(0.30) | (Mar 5:4) | 1 tn Grk “he had often been bound with chains and shackles.” “Shackles” could also be translated “fetters”; they were chains for the feet. |
(0.30) | (Mar 5:2) | 4 tn Grk “met him from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.” When this is converted to normal English word order (“a man met him from the tombs with an unclean spirit”) it sounds as if “with an unclean spirit” modifies “the tombs.” Likewise, “a man with an unclean spirit from the tombs met him” implies that the unclean spirit came from the tombs, while the Greek text is clear that it is the man who had the unclean spirit who came from the tombs. To make this clear a second verb, “came,” is supplied in English: “came from the tombs and met him.” |
(0.30) | (Mar 4:11) | 3 tn This is an example of a “divine passive,” with God understood to be the source of the revelation (see ExSyn 437-38). |
(0.30) | (Mar 3:3) | 1 sn Most likely synagogues were arranged with benches along the walls and open space in the center for seating on the floor. |
(0.30) | (Mar 2:19) | 3 sn The expression while the bridegroom is with them is an allusion to messianic times (John 3:29; Isa 54:5-6; 62:4-5). |
(0.30) | (Mar 1:10) | 1 tn Grk “and immediately coming up out of the water, he saw.” The present participle has been translated temporally, with the subject (Jesus) specified for clarity. |
(0.30) | (Mat 27:66) | 2 tn Grk “with the guard.” The words “soldiers of the” have been supplied in the translation to prevent “guard” from being misunderstood as a single individual. |
(0.30) | (Mat 27:46) | 2 tn Grk “with a loud voice, saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated. |
(0.30) | (Mat 24:39) | 1 sn Like the flood that came and took them all away, the coming judgment associated with the Son of Man will condemn many. |
(0.30) | (Mat 24:2) | 3 sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70. |
(0.30) | (Mat 22:40) | 1 tn Grk “hang.” The verb κρεμάννυμι (kremannumi) is used here with a figurative meaning (cf. BDAG 566 s.v. 2.b). |
(0.30) | (Mat 20:31) | 2 tn Or “rebuked.” The crowd’s view was that surely Jesus would not be bothered with someone as unimportant as a blind beggar. |
(0.30) | (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. |
(0.30) | (Mat 18:17) | 5 sn To treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector means not to associate with such a person. See the note on tax collectors in 5:46. |
(0.30) | (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. |
(0.30) | (Mat 18:6) | 2 sn The punishment of drowning with a heavy weight attached is extremely gruesome and reflects Jesus’ views concerning those who cause others who believe in him to sin. |
(0.30) | (Mat 13:14) | 1 tn Grk “with hearing,” a cognate dative that intensifies the action of the main verb “you will listen” (ExSyn 168-69). |
(0.30) | (Mat 13:11) | 2 tn This is an example of a “divine passive,” with God understood to be the source of the revelation (see ExSyn 437-38). |
(0.30) | (Mat 11:21) | 6 sn To clothe oneself in sackcloth and ashes was a public sign of mourning or lament, in this case for past behavior and associated with repentance. |
(0.30) | (Mat 10:11) | 4 tn Grk “there.” This was translated as “with them” to avoid redundancy in English and to clarify where the disciples were to stay. |