Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Mar 14:11) | 1 sn The leaders were delighted when Judas contacted them about betraying Jesus because it gave them the opportunity they had been looking for, and they could later claim that Jesus had been betrayed by one of his own disciples. |
| (0.35) | (Mar 14:3) | 5 sn A jar made of alabaster stone was normally used for very precious substances like perfumes. It normally had a long neck which was sealed and had to be broken off so the contents could be used. |
| (0.35) | (Mat 26:7) | 1 sn A jar made of alabaster stone was normally used for very precious substances like perfumes. It normally had a long neck which was sealed and had to be broken off so the contents could be used. |
| (0.35) | (Mat 13:17) | 2 sn This is what past prophets and righteous people had wanted very much to see, yet the fulfillment had come to the disciples. This remark is like 1 Pet 1:10-12 or Heb 1:1-2. |
| (0.35) | (Mat 9:25) | 1 tn Or “had been expelled.” The typical “had been put outside” is slightly understated in the context; given the raucous nature of the crowd in v. 23, forceful activity was probably required in order to evict them. |
| (0.35) | (Dan 6:24) | 2 tn Aram “had eaten the pieces of.” The Aramaic expression is ironic, in that the accusers who had figuratively “eaten the pieces of Daniel” are themselves literally devoured by the lions. |
| (0.35) | (Job 8:8) | 1 sn Bildad is not calling for Job to trace through the learning of antiquity, but of the most recent former generation. Hebrews were fond of recalling what the “fathers” had taught, for each generation recalled what their fathers had taught. |
| (0.35) | (Est 7:7) | 2 tn Heb “for he saw that calamity was determined for him from the king”; NAB “the king had decided on his doom”; NRSV “the king had determined to destroy him.” |
| (0.35) | (1Ki 22:46) | 1 sn Despite Asa’s opposition to these male cultic prostitutes (see 1 Kgs 15:12) some of them had managed to remain in the land. Jehoshaphat finished what his father had started. |
| (0.35) | (Jdg 8:30) | 1 tn Heb “Gideon had 70 sons who went out from his thigh, for he had many wives.” The Hebrew word יָרֵךְ (yarekh, “thigh”) is a euphemism here for the penis. |
| (0.35) | (Num 11:18) | 4 tn The word “life” is not in the text. The expression is simply “it was for us,” or “we had good,” meaning “we had it good,” or “life was good.” |
| (0.35) | (Exo 13:19) | 3 sn This verb appears also in 3:16 and 4:31. The repetition here is a reminder that God was doing what he had said he would do and what Joseph had expected. |
| (0.35) | (Exo 12:35) | 1 tn The verbs “had done” and then “had asked” were accomplished prior to the present narrative (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 99). The verse begins with disjunctive word order to introduce the reminder of earlier background information. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 44:10) | 4 sn The rest of you will be free. Joseph’s purpose was to single out Benjamin to see if the brothers would abandon him as they had abandoned Joseph. He wanted to see if they had changed. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 38:15) | 1 tn Heb “he reckoned her for a prostitute,” which was what Tamar had intended for him to do. She obviously had some idea of his inclinations, or she would not have tried this risky plan. |
| (0.35) | (Rev 14:18) | 2 tn Grk “who had authority over.” This appears to be the angel who tended the fire on the altar. |
| (0.35) | (Rev 9:10) | 1 tn In the Greek text there is a shift to the present tense here; the previous verbs translated “had” are imperfects. |
| (0.35) | (Act 27:28) | 3 tn L&N 15.12, “βραχὺ δὲ διαστήσαντες ‘when they had gone a little farther’ Ac 27:28.” |
| (0.35) | (Act 8:9) | 1 tn On the idiom προϋπῆρχεν μαγεύων (proupērchen mageuōn) meaning “had been practicing magic” see BDAG 889 s.v. προϋπάρχω. |
| (0.35) | (Act 8:7) | 2 tn Grk “For [in the case of] many who had unclean spirits, they were coming out, crying in a loud voice.” |
