² tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text, but are needed for clarity.

¹ tn Grk “fulfill the obligation” or “pay the debt,” referring to the fulfillment of sexual needs within marriage.

⁷ sn Such fig trees would deplete the soil, robbing it of nutrients needed by other trees and plants.

² sn “Cry” here would be a metonymy of effect for the cause, the cause being the great needs of the poor.

¹ tn Heb “I will declare forever.” The object needs to be supplied; God’s just judgment is in view.

¹ sn The psalmist warns his enemies that they need to tremble with fear before God and repudiate their sinful ways.

³ sn Through battle. This probably refers to the battle against Jabesh Gilead, which only produced 400 of the 600 wives needed.

² tc Smr includes the suffix “it,” which is needed in any case in the translation to conform to English style.

¹ tn Grk “but if something good for the building up of the need.” The final genitive τῆς χρείας (tēs chreias) may refer to “the need of the moment” or it may refer to the need of a particular person or group of people as the next phrase “give grace to those who hear” indicates.

¹ sn U. Cassuto (Exodus, 480) notes that the items inside the tent did not need to be enumerated since they were already holy, but items in the courtyard needed special attention. People needed to know that items outside the tent were just as holy.

¹ tn The introductory particle כִּי (ki) is rendered variously: “for” (KJV); “indeed” (NASB); not translated (NIV); “for” (NJPS). The particle functions in an explanatory sense, explaining the need for wisdom in v. 19. Righteousness alone cannot always protect a person from calamity (7:15-16); therefore, something additional, such as wisdom, is needed. The need for wisdom as protection from calamity is particularly evident in the light of the fact that no one is truly righteous (7:19-20).

¹ tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text from v. 20, but are needed for clarity.

⁴ sn They gave us all the supplies we needed. What they had lost in the storm and shipwreck was now replaced. Luke describes these pagans very positively.

¹ tn L&N 57.45 has “nor does he need anything more that people can supply by working for him.”

⁷ sn The daily distribution of food. The early church saw it as a responsibility to meet the basic needs of people in their group.

¹ sn The Son of Man’s coming in power will be sudden and obvious like lightning. No one will need to point it out.

⁴ tn There is no verb in Greek at this point, but since “a large crowd” (see preceding) is in the nominative case, one needs to be supplied.

¹ sn The Son of Man’s coming in power will be sudden and obvious like lightning. No one will need to point it out.

³ tc The MT reads וְעָרֵי (v^eʿarey, “and the cities [of Egypt]”), but the parallel line indicates this needs emendation to וְעַד (v^eʿad, “even to”).

³ tn The Hebrew text has וְיָבֹא (v^eyavoʾ, “and he comes”), but this likely needs to be emended to an original וַיָּבָס (vayyavas), from בּוּס (bus, “step on”).