Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Luk 11:52) | 1 sn You have taken away the key to knowledge is another stinging rebuke. They had done the opposite of what they were trying to do. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 10:21) | 7 sn See 1 Cor 1:26-31, where Paul states that not many of the wise, powerful, or privileged had responded to the gospel. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 7:18) | 2 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that John’s action was a result of the report he had heard. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 5:25) | 3 tn Grk “picked up what he had been lying on”; the referent of the relative pronoun (the stretcher) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 2:43) | 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated contrastively in keeping with the context. This outcome is different from what had happened all the times before. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 2:21) | 2 sn Jesus’ parents obeyed the angel as Zechariah and Elizabeth had (1:57-66). These events are taking place very much under God’s direction. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 1:20) | 3 sn Silent, unable to speak. Actually Zechariah was deaf and mute as 1:61-63 indicates, since others had to use gestures to communicate with him. |
| (0.30) | (Mar 15:42) | 2 sn The day of preparation was the day before the Sabbath when everything had to be prepared for it, as no work could be done on the Sabbath. |
| (0.30) | (Mar 14:16) | 3 sn The author’s note that the disciples found things just as he had told them shows that Jesus’ word could be trusted. |
| (0.30) | (Mar 5:4) | 1 tn Grk “he had often been bound with chains and shackles.” “Shackles” could also be translated “fetters”; they were chains for the feet. |
| (0.30) | (Mat 26:75) | 1 sn When Peter went out and wept bitterly it shows he really did not want to fail here and was deeply grieved that he had. |
| (0.30) | (Mat 20:30) | 4 sn There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]). |
| (0.30) | (Mat 18:12) | 2 sn This individual with a hundred sheep is a shepherd of modest means, as flocks often had up to two hundred head of sheep. |
| (0.30) | (Mat 11:25) | 5 sn See 1 Cor 1:26-31, where Paul states that not many of the wise, powerful, or privileged had responded to the gospel. |
| (0.30) | (Mat 9:27) | 3 sn Have mercy on us is a request for healing. Implicit in the request is the assumption that Jesus had the power to heal them and restore their sight. |
| (0.30) | (Zep 1:8) | 2 sn The very dress of the royal court, foreign styles of clothing, revealed the degree to which Judah had assimilated foreign customs. |
| (0.30) | (Mic 6:16) | 3 sn The Omride dynasty, of which Ahab was the most infamous king, had a reputation for implementing unjust and oppressive measures. See 1 Kgs 21. |
| (0.30) | (Jon 2:3) | 1 tn Or “You had thrown me.” Verse 3 begins the detailed description of Jonah’s plight, which resulted from being thrown into the sea. |
| (0.30) | (Hos 2:9) | 4 tn The words “which I had provided” are not in the Hebrew text but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; cf. NIV “intended to cover.” |
| (0.30) | (Dan 6:11) | 1 tn Aram “those men”; the referent (the administrative officials who had earlier approached the king about the edict) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
