¹ tn Heb “I applied my heart.”

¹ tn The word “apply” is supplied in the translation.

² tn The same modal nuance applies to this verb.

¹ sn Cf. Jer 49:18, where the same prophecy is applied to Edom.

¹ tn Heb “of your shame.” The “shame,” however, applies to the devastating defeat they will suffer.

² sn The language of this verse is applied to Judas Iscariot in John 13:18.

³ sn The point of the statement do not judge, and you will not be judged is that the standards one applies to others God applies back. The passive verbs in this verse look to God’s action.

² sn See Jer 14:9, where this idiom is applied to Israel as a whole, and Jer 7:10, where it is applied to the temple. For discussion cf. notes on 7:10.

⁴ tn This is the only place in Luke’s Gospel where the term διδάσκαλος (didaskalos, “teacher”) is applied to Jews.

¹ sn The description applies to King Jehoahaz (2 Kgs 23:31-34; Jer 22:10-12).

² sn Arab midwives still cut the umbilical cords of infants and then proceed to apply salt and oil to their bodies.

¹ tn The words “by me” are understood to apply from the first line through the technique of ellipsis and double duty.

⁶ sn Verses 6-7 are quoted in Heb 1:8-9, where they are applied to Jesus.

² tn The ban applied to the encampments and forts of this group of Midianite tribes living in the region of Moab.

² tn The Hebrew word translated “rich,” when applied to products of the ground, means abundant in quantity and quality.

³ sn For earlier references to the term used here see Jer 2:7, where it applies as here to the land, Jer 10:16 and 12:8-9, where it applies to the people, and Jer 12:7, where it applies to the temple.

³ tn It is probable that the ὑμῖν (humin) applies to both elements of the greeting, i.e., to both grace and peace.

² tn The possessive “my” occurs only at the beginning of the list but is positioned in Greek to apply to each of the words in the series.

¹ tn Grk “brothers”; this applies to the second occurrence as well. See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

¹ sn An allusion to Isa 50:8 where the reference is singular; Paul applies this to all believers (“God’s elect” is plural here).