(0.44) | (Eze 33:22) | 1 tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions. |
(0.44) | (Jer 23:16) | 3 tn Heb “They tell of a vision of their own heart [= mind] not from the mouth of the Lord.” |
(0.44) | (Gen 46:2) | 1 tn Heb “in visions of the night.” The plural form has the singular meaning, probably as a plural of intensity. |
(0.38) | (Rev 17:7) | 2 tn Grk “I will tell you,” but since what follows is the angel’s interpretation of the vision, “interpret for you” is the preferred translation here. |
(0.38) | (Act 10:28) | 6 sn God has shown me…unclean. Peter sees the significance of his vision as not about food, but about open fellowship between Jewish Christians and Gentiles. |
(0.38) | (Act 10:19) | 1 tn The translation “think seriously about” for διενθυμέομαι (dienthumeomai) is given in L&N 30.2. Peter was “pondering” the vision (BDAG 244 s.v.). |
(0.38) | (Act 10:17) | 3 sn As Peter puzzled over the meaning of the vision, the messengers from Cornelius approached the gate. God’s direction here had a sense of explanatory timing. |
(0.38) | (Act 10:15) | 3 sn For the significance of this vision see Mark 7:14-23; Rom 14:14; Eph 2:11-22. God directed this change in practice. |
(0.38) | (Act 9:12) | 1 sn Apparently while in Damascus Paul had a subsequent vision in the midst of his blindness, fulfilling the prediction in 9:6. |
(0.38) | (Zec 7:1) | 1 sn The fourth day of Kislev, the ninth month would be December 7, 518 b.c., 22 months after the previous eight visions. |
(0.38) | (Isa 1:1) | 2 tn Heb “The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah.” |
(0.38) | (Job 20:9) | 1 tn Heb “the eye that had seen him.” Here a part of the person (the eye, the instrument of vision) is put by metonymy for the entire person. |
(0.38) | (Job 10:4) | 1 tn Here “flesh” is the sign of humanity. The expression “eyes of flesh” means essentially “human eyes,” i.e., the outlook and vision of humans. |
(0.38) | (Num 12:8) | 2 tn The word מַרְאֶה (marʾeh) refers to what is seen, a vision, an appearance. Here it would have the idea of that which is clearly visible, open, obvious. |
(0.35) | (Dan 7:1) | 3 tn Aram “and visions of his head.” The Aramaic is difficult here. Some scholars add a verb thought to be missing (e.g., “the visions of his head [were alarming him]”), but there is no external evidence to support such a decision, and the awkwardness of the text at this point may be original. |
(0.31) | (Act 10:11) | 3 tn On the heavens “opening,” see Matt 3:16; Luke 3:21; Rev 19:11 (cf. BDAG 84 s.v. ἀνοίγω 2). This is the language of a vision or a revelatory act of God. |
(0.31) | (Hab 2:3) | 4 tn Heb “If it should delay, wait for it.” The Hebrew word חָזוֹן (khazon, “vision, message”) is the subject of the third person verbs in v. 3 and the antecedent of the pronominal suffix in the phrase “for it.” |
(0.31) | (Dan 8:1) | 2 sn The third year of King Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 551 b.c. Daniel would have been approximately 69 years old at the time of this vision. |
(0.31) | (Dan 7:1) | 1 sn The first year of Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 553 b.c. Daniel would have been approximately 67 years old at the time of this vision. |
(0.31) | (Eze 21:29) | 1 tn Heb “in the seeing concerning you falsehood, in divining concerning you a lie.” This probably refers to the attempts of the Ammonites to ward off judgment through prophetic visions and divination. |