Discovery Box| (0.40) | (Luk 9:1) | 5 sn Note how Luke distinguishes between exorcisms (authority over all demons) and diseases here. |
| (0.40) | (Mar 13:26) | 2 sn An allusion to Dan 7:13. Here is Jesus returning with full judging authority. |
| (0.40) | (Mar 12:18) | 2 sn This remark is best regarded as a parenthetical note by the author. |
| (0.40) | (Mar 7:4) | 3 sn Verses 3-4 represent parenthetical remarks by the author, giving background information. |
| (0.40) | (Mar 1:34) | 2 sn Note how the author distinguishes healing from exorcism here, implying that the two are not identical. |
| (0.40) | (Mat 24:30) | 5 sn An allusion to Dan 7:13. Here is Jesus returning with full authority to judge. |
| (0.40) | (Mat 22:23) | 2 sn This remark is best regarded as a parenthetical note by the author. |
| (0.40) | (Mat 8:16) | 2 sn Note how the author distinguishes healing from exorcism here, implying that the two are not identical. |
| (0.40) | (Hab 3:14) | 3 tn Heb “me,” but the author speaks as a representative of God’s people. |
| (0.40) | (Lam 1:7) | 5 tn Heb “into the hand of.” In such phrases “hand” represents power or authority. |
| (0.40) | (Ecc 10:20) | 1 tn Perhaps the referent is people who are in authority because of their wealth. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 110:2) | 3 tn Heb “your strong scepter,” symbolic of the king’s royal authority and dominion. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 95:4) | 1 tn The phrase “in his hand” means within the sphere of his authority. |
| (0.40) | (Psa 79:6) | 1 tn Heb “which do not know you.” Here the Hebrew term “know” means “acknowledge the authority of.” |
| (0.40) | (1Ki 1:47) | 2 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority. |
| (0.40) | (1Ki 1:43) | 3 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority. |
| (0.40) | (1Ki 1:33) | 2 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority. |
| (0.40) | (Exo 21:8) | 4 tn Heb “he has no authority/power,” for the verb means “rule, have dominion.” |
| (0.37) | (3Jo 1:6) | 2 sn Which church does the author refer to here? The church where Gaius is, the church where the author is, a different local church where the “brothers” are, or the ‘universal’ church, the church at large? Since the suggestion in 3 John 3 is that the “brothers” have come and testified in the author’s church about what Gaius has done for them, it seems most likely that the “church” mentioned here is also the author’s church, where he is currently located. Other possibilities cannot be ruled out, but seem unnecessarily complicated. |
| (0.35) | (Rev 2:17) | 1 tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.” The pendent dative is allowed to stand in the English translation because it is characteristic of the author’s style in Revelation. |
