Discovery Box| (0.63684625) | (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. |
| (0.63684625) | (Dan 3:1) |
4 tn Aram “sixty cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, the image would be 90 feet (27.4 m) high. |
| (0.63684625) | (Dan 3:1) |
5 tn Aram “six cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, the image would be 9 feet (2.74 m) wide. |
| (0.63684625) | (Dan 5:2) |
2 tn Or “ancestor”; or “predecessor” (also in vv. 11, 13, 18). The Aramaic word translated “father” can on occasion denote these other relationships. |
| (0.63684625) | (Dan 9:19) |
1 tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v 18. |
| (0.63684625) | (Amo 6:1) |
1 tn On the Hebrew term הוֹי (hoy; “ah, woe”) as a term of mourning, see the notes in 5:16, 18. |
| (0.63684625) | (Oba 1:17) |
2 tn Heb “house” (so most English versions); NCV, TEV “the people of Jacob.” The word “house” also occurs four times in v. 18. |
| (0.63684625) | (Mic 3:6) |
2 sn The reading of omens (Heb “divination”) was forbidden in the law (Deut 18:10), so this probably reflects the prophets’ view of how they received divine revelation. |
| (0.63684625) | (Hab 3:8) |
2 tn Heb “so that.” Here כִּי (ki) is resultative. See the note on the phrase “make it” in 2:18. |
| (0.63684625) | (Hag 1:5) |
1 tn Heb “Set your heart upon your ways” (see 2:15, 18); traditionally “Consider your ways” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB). |
| (0.63684625) | (Hag 2:10) |
1 sn The twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of Darius’ second year was Kislev 24 or December 18, 520 |
| (0.63684625) | (Hag 2:20) |
2 sn Again, the twenty-fourth day of the month was Kislev 24 or December 18, 520 |
| (0.63684625) | (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). |
| (0.63684625) | (Mat 5:48) |
1 sn This remark echoes the more common OT statements like Lev 19:2 or Deut 18:13: “you must be holy as I am holy.” |
| (0.63684625) | (Mat 7:17) |
1 tn Grk “rotten.” The word σαπρός, modifying “tree” in both v. 17 and 18, can also mean “diseased” (L&N 65.28). |
| (0.63684625) | (Luk 1:52) |
2 sn The contrast between the mighty and those of lowly position is fundamental for Luke. God cares for those that the powerful ignore (Luke 4:18-19). |
| (0.63684625) | (Luk 5:27) |
6 sn Follow me. For similar calls on the part of Jesus see Luke 5:10-11; 9:23, 59; 18:22. |
| (0.63684625) | (Luk 7:50) |
2 sn On faith see Luke 5:20; 7:9; 8:25; 12:28; 17:6; 18:8; 22:32. |
| (0.63684625) | (Luk 9:36) |
3 sn Although the disciples told no one at the time, later they did recount this. The commentary on this scene is 2 Pet 1:17-18. |
| (0.63684625) | (Luk 10:3) |
2 sn On the imagery of lambs see Isa 40:11, Ezek 34:11-31, and John 10:1-18. |
