Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Luk 22:31) | 3 sn This pronoun is plural in the Greek text, so it refers to all the disciples of which Peter is the representative. |
| (0.50) | (Luk 13:6) | 3 sn The fig tree is a variation on the picture of a vine as representing the nation; see Isa 5:1-7. |
| (0.50) | (Luk 9:41) | 2 tn Grk “O.” The marker of direct address, ὦ (ō), is functionally equivalent to a vocative and is represented in the translation by “you.” |
| (0.50) | (Luk 6:17) | 9 sn These last two locations, Tyre and Sidon, represented an expansion outside of traditional Jewish territory. Jesus’ reputation continued to expand into new regions. |
| (0.50) | (Mar 9:19) | 2 tn Grk “O.” The marker of direct address, ὦ (ō), is functionally equivalent to a vocative and is represented in the translation by “you.” |
| (0.50) | (Mar 3:8) | 4 sn These last two locations, Tyre and Sidon, represented an expansion outside of traditional Jewish territory. Jesus’ reputation continued to expand into new regions. |
| (0.50) | (Mat 21:19) | 1 sn The fig tree is a variation on the picture of a vine as representing the nation; see Isa 5:1-7. |
| (0.50) | (Mat 17:17) | 2 tn Grk “O.” The marker of direct address, ὦ (ō), is functionally equivalent to a vocative and is represented in the translation by “you.” |
| (0.50) | (Zec 11:12) | 1 sn The speaker (Zechariah) represents the Lord, who here is asking what his service as faithful shepherd has been worth in the opinion of his people Israel. |
| (0.50) | (Hab 3:10) | 2 sn The great deep, which is to be equated with the sea (vv. 8, 15), is a symbol of chaos and represents the Lord’s enemies. |
| (0.50) | (Hab 2:16) | 4 sn The Lord’s right hand represents his military power. He will force the Babylonians to experience the same humiliating defeat they inflicted on others. |
| (0.50) | (Nah 2:2) | 6 tn Heb “their vine-branches.” The term “vine-branches” is a figurative expression (synecdoche of part for the whole) representing the agricultural fields as a whole. |
| (0.50) | (Amo 6:8) | 4 tn Heb “the city”; this probably refers to the city of Samaria (cf. 6:1), which in turn, by metonymy, represents the entire northern kingdom. |
| (0.50) | (Dan 3:1) | 3 sn According to a number of patristic authors, the image represented a deification of Nebuchadnezzar himself. This is not clear from the biblical text, however. |
| (0.50) | (Eze 22:12) | 3 tn The second person verb forms are feminine singular in Hebrew, indicating that the personified city is addressed here as representing its citizens. |
| (0.50) | (Eze 11:3) | 1 tn The Hebrew verb may mean “think” in this context. This content of what they say (or think) represents their point of view. |
| (0.50) | (Jer 26:20) | 2 tn Heb “in the name of the Lord,” i.e., as his representative and claiming his authority. See the study note on v. 16. |
| (0.50) | (Isa 55:2) | 6 sn Nourishing, fine food here represents the blessings God freely offers. These include forgiveness, a new covenantal relationship with God, and national prominence (see vv. 3-6). |
| (0.50) | (Pro 30:22) | 2 sn The expression stuffed with food probably represents prosperity in general. So the line portrays someone who suddenly comes into wealth, but continues to be boorish and irreligious. |
| (0.50) | (Pro 22:17) | 3 tn Or “heart.” The term לֵב (lev) can refer to the “mind” or the “heart” and represent a person’s thinking, feeling, or will. |
