The sacrifice of children was prohibited in Lev 18:21; 20:2; Deut 12:31; 18:10. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Eze 22:19) |
1 tn The Hebrew second person pronoun is masculine plural here and in vv. 19b-21, indicating that the people are being addressed. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Eze 22:20) |
1 tn Heb “I will put.” No object is supplied in the Hebrew, prompting many to emend the text to “I will blow.” See BHS and verse 21. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Eze 35:2) |
2 sn Mount Seir is to be identified with Edom (Ezek 35:15), home of Esau’s descendants (Gen 25:21-30). |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Eze 35:5) |
1 tn Or “gave over…to the power of the sword.” This phrase also occurs in Jer 18:21 and Ps 63:10. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Eze 36:18) |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Eze 43:7) |
2 sn See 1 Chr 28:2; Ps 99:5; 132:7; Isa 60:13; Lam 2:1. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Eze 44:20) |
2 sn Letting the hair grow was associated with the taking of a vow (Num 6:5; Acts 21:23-26). |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Dan 9:24) |
6 sn The act of sealing in the OT is a sign of authentication. Cf. 1 Kgs 21:8; Jer 32:10, 11, 44. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Mic 6:16) |
2 sn The Omride dynasty, of which Ahab was the most infamous king, had a reputation for implementing unjust and oppressive measures. See 1 Kgs 21. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Mal 3:8) |
2 sn The tithes and contributions mentioned here are probably those used to sustain the Levites (see Num 18:8, 11, 19, 21-24). |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Mat 2:13) |
3 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Herod the Great was particularly ruthless regarding the succession to his throne. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Mat 2:16) |
1 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Mar 5:22) |
2 sn The synagogue was a place for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership. See also the note on synagogue in 1:21. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Luk 5:17) |
3 tn That is, those who were skilled in the teaching and interpretation of the OT law. These are called “experts in the law” (Grk “scribes”) in v. 21. |
| (0.55616485106383) | (Luk 9:51) |
5 tn Grk “he set his face,” a Semitic idiom that speaks of a firm, unshakable resolve to do something (Gen 31:21; Isa 50:7). |
