⁴ tn Here the genitive τοῦ πνεύματος (tou pneumatos) is a genitive of apposition; the promise consists of the Holy Spirit.

³ tn Or “he bowed his head and died”; Grk “he bowed his head and gave over the spirit.”

² tn The Greek here is slightly ambiguous; the subject of the verb “screams” could be either the son or the spirit.

⁴ sn The passage makes clear that Elizabeth spoke her commentary with prophetic enablement, filled with the Holy Spirit.

¹ tn Or “spirit.” This is likely an allusion to Gen 2 and God’s breath that creates life.

¹ sn In Ezek 11:19 and 36:26 the new heart and new spirit are promised as future blessings.

¹ tn Or “wind”; the same Hebrew word can be translated as either “wind” or “spirit,” depending on the context.

² tc The MT includes the additional phrase “the spirit would go,” which seems unduly redundant here and may be dittographic.

¹ sn There is a wordplay on the Hebrew word translated “wind” (רוּחַ, ruakh) which also means “spirit.” The prophets spoke by inspiration of the Spirit of the Lord (cf., e.g., 2 Chr 20:14); hence the prophet was sometimes called “the man of the spirit” (cf. Hos 9:7). The people were claiming that the prophets were speaking lies and hence were full of wind, not the Spirit.

⁴ tn Heb “to the humble and the lowly in spirit and the one who trembles at my words.”

³ tn Heb “and spirit [i.e., “breath”] to the ones walking in it” (NAB, NASB, and NRSV all similar).

¹ sn Like David (1 Sam 16:13), this king will be energized by the Lord’s Spirit.

² tn Heb “bows it [= his heart] down.” Anxiety weighs heavily on the heart, causing depression. The spirit is brought low.

¹ tn Heb “Where can I go from your spirit, and where from your face can I flee?” God’s “spirit” may refer here (1) to his presence (note the parallel term, “your face,” and see Ps 104:29-30, where God’s “face” is his presence and his “spirit” is the life-giving breath he imparts) or (2) to his personal Spirit (see Ps 51:10).

⁴ tn Heb “why should my spirit/breath not be short” (see Num 21:4; Judg 16:16).

¹ tn Heb “happy and good of heart”; NASB “glad and pleased of heart”; NIV “happy and in high spirits.”

¹ tn Perhaps “the Spirit,” but the text has simply רוּחַ (ruakh) with no article (suggesting an indefinite reference).

³ sn See Isa 8:19 for another reference to magicians who attempted to conjure up underworld spirits.

⁴ tn The words “that spirit” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied in the translation to make clear that it is the spirit mentioned in the preceding clause (that is, the spirit that refuses to confess Jesus) that is not from God.

¹ tn The καί (kai) which begins 4:3 introduces the “negative side” of the test by which the spirits might be known in 4:2-3. Thus it is adversative in force: “every spirit that confesses Jesus as Christ who has come in the flesh is from God, but every Spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.”