Discovery Box| (0.50573401960784) | (Heb 9:15) |
1 tn The Greek word μεσίτης (mesith", “mediator”) in this context does not imply that Jesus was a mediator in the contemporary sense of the word, i.e., he worked for compromise between opposing parties. Here the term describes his function as the one who was used by God to enact a new covenant which established a new relationship between God and his people, but entirely on God’s terms. |
| (0.50573401960784) | (Heb 12:24) |
1 tn The Greek word μεσίτης (mesith", “mediator”) in this context does not imply that Jesus was a mediator in the contemporary sense of the word, i.e., he worked for compromise between opposing parties. Here the term describes his function as the one who was used by God to enact a new covenant which established a new relationship between God and his people, but entirely on God’s terms. |
| (0.50573401960784) | (Jam 3:9) |
1 tc Most later |
| (0.50573401960784) | (1Jo 3:17) |
3 sn The love of God. The author is not saying that the person who does not love his brother cannot love God either (although this may be true enough), but rather that the person who does not love his brother shows by this failure to love that he does not have any of the love which comes from God ‘residing’ in him (the Greek verb used is μένω [menw]). Once again, conduct is the clue to paternity. |
| (0.50573401960784) | (1Jo 4:9) |
3 tn This phrase is best understood as the equivalent of a dative of sphere, but this description does not specify where the love of God is revealed with regard to believers: “in our midst” (i.e., among us) or “within us” (i.e., internally within believers). The latter is probable, because in the context the concept of God’s indwelling of the believer is mentioned in God%27s&tab=notes" ver="">4:12: “God resides (μένει, menei) in us.” |
| (0.50573401960784) | (1Jo 4:12) |
2 tn The phrase “God resides in us” (ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει, Jo qeo" en Jhmin menei) in God%27s&tab=notes" ver="">4:12 is a reference to the permanent relationship which God has with the believer. Here it refers specifically to God’s indwelling of the believer in the person of the Holy Spirit, as indicated by God%27s&tab=notes" ver="">4:13b. Since it refers to state and not to change of status it is here translated “resides” (see God%27s&tab=notes" ver="">2:6). |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 1:11) |
1 tn The Hebrew construction employs a cognate accusative, where the nominal object (“vegetation”) derives from the verbal root employed. It stresses the abundant productivity that God created. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 2:1) |
2 tn Heb “and all the host of them.” Here the “host” refers to all the entities and creatures that God created to populate the world. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 2:7) |
2 tn The line literally reads “And Yahweh God formed the man, soil, from the ground.” “Soil” is an adverbial accusative, identifying the material from which the man was made. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 3:17) |
2 tn The idiom “listen to the voice of” often means “obey.” The man “obeyed” his wife and in the process disobeyed God. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 6:22) |
2 tn The last clause seems redundant: “and thus (כֵּן, ken) he did.” It underscores the obedience of Noah to all that God had said. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 8:20) |
1 sn Offered burnt offerings on the altar. F. D. Maurice includes a chapter on the sacrifice of Noah in The Doctrine of Sacrifice. The whole burnt offering, according to Leviticus 1, represented the worshiper’s complete surrender and dedication to the |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 14:20) |
1 tn Heb “blessed be.” For God to be “blessed” means that is praised. His reputation is enriched in the world as his name is praised. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 16:11) |
4 sn This clause gives the explanation of the name Ishmael, using a wordplay. Ishmael’s name will be a reminder that “God hears” Hagar’s painful cries. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 16:13) |
1 tn Heb “God of my seeing.” The pronominal suffix may be understood either as objective (“who sees me,” as in the translation) or subjective (“whom I see”). |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 17:3) |
2 tn Heb “God spoke to him, saying.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 21:19) |
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. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 22:18) |
1 sn Because you have obeyed me. Abraham’s obedience brought God’s ratification of the earlier conditional promise (see Gen 12:2). |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 27:20) |
4 tn Heb “and he said, ‘Because the |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Gen 30:6) |
1 tn Heb “and also he has heard my voice.” The expression means that God responded positively to Rachel’s cry and granted her request. |
