Discovery Box| (0.56464841304348) | (Luk 24:5) |
4 sn Bowed their faces to the ground. Such respect for angels is common: Dan 7:28; 10:9, 15. |
| (0.56464841304348) | (Act 15:17) |
1 tn Or “so that all other people.” The use of this term follows Amos 9:11 LXX. |
| (0.56464841304348) | (Act 20:3) |
3 sn This plot is one of several noted by Luke (Acts 9:20; 20:19; 23:30). |
| (0.56464841304348) | (Act 23:14) |
5 tn This included both food and drink (γεύομαι [geuomai] is used of water turned to wine in John 2:9). |
| (0.56464841304348) | (2Co 3:3) |
3 sn An allusion to Exod 24:12; 31:18; 34:1; Deut 9:10-11. |
| (0.56464841304348) | (2Th 2:4) |
2 sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively. |
| (0.56464841304348) | (1Ti 4:10) |
1 tn Grk “for toward this,” denoting purpose. The conjunction “for” gives confirmation or emphasis to 1 Tim 4:8-9. |
| (0.56464841304348) | (2Ti 3:10) |
1 sn There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9. |
| (0.56464841304348) | (Rev 21:15) |
1 tn Grk “the one”; the referent (the angel of v. 9) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.56464841304348) | (Rev 22:1) |
2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel mentioned in 21:9, 15) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.56216276086957) | (Gen 10:29) |
1 sn Ophir became the name of a territory in South Arabia. Many of the references to Ophir are connected with gold (e.g., 1 Kgs 9:28, 10:11, 22:48; 1 Chr 29:4; 2 Chr 8:18, 9:10; Job 22:24, 28:16; Ps 45:9; Isa 13:12). |
| (0.56216276086957) | (Deu 9:6) |
1 sn The Hebrew word translated stubborn means “stiff-necked.” The image is that of a draft animal that is unsubmissive to the rein or yoke and refuses to bend its neck to draw the load. This is an apt description of OT Israel (Exod 32:9; 33:3, 5; 34:9; Deut 9:13). |
| (0.56216276086957) | (Deu 32:22) |
1 sn Sheol refers here not to hell and hell-fire – a much later concept – but to the innermost parts of the earth, as low down as one could get. The parallel with “the foundations of the mountains” makes this clear (cf. Pss 9:17; 16:10; 139:8; Isa 14:9, 15; Amos 9:2). |
| (0.56216276086957) | (Psa 10:14) |
7 sn The fatherless. Because they were so vulnerable and were frequently exploited, fatherless children are often mentioned as epitomizing the oppressed (see Pss 68:5; 82:3; 94:6; 146:9; as well as Job 6:27; 22:9; 24:3, 9; 29:12; 31:17, 21). |
| (0.56216276086957) | (Isa 9:1) |
1 sn In the Hebrew text (BHS) the chapter division comes one verse later than in the English Bible; 9:1 (8:23 HT). Thus 9:2-21 in the English Bible = 9:1-20 in the Hebrew text. Beginning with 10:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible are again the same. |
| (0.56216276086957) | (Jon 1:13) |
2 sn The word for land here is associated with a Hebrew verb meaning “to be dry” and is the same noun used in v. 9 of dry ground in contrast with the sea, both made by the |
| (0.56216276086957) | (Luk 1:12) |
2 tn Or “and he was afraid”; Grk “fear fell upon him.” Fear is common when supernatural agents appear (1:29-30, 65; 2:9; 5:8-10; 9:34; 24:38; Exod 15:16; Judg 6:22-23; 13:6, 22; 2 Sam 6:9). |
| (0.56216276086957) | (Luk 12:49) |
1 sn This mission statement, “I have come to bring fire on the earth,” looks to the purging and division Jesus causes: See Luke 3:9, 17; 9:54; 17:29 for fire, 5:32; 7:34; 9:58; 12:51 for the topic of mission. |
| (0.5321807173913) | (Exo 24:9) |
1 sn This next section is extremely interesting, but difficult to interpret. For some of the literature, see: E. W. Nicholson, “The Interpretation of Exodus 24:9-11,” VT 24 (1974): 77-97; “The Antiquity of the Tradition in Exodus 24:9-11,” VT 26 (1976): 148-60; and T. C. Vriezen, “The Exegesis of Exodus 24:9-11,” OTS 17 (1967): 24-53. |
| (0.5321807173913) | (Exo 25:16) |
1 sn The “testimony” is the Decalogue (Exod 24:12; 31:18; Deut 4:13; 9:9; 1 Kgs 8:9); the word identifies it as the witness or affirmation of God’s commandments belonging to his covenant with Israel. It expressed God’s will and man’s duty. In other cultures important documents were put at the feet of the gods in the temples. |
