Discovery Box| (0.43) | (Job 30:3) | 3 tn The MT has “last night desolate and waste.” The word אֶמֶשׁ (ʾemesh, “last night” or “yesterday”) is strange here. Among the proposals for אֶמֶשׁ (ʾemesh), Duhm suggested יְמַשְּׁשׁוּ (yemasheshu, “they grope”), which would require darkness; Pope renders “by night,” instead of “yesterday,” which evades the difficulty; and Fohrer suggested with more reason אֶרֶץ (ʾerets, “a desolate and waste land”). R. Gordis (Job, 331) suggests יָמִישׁוּ / יָמֻשׁוּ (yamishu/yamushu, “they wander off”). |
| (0.43) | (Jud 1:23) | 4 sn The imagery here suggests that the things close to the sinners are contaminated by them, presumably during the process of sinning. |
| (0.43) | (2Pe 2:6) | 2 tn The perfect participle τεθεικώς (tetheikōs) suggests an antecedent act. More idiomatically, the idea seems to be, “because he had already appointed them to serve as an example.” |
| (0.43) | (1Ti 5:13) | 1 tn L&N 15.23 suggests the meaning, “to move about from place to place, with significant changes in direction—‘to travel about, to wander about.’” |
| (0.43) | (Col 3:14) | 1 tn BDAG 365 s.v. ἐπί 7 suggests “to all these” as a translation for ἐπὶ πᾶσιν δὲ τούτοις (epi pasin de toutois). |
| (0.43) | (Act 9:13) | 1 sn Ananias replied. Past events might have suggested to Ananias that this was not good counsel, but like Peter in Acts 10, Ananias’ intuitions were wrong. |
| (0.43) | (Act 8:33) | 3 sn The rhetorical question suggests the insensitivity of this generation for its act against God’s servant, who was slain unjustly as he was silent. |
| (0.43) | (Act 8:33) | 3 tn Or “family; or “origin.” The meaning of γενεά (genea) in the quotation is uncertain; BDAG 192 s.v. γενεά 4 suggests “family history.” |
| (0.43) | (Act 7:42) | 1 sn The expression and gave them over suggests similarities to the judgment on the nations described by Paul in Rom 1:18-32. |
| (0.43) | (Joh 7:38) | 3 sn An OT quotation whose source is difficult to determine. Isa 44:3; 55:1; 58:11; and Zech 14:8 have all been suggested. |
| (0.43) | (Joh 4:9) | 3 tn D. Daube (“Jesus and the Samaritan Woman: the Meaning of συγχράομαι [Jn 4:7ff],” JBL 69 [1950]: 137-47) suggests this meaning. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 20:11) | 2 sn The slaves being sent empty-handed suggests that the vineyard was not producing any fruit—and thus neither was the nation of Israel. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 14:22) | 2 sn And still there is room. This comment suggests the celebration was quite a big one, picturing the openness of God’s grace. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 14:18) | 1 tn Or “all unanimously” (BDAG 107 s.v. ἀπό 6). “One after another” is suggested by L&N 61.2. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 10:31) | 5 sn The text suggests that the priest went out of his way (on the other side) not to get too close to the scene. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 10:32) | 2 tn The clause containing the aorist active participle ἐλθών (elthōn) suggests that the Levite came up to the place, took a look, and then moved on. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 2:4) | 3 tn Or “town.” The translation “city” is used here because of its collocation with “of David,” suggesting its importance, though not its size. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 1:76) | 5 tn This term is often translated in the singular, looking specifically to the forerunner role, but the plural suggests the many elements in that salvation. |
| (0.43) | (Mar 12:3) | 5 sn The slaves being sent empty-handed suggests that the vineyard was not producing any fruit—and thus neither was the nation of Israel. |
| (0.43) | (Mar 5:28) | 1 tn The imperfect verb is here taken iteratively, for the context suggests that the woman was trying to muster up the courage to touch Jesus’ cloak. |
