Discovery Box| (0.35) | (1Ki 7:19) | 1 tn Heb “the capitals which were on the top of the pillars were the work of lilies, in the porch, 4 cubits.” It is unclear exactly what dimension is being measured. |
| (0.35) | (2Sa 1:2) | 1 sn Tearing one’s clothing and throwing dirt on one’s head were outward expressions of grief in the ancient Near East, where such demonstrable reactions were a common response to tragic news. |
| (0.35) | (Jdg 8:10) | 1 tn Heb “About 15,000 [in number] were all the ones remaining from the army of the sons of the east. The fallen ones were 120,000 [in number], men drawing the sword.” |
| (0.35) | (Jos 9:16) | 1 tn Heb “At the end of three days, after they made the treaty with them, they heard that they were neighbors to them and in their midst they were living.” |
| (0.35) | (Exo 38:21) | 4 tn The noun is “work” or “service.” S. R. Driver explains that the reckonings were not made for the Levites, but that they were the work of the Levites, done by them under the direction of Ithamar (Exodus, 393). |
| (0.35) | (Exo 26:1) | 4 sn S. R. Driver suggests that the curtains were made with threads dyed with these colors (Exodus, 280). Perhaps the colored threads were used for embroidering the cherubim in the curtains. |
| (0.35) | (Exo 25:19) | 3 sn The angels were to form one piece with the lid and not be separated. This could be translated “of one piece with” the lid, but it is likely the angels were simply fastened to it permanently. |
| (0.35) | (Exo 12:16) | 1 sn This refers to an assembly of the people at the sanctuary for religious purposes. The word “convocation” implies that the people were called together, and Num 10:2 indicates they were called together by trumpets. |
| (0.35) | (Exo 2:13) | 3 tn The deictic particle is used here to predicate existence, as in “here were” or “there were.” But this use of הִנֵּה (hinneh) indicates also that what he encountered was surprising or sudden—as in “Oh, look!” |
| (0.35) | (Gen 43:33) | 2 sn The brothers’ astonishment indicates that Joseph arranged them in this way. They were astonished because there was no way, as far as they were concerned, that Joseph could have known the order of their birth. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 7:24) | 1 sn The Hebrew verb translated “prevailed over” suggests that the waters were stronger than the earth. The earth and everything in it were no match for the return of the chaotic deep. |
| (0.35) | (Rev 15:2) | 4 tn Grk “of his name, standing.” A new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the words “They were.” |
| (0.35) | (2Jo 1:5) | 2 tn The words “if I were” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied for clarity in English. |
| (0.35) | (Heb 11:2) | 2 tn Grk “were attested,” “received commendation”; and Heb 11:4-6 shows this to be from God. |
| (0.35) | (Gal 2:9) | 3 sn Pillars is figurative here for those like James, Peter, and John who were leaders in the Jerusalem church. |
| (0.35) | (Act 28:9) | 2 sn Many…also came and were healed. Again, here is irony. Paul, though imprisoned, “frees” others of their diseases. |
| (0.35) | (Act 11:3) | 1 tn Or “You were a guest in the home of” (according to L&N 23.12). |
| (0.35) | (Act 10:38) | 4 tn The translation “healing all who were oppressed by the devil” is given in L&N 22.22. |
| (0.35) | (Act 10:23) | 3 sn Some of the brothers from Joppa. As v. 45 makes clear, there were Jewish Christians in this group of witnesses. |
| (0.35) | (Act 10:9) | 2 tn The participles ὁδοιπορούντων (hodoiporountōn, “while they were on their way”) and ἐγγιζόντων (engizontōn, “approaching”) have been translated as temporal participles. |
