Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Mar 9:37) | 2 sn Children were very insignificant in ancient culture, so this child would be the perfect object lesson to counter the disciples’ selfish ambitions. |
| (0.38) | (Mar 5:29) | 1 sn The woman was most likely suffering from a vaginal or uterine hemorrhage, in which case her bleeding would make her ritually unclean. |
| (0.38) | (Mat 26:53) | 1 sn A legion was a Roman army unit of about 6,000 soldiers, so 12 legions would be 72,000. |
| (0.38) | (Mat 20:31) | 2 tn Or “rebuked.” The crowd’s view was that surely Jesus would not be bothered with someone as unimportant as a blind beggar. |
| (0.38) | (Mat 7:10) | 1 sn The two questions of vv. 9-10 use a construction in Greek that expects a negative answer: “No parent would do this!” |
| (0.38) | (Mat 6:17) | 2 sn This anointing would be done with olive oil or perfumed oil, a cosmetic procedure done in conjunction with washing the face. |
| (0.38) | (Zec 7:1) | 1 sn The fourth day of Kislev, the ninth month would be December 7, 518 b.c., 22 months after the previous eight visions. |
| (0.38) | (Nah 3:9) | 5 tn The noun עֶזְרָה (ʿezrah) means “help, assistance, strength” (HALOT 812, s.v.). Nations named as help would either be allies or vassals responsible to give support. |
| (0.38) | (Mic 6:10) | 3 sn Merchants would use a smaller than standard measure so they could give the customer less than he thought he was paying for. |
| (0.38) | (Mic 1:14) | 6 sn Because of the enemy invasion, Achzib would not be able to deliver soldiers for the army and/or services normally rendered to the crown. |
| (0.38) | (Jon 4:2) | 2 tn The phrase “would happen” does not appear in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness. |
| (0.38) | (Oba 1:11) | 4 sn Casting lots seems to be a way of deciding who would gain control over material possessions and enslaved peoples following a military victory. |
| (0.38) | (Amo 5:17) | 1 sn The expression pass through your midst alludes to Exod 12:12, where the Lord announced he would “pass through” Egypt and bring death to the Egyptian firstborn. |
| (0.38) | (Dan 5:10) | 3 tn Aram “The queen.” The translation has used the pronoun “she” instead because repetition of the noun here would be redundant in terms of English style. |
| (0.38) | (Dan 3:1) | 4 tn Aram “60 cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, the image would be 90 feet (27.4 m) high. |
| (0.38) | (Dan 3:1) | 5 tn Aram “6 cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, the image would be 9 feet (2.74 m) wide. |
| (0.38) | (Eze 48:7) | 1 sn The tribe from which the Davidic prince would come is given the most prestigious allotment (see Gen 49:8-12). |
| (0.38) | (Eze 31:5) | 1 tn Heb “when it sends forth.” Repointing the consonants of the Masoretic text would render the proposed reading of “shoots” (cf. NRSV). |
| (0.38) | (Eze 21:29) | 3 sn The second half of the verse appears to state that the sword of judgment would fall upon the wicked Ammonites, despite their efforts to prevent it. |
| (0.38) | (Eze 21:23) | 2 sn When the people of Judah realized the Babylonians’ intentions, they would object on grounds that they had made a treaty with the Babylonian king (see 17:13). |
