Discovery Box| (0.54327653225806) | (Act 15:27) |
2 sn Judas and Silas were the “two witnesses” who would vouch for the truth of the recommendation. |
| (0.54327653225806) | (Act 17:13) |
4 sn Inciting. Ironically, it was the Jews who were disturbing the peace, not the Christians. |
| (0.54327653225806) | (Act 21:15) |
2 tn Grk “were going up”; the imperfect verb ἀνεβαίνομεν (anebainomen) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect. |
| (0.54327653225806) | (Act 22:22) |
1 tn Grk “They were listening”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.54327653225806) | (Act 27:27) |
2 sn The Adriatic Sea. They were now somewhere between Crete and Malta. |
| (0.54327653225806) | (Col 2:11) |
1 tn The terms “however” and “but” in this sentence were supplied in order to emphasize the contrast. |
| (0.54327653225806) | (2Th 2:15) |
2 tn Grk “that you were taught whether by word or by letter of ours.” |
| (0.54327653225806) | (Rev 6:14) |
1 tn Or “The heavens were.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) can mean either “heaven” or “sky.” |
| (0.54327653225806) | (Rev 8:11) |
6 tn Grk “and many of the men died from these waters because they were bitter.” |
| (0.54327653225806) | (Rev 11:1) |
2 tn Grk “a reed” (but these were used for measuring). Cf. Ezek 40:3ff. |
| (0.50739569354839) | (Gen 7:24) |
1 sn The Hebrew verb translated “prevailed over” suggests that the waters were stronger than the earth. The earth and everything in it were no match for the return of the chaotic deep. |
| (0.50739569354839) | (Gen 43:33) |
2 sn The brothers’ astonishment indicates that Joseph arranged them in this way. They were astonished because there was no way, as far as they were concerned, that Joseph could have known the order of their birth. |
| (0.50739569354839) | (Exo 2:13) |
3 tn The deictic particle is used here to predicate existence, as in “here were” or “there were.” But this use of הִנֵּה (hinneh) indicates also that what he encountered was surprising or sudden – as in “Oh, look!” |
| (0.50739569354839) | (Exo 12:16) |
1 sn This refers to an assembly of the people at the sanctuary for religious purposes. The word “convocation” implies that the people were called together, and Num 10:2 indicates they were called together by trumpets. |
| (0.50739569354839) | (Exo 25:19) |
3 sn The angels were to form one piece with the lid and not be separated. This could be translated “of one piece with” the lid, but it is likely the angels were simply fastened to it permanently. |
| (0.50739569354839) | (Exo 26:1) |
4 sn S. R. Driver suggests that the curtains were made with threads dyed with these colors (Exodus, 280). Perhaps the colored threads were used for embroidering the cherubim in the curtains. |
| (0.50739569354839) | (Exo 38:21) |
4 tn The noun is “work” or “service.” S. R. Driver explains that the reckonings were not made for the Levites, but that they were the work of the Levites, done by them under the direction of Ithamar (Exodus, 393). |
| (0.50739569354839) | (Lev 25:23) |
2 tn That is, the Israelites were strangers and residents who were attached to the |
| (0.50739569354839) | (Jos 9:16) |
1 tn Heb “At the end of three days, after they made the treaty with them, they heard that they were neighbors to them and in their midst they were living.” |
| (0.50739569354839) | (Jdg 8:10) |
1 tn Heb “About fifteen thousand [in number] were all the ones remaining from the army of the sons of the east. The fallen ones were a hundred and twenty thousand [in number], men drawing the sword.” |
