Discovery Box| (0.43) | (Mar 3:8) | 3 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 27:52) | 1 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) | (Mat 26:53) | 1 sn A legion was a Roman army unit of about 6,000 soldiers, so 12 legions would be 72,000. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 24:48) | 1 tn In the Greek text this is a third class condition that for all practical purposes is a hypothetical condition (note the translation of the following verb “should say”). |
| (0.43) | (Mat 21:19) | 1 sn The fig tree is a variation on the picture of a vine as representing the nation; see Isa 5:1-7. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 21:5) | 2 tn Grk “the foal of an animal under the yoke,” i.e., a hard-working animal. This is a quotation from Zech 9:9. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 20:29) | 1 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 19:29) | 1 sn Jesus reassures his disciples with a promise that (1) much benefit in this life (a hundred times as much) and (2) eternal life will be given. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 18:12) | 2 sn This individual with a hundred sheep is a shepherd of modest means, as flocks often had up to two hundred head of sheep. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 15:21) | 1 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 14:24) | 1 tn Grk “The boat was already many stades from the land.” A stade (στάδιον, stadion) was a unit of distance about 607 feet (185 meters) long. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 11:21) | 4 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 9:28) | 2 tn Grk “to him, and Jesus.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but a new sentence was started here in the translation. |
| (0.43) | (Mat 7:10) | 1 sn The two questions of vv. 9-10 use a construction in Greek that expects a negative answer: “No parent would do this!” |
| (0.43) | (Zec 9:2) | 1 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3. |
| (0.43) | (Hag 2:22) | 2 tn Heb “and horses and their riders will go down, a man with a sword his brother”; KJV “every one by the sword of his brother.” |
| (0.43) | (Zep 3:12) | 1 tn Heb “needy and poor people.” The terms often refer to a socioeconomic group, but here they may refer to those who are humble in a spiritual sense. |
| (0.43) | (Zep 2:14) | 4 tn Heb “a sound will sing in the window.” If some type of owl is in view, “hoot” is a more appropriate translation (cf. NEB, NRSV). |
| (0.43) | (Zep 1:7) | 4 sn Because a sacrificial meal presupposes the slaughter of animals, it is used here as a metaphor of the bloody judgment to come. |
| (0.43) | (Hab 1:10) | 1 tn Heb “they heap up dirt.” This is a reference to the piling up of earthen ramps in the process of laying siege to a fortified city. |
