Discovery Box| (1.00) | (Act 2:35) | 1 sn The metaphor make your enemies a footstool portrays the complete subjugation of the enemies. |
| (1.00) | (Luk 23:28) | 1 sn The title Daughters of Jerusalem portrays these women mourning as representatives of the nation. |
| (1.00) | (Luk 23:10) | 2 sn Luke portrays the Jewish leadership as driving events toward the cross by vehemently accusing Jesus. |
| (1.00) | (Luk 18:2) | 3 sn The judge here is apparently portrayed as a civil judge who often handled financial cases. |
| (1.00) | (Psa 77:17) | 3 tn The lightning accompanying the storm is portrayed as the Lord’s “arrows” (see v. 18). |
| (0.88) | (Luk 23:56) | 4 sn According to the commandment. These women are portrayed as pious, faithful to the law in observing the Sabbath. |
| (0.88) | (Psa 77:16) | 1 tn The waters of the Red Sea are here personified; they are portrayed as seeing God and fearing him. |
| (0.88) | (Job 41:3) | 2 tn The rhetorical question again affirms the opposite. The poem is portraying the creature as powerful and insensitive. |
| (0.75) | (Act 25:16) | 1 sn “I answered them.” In the answer that follows, Festus is portrayed in a more positive light, being sensitive to justice and Roman law. |
| (0.75) | (Act 21:35) | 2 sn Paul had to be carried. Note how the arrest really ended up protecting Paul. The crowd is portrayed as irrational at this point. |
| (0.75) | (Act 19:20) | 3 sn The word of the Lord…to prevail. Luke portrays the impact of Christianity in terms of the Lord’s transforming power in the lives of individuals. |
| (0.75) | (Act 13:7) | 4 sn The proconsul…wanted to hear the word of God. This description of Sergius Paulus portrays him as a sensitive, secular Gentile leader. |
| (0.75) | (Joh 12:16) | 2 sn When Jesus was glorified, that is, glorified through his resurrection, exaltation, and return to the Father. Jesus’ glorification is consistently portrayed this way in the Gospel of John. |
| (0.75) | (Luk 22:3) | 2 sn The cross is portrayed as part of the cosmic battle between Satan and God; see Luke 4:1-13; 11:14-23. |
| (0.75) | (Luk 5:12) | 10 tn This is a third class condition. The report portrays the leper making no presumptions about whether Jesus will heal him or not. |
| (0.75) | (Mar 1:40) | 3 tn This is a third class condition. The report portrays the leper making no presumptions about whether Jesus will heal him or not. |
| (0.75) | (Mat 8:2) | 3 tn This is a third class condition. The report portrays the leper making no presumptions about whether Jesus will heal him or not. |
| (0.75) | (Mat 3:17) | 3 sn The parallel accounts in Mark 1:11 and Luke 3:22 read “You are” rather than “This is,” portraying the remark as addressed personally to Jesus. |
| (0.75) | (Lam 2:1) | 3 sn Chapter 2 continues the use of feminine epithets (e.g., “Daughter Zion”) despite initially portraying Jerusalem as an object destroyed by the angered enemy, God. |
| (0.75) | (Isa 45:14) | 5 sn Israel’s vassals are portrayed as so intimidated and awed that they treat Israel as an intermediary to God or sub-deity. |
