Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Act 26:16) | 2 sn As a servant and witness. The commission is similar to Acts 1:8 and Luke 1:2. Paul was now an “eyewitness” of the Lord. |
| (0.30) | (Act 19:25) | 3 sn Workmen in similar trades. In effect, Demetrius gathered the Ephesian chamber of commerce together to hear about the threat to their prosperity. |
| (0.30) | (Act 13:43) | 6 tn The verb προμένειν (promenein) is similar in force to the use of μένω (menō, “to reside/remain”) in the Gospel and Epistles of John. |
| (0.30) | (Act 13:25) | 2 tn The verb ἔλεγεν (elegen) has been translated as an iterative imperfect, since John undoubtedly said this or something similar on numerous occasions. |
| (0.30) | (Act 7:42) | 1 sn The expression and gave them over suggests similarities to the judgment on the nations described by Paul in Rom 1:18-32. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 24:44) | 3 sn For a similar threefold division of the OT scriptures, see the prologue to Sirach, lines 8-10, and from Qumran, the epilogue to 4QMMT, line 10. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 5:27) | 6 sn Follow me. For similar calls on the part of Jesus see Luke 5:10-11; 9:23, 59; 18:22. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 5:9) | 1 sn An explanatory conjunction (For) makes it clear that Peter’s exclamation is the result of a surprising set of events. He speaks, but the others feel similarly. |
| (0.30) | (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). |
| (0.30) | (Zec 6:5) | 1 tn The Hebrew term translated “spirit” here may also be translated “wind” or “breath” depending on the context (cf. ASV, NRSV, CEV “the four winds of heaven”; NAB similar). |
| (0.30) | (Hag 1:3) | 1 tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying.” Cf. the similar expression in v. 1 and the note there. |
| (0.30) | (Hos 11:9) | 1 tn The three imperfect verbs function as imperfects of capability, similar to the imperfects of capability in 11:8. See IBHS 564 §34.1a. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 33:17) | 3 tn The Hebrew verb translated “is (not) right” has the basic meaning of “to measure.” For a similar concept, see Ezek 18:25, 29. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 28:24) | 1 sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55 and Josh 23:13. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 16:8) | 2 tn See similar use of this term in Ezek 23:17; Prov 7:16; Song of Songs 4:10; 7:13. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 16:8) | 3 tn Heb “wing” or “skirt.” The gesture symbolized acquiring a woman in early Arabia (similarly, see Deut 22:30; Ruth 3:9). |
| (0.30) | (Eze 9:4) | 2 sn For a similar concept in the Bible, see Rev 7:2-4; 13:16; 14:9, 11; 20:4; 22:4. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 7:23) | 2 tn Heb “judgment for blood,” i.e., indictment or accountability for bloodshed. The word for “judgment” does not appear in the similar phrase in 9:9. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 6:2) | 1 sn Based on comparison to a similar expression in Ugaritic, the phrase may imply that Ezekiel was actually to go to these locations to deliver his message. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 1:15) | 2 sn Another vision that includes wheels on thrones occurs in Dan 7:9. Ezekiel 10 contains a vision similar to this one. |
