⁵ tn Or “from all ages past.”

³ tn Heb “moved past [the?] regulation.”

¹ tn Grk “past the time of maturity.”

² tn The shift here to past tense reflects the Greek text.

² tn Or “we are happy.” This verb may be past or present tense, but the context favors the past.

¹ tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) is stative, so theoretically its perfect form could be present tense or past tense. But the context gives her past accomplishments, so it is past tense here.

² tn The present tense verb has been translated as an extending-from-past present (a present of past action still in progress). See ExSyn 520.

³ tn The verb וַתִּמְכֹּר (vattimkor) is a preterite and therefore is past tense. The preterite normally portrays a sequential action in the past.

¹ tn The verb is pluperfect, but the force is simple past. See ExSyn 586.

³ tn Grk “having gone along,” referring to the readers’ behavior in time past.

² tn Grk “have,” in a tense emphasizing their customary condition in the past.

¹ tn The imperfect verb looks back to the view that they held during Jesus’ past ministry.

² tn Or perhaps, “the former things” (so ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “The events of the past.”

⁵ tn The verb וַיְהַלְלָהּ (vay^ehal^elah) is a preterite and therefore is past tense.

³ tn The verb וַיְאַשְּׁרוּהוּ (vay^eʾash^eruhu) is a preterite and therefore is past tense.

⁴ tn The verb וַתִּשְׂחַק (vattiskhaq) is a preterite and therefore is past tense.

² tn The verb וַתִּקָּחֵהוּ (vattiqqakhehu) is a preterite and therefore is past tense.

² tn The verb וַתְּאַמֵּץ (vatt^eʾammets) is a preterite and therefore past tense.

¹ tn The verb וָתָּקָם (vattaqom) is a preterite and therefore is past tense.

² tn The verb וַתִּתֵּן (vattitten) is a preterite and therefore is past tense.