¹ tn Heb “listen to the requests of your servant and your people Israel which they are praying concerning this place.”

¹ tn Heb “and serve them and answer them,” understood as “serve them in how you answer them,” hence “grant their request.”

¹ tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”

¹ tn Heb “listen to the request of your servant and your people Israel which they are praying concerning this place.”

¹ tn The Hiphil of שָׁאַל (shaʾal) might mean “to loan,” or “to treat as requested” (see HALOT s.v. שָׁאַל).

³ tn The negated infinitive construct indicates either the consequence of God’s granting the request (“I have granted this request, so that I will not”) or the manner in which he will grant it (“I have granted your request by not destroying”).

² sn The request Do not lead us into temptation is not to suggest that God causes temptation, but is a rhetorical way to ask for his protection from sin. Some interpreters see this as a specific request to avoid a time of testing that might lead to a crisis of faith, but occurring as it does toward the end of the prayer, a more general request for protection from sin seems more likely.

¹ sn The request do not lead us into temptation is not to suggest God causes temptation, but is a rhetorical way to ask for his protection from sin. Some interpreters see this as a specific request to avoid a time of testing that might lead to a crisis of faith, but occurring as it does toward the end of the prayer, a more general request for protection from sin seems more likely.

³ sn Paul uses a common ancient posture in prayer (lifting up holy hands) as a figure of speech for offering requests from a holy life (without anger or dispute).

¹ tn Grk “only that we remember the poor”; the words “They requested” have been supplied from the context to make a complete English sentence.

³ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied. The official’s request is that the legal system be respected.

³ sn The request “What sign can you show us” by Jesus’ adversaries was a request for a defense of his actions—a mark of divine authentication. Whether this was a request for a miracle is not entirely clear. Jesus never obliged such a request. Yet, ironically, the only sign the Jewish leadership will get is that predicted by Jesus in 2:19—his crucifixion and resurrection. Cf. the “sign of Jonah” in the synoptics (Matt 12:39, 40; Luke 11:29-32).

⁴ sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing (cf. 17:13). It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.

¹ tn Grk “And in all these things.” There is no way Lazarus could carry out this request even if divine justice were not involved.

⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the father’s response to the younger son’s request.

³ sn The statement ‘May peace be on this house!’ is really a benediction, asking for God’s blessing. The requested shalom (peace) is understood as coming from God.

² tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that the disciples’ request was related to the approach of sunset.

³ sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing. It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.

³ sn Have mercy on us is a request for healing. It is not owed to the men. They simply ask for God’s kind grace.

¹ sn The actions of asking, seeking, and knocking are repeated here from v. 7 with the additional encouragement that God does respond to such requests/actions.