Discovery Box| (0.43780435616438) | (Jer 43:10) |
4 sn See the study note on Jer 25:9 for the use of this epithet for foreign rulers. The term emphasizes God’s sovereignty over history. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Eze 5:15) |
4 tn Heb “in anger and in fury and in rebukes of fury.” The heaping up of synonyms emphasizes the degree of God’s anger. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Dan 8:10) |
1 tn Traditionally, “host.” The term refers to God’s heavenly angelic assembly, which he sometimes leads into battle as an army. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Amo 2:7) |
6 tn Heb “my holy name.” Here “name” is used metonymically for God’s moral character or reputation, while “holy” has a moral and ethical connotation. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Jon 1:7) |
3 sn In the ancient Near East, casting lots was a custom used to try to receive a revelation from the gods about a particular situation. The Phoenician sailors here cried out to their gods and cast lots in the hope that one of their gods might reveal the identity of the person with whom he was angry. CEV has well captured the sentiment of v.7b: “‘Let’s ask our gods to show us who caused all this trouble.’ It turned out to be Jonah.” |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Hab 3:3) |
3 tn Or traditionally, “holy one.” The term קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh, “holy [one]”) here refers to God’s sovereignty. See v. 3b. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Zep 3:2) |
3 tn Heb “draw near to.” The present translation assumes that the expression “draw near to” refers to seeking God’s will (see 1 Sam 14:36). |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Zep 3:10) |
2 sn It is not certain if those who pray to me refers to the converted nations or to God’s exiled covenant people. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Mat 6:33) |
1 sn God’s kingdom is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Mat 8:12) |
1 sn Weeping and gnashing of teeth is a figure for remorse and trauma, which occurs here because of exclusion from God’s promise. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Mat 9:27) |
2 sn Have mercy on us is a request for healing. It is not owed to the men. They simply ask for God’s kind grace. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Mat 20:30) |
3 sn Have mercy on us is a request for healing. It is not owed to the men. They simply ask for God’s kind grace. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Mat 22:17) |
1 tn Or “lawful,” that is, in accordance with God’s divine law. On the syntax of ἔξεστιν (exestin) with an infinitive and accusative, see BDF §409.3. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Mar 10:20) |
4 sn Since my youth. Judaism regarded the age of thirteen as the age when a man would have become responsible to live by God’s commands. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Mar 10:47) |
3 sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing. It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Mar 12:14) |
3 tn Or “lawful,” that is, in accordance with God’s divine law. On the syntax of ἔξεστιν (exestin) with an infinitive and accusative, see BDF §409.3. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Luk 1:35) |
2 sn The phrase will overshadow is a reference to God’s glorious presence at work (Exod 40:34-35; Ps 91:4). |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Luk 1:38) |
5 sn The remark according to your word is a sign of Mary’s total submission to God’s will, a response that makes her exemplary. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Luk 1:45) |
2 tn This ὅτι (Joti) clause, technically indirect discourse after πιστεύω (pisteuw), explains the content of the faith, a belief in God’s promise coming to pass. |
| (0.43780435616438) | (Luk 1:50) |
2 sn God’s mercy refers to his “loyal love” or “steadfast love,” expressed in faithful actions, as the rest of the psalm illustrates. |
