² tn Or “after they became fully awake,” “but they became fully awake and saw.”

² tn Grk “saw them”; the context makes clear that two individuals were involved (v. 27).

² tn Grk “that you saw in me and now hear [to be] in me.”

¹ tn Or “I am John, the one who heard and saw these things.”

¹ tn Heb “And God saw the light, that it was good.” The verb “saw” in this passage carries the meaning “reflected on,” “surveyed,” “concluded,” “noted.” It is a description of reflection of the mind – it is God’s opinion.

² tn Heb “and saw, and look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to what Abraham saw and invites the audience to view the scene through his eyes.

² tn A preterite form with the vav consecutive can be subordinated to a following clause. What she saw stands as a reason for what she did: “when she saw…she hid him three months.”

³ sn When Jesus approached and saw the city. This is the last travel note in Luke’s account (the so-called Jerusalem journey), as Jesus approached and saw the city before entering it.

³ tn Heb “And he saw, and look, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.”

² tn Heb “in the time of the breeding of the flock I lifted up my eyes and I saw.”

¹ sn The name Peniel means “face of God.” Since Jacob saw God face to face here, the name is appropriate.

² tn Heb “she saw that Shelah had grown up, but she was not given to him as a wife.”

³ tn The verb “saw” is supplied here because it is expected in English (see the previous note on “heard”).

² tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading “gleamed,” rather than the Kethib, “saw.”

² tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”

⁵ tn Or “saw visions from God.” References to divine visions occur also in Ezek 8:3; 40:2

¹ tn Given the context this could be understood as a shock, e.g., idiomatically “Good grief! I saw….”

¹ tn Heb “And the woman saw.” The clause can be rendered as a temporal clause subordinate to the following verb in the sequence.

¹ tn Heb “And God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water.” The referent (Hagar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ sn This is an allusion to the preceding episode (32:22-31) in which Jacob saw the face of God and realized his prayer was answered.