Discovery Box| (0.53926378431373) | (Luk 19:9) |
4 sn Zacchaeus was personally affirmed by Jesus as a descendant (son) of Abraham and a member of God’s family. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Luk 20:10) |
1 sn This slave (along with the next two) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Luk 20:36) |
2 tn Grk “sons of God, being.” The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle here. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Luk 21:31) |
2 sn The kingdom of God refers here to the kingdom in all its power. See Luke 17:20-37. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Luk 22:16) |
3 sn The kingdom of God here refers to the kingdom in all its power. See Luke 17:20-37. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Luk 22:22) |
1 sn Jesus’ death has been determined as a part of God’s plan (Acts 2:22-24). |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Luk 22:42) |
3 sn With the statement “Not my will but yours be done” Jesus submitted fully to God’s will. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Luk 22:70) |
2 sn The members of the council understood the force of the claim and asked Jesus about another title, Son of God. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Joh 9:24) |
3 tn Grk “Give glory to God” (an idiomatic formula used in placing someone under oath to tell the truth). |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Act 2:11) |
2 tn Or “God’s mighty works.” Here the genitive τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) has been translated as a subjective genitive. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Act 3:13) |
2 sn The reference to the God of the patriarchs is a reminder that God is the God of the nation and of promises. The phrase God of our forefathers is from the Hebrew scriptures (Exod 3:6, 15-16; 4:5; see also the Jewish prayer known as “The Eighteen Benedictions”). Once again, event has led to explanation, or what is called the “sign and speech” pattern. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Act 3:13) |
3 sn Has glorified. Jesus is alive, raised and active, as the healing illustrates so dramatically how God honors him. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Act 5:42) |
2 tn Grk “teaching and evangelizing.” They were still obeying God, not men (see 4:18-20; 5:29). |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Act 7:43) |
2 sn Moloch was a Canaanite deity who was believed to be the god of the sky and the sun. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Act 7:49) |
1 sn What kind…resting place? The rhetorical questions suggest mere human beings cannot build a house to contain God. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Act 7:50) |
2 sn A quotation from Isa 66:1-2. If God made the heavens, how can a human building contain him? |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Act 10:3) |
2 tn Or “the angel of God.” Linguistically, “angel of God” is the same in both testaments (and thus, he is either “an angel of God” or “the angel of God” in both testaments). For arguments and implications, see ExSyn 252; M. J. Davidson, “Angels,” DJG, 9; W. G. MacDonald argues for “an angel” in both testaments: “Christology and ‘The Angel of the Lord’,” Current Issues in Biblical and Patristic Interpretation, 324-35. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Act 12:22) |
3 sn The voice of a god. Contrast the response of Paul and Barnabas in Acts 14:13-15. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Act 13:26) |
4 tn Grk “and those among you who fear God,” but this is practically a technical term for the category called God-fearers, Gentiles who worshiped the God of Israel and in many cases kept the Mosaic law, but did not take the final step of circumcision necessary to become a proselyte to Judaism. See further K. G. Kuhn, TDNT 6:732-34, 743-44. Note how Paul includes God-fearing Gentiles as recipients of this promise. |
| (0.53926378431373) | (Act 17:24) |
1 tn Grk “all the things that are in it.” The speech starts with God as Creator, like 14:15. |
