¹ tn Or “an evil report,” i.e., one that was a defamation of the grace of God.

¹ tn Heb “and it was told.” The present translation uses “reported,” since this involves information given to a superior.

¹ tn The preterite with the vav (ו) consecutive is subordinated to the next clause, which reports the naming and its motivation.

¹ sn So Abram left. This is the report of Abram’s obedience to God’s command (see v. 1).

¹ tn The noun דִּבָּה (dibbah, “infamy; defamation; evil report; whispering”) is used of an evil report here (e.g., Gen 37:2), namely a true report of evil doing. So if a person betrays another person’s confidence, he will never be able to live down the bad reputation he made as one who betrays secrets (cf. NIV).

³ tn Heb “We must certainly report to the king all these things.” Here the word דְּבָרִים (d^evarim) must mean “things” (cf. BDB 183 s.v. דָּבָר IV.3) rather than “words,” because a verbatim report of all the words in the scroll is scarcely meant. The present translation has chosen to use, instead of the indefinite “things,” a form that suggests a summary report of all the matters spoken about in the scroll.

¹ tn Grk “And.” Since this represents a response to the reported ambush, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

³ tn Grk “went up”; this verb is used because the report went up to the Antonia Fortress where the Roman garrison was stationed.

³ tn “They reported all the things God had done with them”—an identical phrase occurs in Acts 14:27. God is always the agent.

¹ sn Now with the recounting of what had happened on the road two sets of witnesses corroborate the women’s report.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the reports the man received about his manager.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the master’s response to the slave’s report.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that John’s action was a result of the report he had heard.

¹⁰ tn This is a third class condition. The report portrays the leper making no presumptions about whether Jesus will heal him or not.

³ tn This is a third class condition. The report portrays the leper making no presumptions about whether Jesus will heal him or not.

³ tn This is a third class condition. The report portrays the leper making no presumptions about whether Jesus will heal him or not.

¹ tn Heb “Micaiah reported to them all the words that he heard when Baruch read from the scroll in the ears of the people.”

¹ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:15 reports that God sent a plague, while 24:16-17 attributes this to the instrumentality of an angel.

¹ tn Heb “and the report about him was in all the land.” The Hebrew term אֶרֶץ (ʾerets, “land”) may also be translated “earth.”

¹ tn Heb “Surely the Lord has given into our hand all the land.” The report by the spies uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.