Discovery Box| (0.43) | (Act 12:6) | 2 tn Grk “two chains, and.” Logically it makes better sense to translate this as a temporal clause, although technically it is a coordinate clause in Greek. |
| (0.43) | (Act 10:11) | 4 tn Or “a large linen cloth” (the term was used for the sail of a ship; BDAG 693 s.v. ὀθόνη). |
| (0.43) | (Act 8:28) | 2 sn The fact that this man was reading from a scroll (an expensive item in the first century) indicates his connection to a wealthy house. |
| (0.43) | (Act 8:27) | 8 sn Since this man had come to Jerusalem to worship, he may have been a proselyte to Judaism. This event is a precursor to Acts 10. |
| (0.43) | (Act 8:1) | 3 tn Grk “Now there happened on that day a great persecution.” It is less awkward to say in English “Now on that day a great persecution began.” |
| (0.43) | (Act 7:60) | 4 tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaō) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer. |
| (0.43) | (Act 7:39) | 1 tn Grk “whom our.” The continuation of the sentence as a relative clause is awkward in English, so a new sentence was started in the translation at this point. |
| (0.43) | (Act 4:37) | 1 tn Grk “selling a field that belonged to him, brought” The participle πωλήσας (pōlēsas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. |
| (0.43) | (Joh 16:19) | 3 tn Καί (kai) has been translated as “so” here to indicate the following statement is a result of Jesus’ observation in v. 19a. |
| (0.43) | (Joh 13:23) | 2 tn Grk “was reclining.” This reflects the normal 1st century practice of eating a meal in a semi-reclining position. |
| (0.43) | (Joh 13:12) | 2 tn Grk “he reclined at the table.” The phrase reflects the normal 1st century Near Eastern practice of eating a meal in a semi-reclining position. |
| (0.43) | (Joh 11:18) | 1 tn Or “three kilometers”; Grk “fifteen stades” (a stade as a unit of linear measure is about 607 feet or 185 meters). |
| (0.43) | (Joh 10:23) | 3 sn Solomon’s Portico was a covered walkway formed by rows of columns supporting a roof and open on the inner side facing the center of the temple complex. |
| (0.43) | (Joh 6:19) | 1 tn Grk “about twenty-five or thirty stades” (a stade as a unit of linear measure is about 607 feet or 185 meters). |
| (0.43) | (Joh 4:27) | 2 tn BDAG 444 s.v. θαυμάζω 1.a.γ has “be surprised that” followed by indirect discourse. The context calls for a slightly stronger wording. |
| (0.43) | (Joh 3:1) | 2 tn Grk “a ruler of the Jews” (denoting a member of the Sanhedrin, the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews). |
| (0.43) | (Luk 24:38) | 3 sn Jesus calls the disciples to faith with a gentle rebuke about doubts and a gracious invitation to see for themselves the evidence of his resurrection. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 24:32) | 3 tn This is a collective singular use of the term καρδία (kardia), so each of their hearts were burning, a reference itself to the intense emotion of their response. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 24:13) | 3 tn Grk “sixty stades” or about 11 kilometers. A stade (στάδιον, stadion) was a unit of distance about 607 feet (185 meters) long. |
| (0.43) | (Luk 23:50) | 2 tn Grk “a councillor” (as a member of the Sanhedrin, see L&N 11.85). This indicates that some individuals among the leaders did respond to Jesus. |
