Discovery Box| (1.00) | (Act 27:28) | 4 sn Here the depth was about 90 ft (27 m). |
| (0.99) | (Mar 6:48) | 2 tn Grk “about the fourth watch of the night,” between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. |
| (0.99) | (Mat 14:25) | 1 tn Grk “In the fourth watch of the night,” that is, between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. |
| (0.99) | (Ezr 7:22) | 1 tc The translation reads מְשַׁח בַּתִּין (meshakh battin) rather than מְשַׁח בַּתִּין (battin meshakh) of the MT. |
| (0.80) | (Luk 11:42) | 3 sn These small herbs were tithed with great care (Mishnah, m. Demai 2:1). |
| (0.80) | (Dan 5:25) | 1 tc The Greek version of Theodotion lacks the repetition of מְנֵא (meneʾ, cf. NAB). |
| (0.80) | (Pro 11:13) | 2 tn The participle מְגַלֶּה (megalleh) means “uncovering” or “revealing” secrets. |
| (0.80) | (1Ch 23:29) | 2 tn The Hebrew terms מְשׂוּרָה (mesurah) and מִדָּה (middah) refer to different types of measurements. |
| (0.80) | (2Ki 5:18) | 1 sn Rimmon was the Syrian storm god. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 65. |
| (0.80) | (Deu 3:11) | 6 tn Heb “4 cubits.” This would be 6 ft (1.8 m) wide. |
| (0.80) | (Exo 32:19) | 2 sn See N. M. Waldham, “The Breaking of the Tablets,” Judaism 27 (1978): 442-47. |
| (0.71) | (Isa 11:8) | 3 tc The Hebrew text has the otherwise unattested מְאוּרַת (meʾurat, “place of light”), i.e., opening of a hole. Some prefer to emend to מְעָרַת (meʿarat, “cave, den”). |
| (0.71) | (2Ki 5:1) | 2 tn For a discussion of מְצֹרָע (metsoraʿ), traditionally translated “leprous,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 63. Naaman probably had a skin disorder of some type, not leprosy/Hansen’s disease. |
| (0.71) | (Gen 23:18) | 1 sn See G. M. Tucker, “The Legal Background of Genesis 23, ” JBL 85 (1966):77-84; and M. R. Lehmann, “Abraham’s Purchase of Machpelah and Hittite Law,” BASOR 129 (1953): 15-18. |
| (0.70) | (Luk 23:54) | 2 tn Normally, “dawning,” but as the Jewish Sabbath begins at 6 p.m., “beginning” is more appropriate. |
| (0.70) | (Eze 28:12) | 2 tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81. |
| (0.70) | (Jer 7:29) | 3 tn The verbs here are the Hebrew scheduling perfects. For this use of the perfect see GKC 312 §106.m. |
| (0.70) | (Isa 37:29) | 2 sn The word-picture has a parallel in Assyrian sculpture. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 238. |
| (0.70) | (Isa 37:13) | 1 sn Lair was a city located in northeastern Babylon. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 235. |
| (0.70) | (Isa 36:2) | 1 sn For a discussion of this title see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30. |
