¹ tn Grk “that you would even go beyond.”

² tn Or “infinitely beyond,” “far more abundantly than.”

¹ tn Or “you have multiplied your abominable deeds beyond them.”

² tn Or “islands” (NIV); NLT “distant lands beyond the sea.”

² tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”

¹ tn Heb “I am not able to go beyond.”

¹ tn Heb “my good [is] not beyond you.” For the use of the preposition עַל (ʿal) in the sense of “beyond,” see BDB 755 s.v. 2.

² sn Philip baptized. Again, someone beyond the Twelve has ministered an ordinance of faith.

¹ tn Or “islands” (NIV, CEV); NCV “faraway places”; NLT “lands beyond the sea.”

¹ tn Or “islands” (KJV, NIV, CEV); TEV “distant lands”; NLT “lands beyond the sea.”

¹ tn Heb “beyond the river,” here and often elsewhere in the Book of Nehemiah.

² tn Heb “from beyond the River.” The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹ sn Clothing of scarlet was expensive and beyond the financial reach of most people.

² tn Heb “received their inheritance, which Moses had assigned to them beyond the Jordan to the east.”

¹ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

¹ tc Theodotian adds “in Israel,” perhaps to broaden the matter beyond the local village.

³ tn Heb “for he was ruling over all [the region] beyond the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kingdoms beyond the River, and he had peace on every side all around.”

³ tn Aram “beyond the river.” In Ezra this term is a technical designation for the region west of the Euphrates river.

⁴ sn The Caphtorites resided in Crete, but in Egyptian literature Caphtor refers to “the region beyond” the Mediterranean.

³ tn Grk “was advancing beyond…nation, being.” The participle ὑπάρχων (huparchōn) was translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.