Discovery Box| (0.40) | (Num 1:42) | 1 tc The verse does not have the preposition, only “the descendants of Naphtali.” |
| (0.35) | (2Jo 1:9) | 1 tn The construction πᾶς ὁ (pas ho) + participle occurs frequently in 1 John (13 times) where it is used by the author to divide people into categories: “everyone who does this” as opposed to “everyone who does the opposite.” |
| (0.35) | (Act 11:28) | 5 tn Or “whole Roman Empire.” While the word οἰκουμένη (oikoumenē) does occasionally refer specifically to the Roman Empire, BDAG 699 s.v. οἰκουνένη 2 does not list this passage (only Acts 24:5 and 17:6). |
| (0.35) | (Joh 12:14) | 1 sn The author does not repeat the detailed accounts of the finding of the donkey recorded in the synoptic gospels. He does, however, see the event as a fulfillment of scripture, which he indicates by quoting Zech 9:9. |
| (0.35) | (Joh 1:14) | 2 tn This looks at the Word incarnate in humility and weakness; the word σάρξ (sarx) does not carry overtones of sinfulness here as it frequently does in Pauline usage. See also John 3:6. |
| (0.35) | (Mar 16:5) | 2 sn Mark does not explicitly identify the young man dressed in a white robe as an angel (though the white robe suggests this), but Matthew does (Matt 28:2). |
| (0.35) | (Jer 4:8) | 1 tn Or “wail because the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.” The translation does not need to assume a shift in speaker as the alternate reading does. |
| (0.35) | (Ecc 7:20) | 2 tn The term “truly” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity. Qoheleth does not deny the existence of some people who are relatively righteous. |
| (0.35) | (Pro 11:24) | 4 tn Heb “comes to lack.” The person who withholds will come to the diminishing of his wealth. The verse uses hyperbole to teach that giving to charity does not make anyone poor, and neither does refusal to give ensure prosperity. |
| (0.35) | (Pro 11:15) | 4 tn Heb “striking.” The term “hands” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied. The imagery here is shaking hands to seal a contract. It does not refer to greeting people with a handshake or exclude all business agreements. |
| (0.35) | (Job 14:2) | 3 tn The verb is “and he does not stand.” Here the verb means “to stay fixed; to abide.” The shadow does not stay fixed, but continues to advance toward darkness. |
| (0.35) | (Lev 4:22) | 3 tn Heb “and does one from all the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be done”; cf. NRSV “ought not to be done”; NIV “does what is forbidden in any of the commands.” |
| (0.35) | (Jam 5:6) | 1 tn Literally a series of verbs without connectives, “you have condemned, you have murdered…he does not resist.” |
| (0.35) | (1Th 4:17) | 3 tn Or “simultaneously,” but this meaning does not fit as well in the parallel in 5:10. |
| (0.35) | (1Co 6:6) | 1 tn Grk “does a brother sue a brother,” but see the note on the word “Christian” in 5:11. |
| (0.35) | (Rom 9:21) | 1 tn Grk “Or does not the potter have authority over the clay to make from the same lump.” |
| (0.35) | (Rom 9:16) | 2 tn Grk “So then, [it does] not [depend] on the one who desires nor on the one who runs.” |
| (0.35) | (Joh 8:44) | 5 tn Grk “he does not stand in the truth” (in the sense of maintaining, upholding, or accepting the validity of it). |
| (0.35) | (Luk 11:10) | 1 sn The actions of asking, seeking, and knocking are repeated here from v. 9 with the encouragement that God does respond. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 6:44) | 4 sn The statement nor are grapes picked from brambles illustrates the principle: That which cannot produce fruit, does not produce fruit. |
