Discovery Box| (0.49) | (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. |
| (0.49) | (Luk 1:77) | 1 sn John’s role, to give his people knowledge of salvation, is similar to that of Jesus (Luke 3:1-14; 5:31-32). |
| (0.49) | (Luk 1:16) | 2 sn The word translated will turn is a good summary term for repentance and denotes John’s call to a change of direction (Luke 3:1-14). |
| (0.49) | (Mat 3:8) | 1 sn Fruit that proves your repentance refers to the deeds that indicate a change of attitude (heart) on the part of John’s hearers. |
| (0.49) | (Psa 69:9) | 4 sn Jn 2:17 applies the first half of this verse to Jesus’ ministry in the context of John’s account of Jesus cleansing the temple. |
| (0.46) | (Rev 22:8) | 1 tn Or “I am John, the one who heard and saw these things.” |
| (0.46) | (3Jo 1:6) | 1 tn Grk “who” (a relative pronoun that continues the sentence begun in 3 John 5). |
| (0.46) | (2Jo 1:1) | 4 tn The prepositional phrase ἐν ἀληθείᾳ (en alētheia) in 2 John 1 is similar to 3 John 1, although it is not qualified there as it is here (see 3 John 1). “Truth” is the author’s way of alluding to theological orthodoxy in the face of the challenge by the opponents (see 1 John 3:19). |
| (0.46) | (1Jo 3:1) | 5 sn The pronoun him is a clear reference to Jesus Christ (compare John 1:10). |
| (0.46) | (Act 8:25) | 1 tn Grk “after they”; the referents (Peter and John) have been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.46) | (Act 5:41) | 2 sn The name refers to the name of Jesus (cf. 3 John 7). |
| (0.46) | (Act 4:1) | 1 tn Grk “While they”; the referents (Peter and John) have been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.46) | (Act 4:7) | 2 tn Grk “making them”; the referents (Peter and John) have been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.46) | (Act 1:14) | 1 sn Jesus’ brothers are mentioned in Matt 13:55 and John 7:3. |
| (0.46) | (Joh 12:42) | 5 sn Cf. John 9:22. See the note on synagogue in 6:59. |
| (0.46) | (Joh 11:39) | 4 tn Or “been there” (in the tomb—see John 11:17). |
| (0.46) | (Joh 10:40) | 4 sn This refers to the city of Bethany across the Jordan River (see John 1:28). |
| (0.46) | (Joh 7:44) | 1 sn Cf. John 7:30 regarding the attempt to seize Jesus. |
| (0.46) | (Joh 3:30) | 1 sn Some interpreters extend the quotation of John the Baptist’s words through v. 36. |
| (0.46) | (Joh 1:37) | 1 tn Grk “his”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
