Discovery Box| (0.43) | (1Co 14:12) | 1 tn Grk “eager for spirits.” The plural is probably a shorthand for the Spirit’s gifts, especially in this context, tongues. |
| (0.43) | (1Co 7:34) | 1 sn In context the unmarried woman would probably refer specifically to a widow, who was no longer married, as opposed to the virgin, who had never been married. |
| (0.43) | (Rom 13:11) | 1 tn Grk “and this,” probably referring to the command to love (13:8-10); hence, “do” is implied from the previous verses. |
| (0.43) | (Act 27:17) | 3 tn Possibly “ropes” or “cables”; Grk “helps” (a word of uncertain meaning; probably a nautical technical term, BDAG 180 s.v. βοήθεια 2). |
| (0.43) | (Act 26:17) | 3 tn The antecedent of the relative pronoun is probably both the Jews (“your own people”) and the Gentiles, indicating the comprehensive commission Paul received. |
| (0.43) | (Act 25:12) | 5 sn “To Caesar you will go!” In all probability Festus was pleased to send Paul on to Rome and get this political problem out of his court. |
| (0.43) | (Act 18:20) | 1 sn He would not consent. Paul probably refused because he wanted to reach Jerusalem for the festival season before the seas became impassable during the winter. |
| (0.43) | (Act 8:5) | 2 tn The imperfect ἐκήρυσσεν (ekērussen) has been translated as an ingressive, since this is probably the first time such preaching took place. |
| (0.43) | (Joh 6:10) | 3 tn Here “men” has been used in the translation because the following number, 5,000, probably included only adult males (see the parallel in Matt 14:21). |
| (0.43) | (Luk 23:34) | 3 tn Grk “cast lots” (probably by using marked pebbles or broken pieces of pottery). A modern equivalent “threw dice” was chosen here because of its association with gambling. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 15:3) | 3 sn Them means at the minimum the parable is for the leadership, but probably also for those people Jesus accepted, but the leaders regarded as outcasts. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 11:51) | 2 sn It is not clear which Zechariah is meant here. It is probably the person mentioned in 2 Chr 24:20-25. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 11:9) | 2 sn The three present imperatives in this verse (Ask…seek…knock) are probably intended to call for a repeated or continual approach before God. |
| (0.43) | (Mar 4:21) | 1 sn The lamp is probably an ancient oil burning lamp or perhaps a candlestick. Jesus is comparing revelation to light, particularly the revelation of his ministry. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 10:6) | 2 sn The imagery of lost sheep probably alludes to Jer 50:6, where the Jewish people have been abandoned by their leaders (“shepherds”) and allowed to go astray. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 4:24) | 1 tn Grk “And they”; “they” is probably an indefinite plural, referring to people in general rather than to the Syrians (cf. v. 25). |
| (0.43) | (Mal 3:8) | 2 sn The tithes and contributions mentioned here are probably those used to sustain the Levites (see Num 18:8, 11, 19, 21-24). |
| (0.43) | (Mal 2:15) | 3 sn The wife he took in his youth probably refers to the first wife one married (cf. NCV “the wife you married when you were young”). |
| (0.43) | (Zep 3:7) | 6 tn Heb “But they got up early, they made corrupt all their actions.” The phrase “they got up early” probably refers to their eagerness to engage in sinful activities. |
| (0.43) | (Zep 2:14) | 7 tn Heb “one will expose.” The subject is probably indefinite, though one could translate, “for he [i.e., God] will lay bare.” |
