³ sn One man refers here to Jesus Christ.

² sn Here person refers to a human being.

¹ sn Here the Greek refers to anyone who is not Jewish.

¹ tn The participle φάσκοντες (faskonte") is used concessively here.

⁴ tn The words “I serve” have been repeated here for clarity.

¹ sn Here clean refers to food being ceremonially clean.

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² sn Here the one man refers to Adam (cf. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A45&tab=notes" ver="">5:14).

¹ sn Here the one man refers to Adam (cf. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A45&tab=notes" ver="">5:14).

¹ sn Here the one man refers to Adam (cf. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A45&tab=notes" ver="">5:14).

² tn Grk “from whom.” Here the relative pronoun has been replaced by a personal pronoun.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹ tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic and refers to both men and women.

¹ tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic and refers to both men and women.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹ tn The word for “man” or “individual” here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” However, as BDAG 79 s.v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A45&tab=notes" ver="">2 says, here it is “equivalent to τὶς someone, a person.”

¹ tn Here “sword” is a metonymy that includes both threats of violence and acts of violence, even including death (although death is not necessarily the only thing in view here).

³ tn Here the particle μενοῦνγε (menounge) is correcting the negative response expected by the particle μή (mh) in the preceding question. Since the question has been translated positively, the translation was changed here to reflect that rendering.