Discovery Box| (0.37) | (Luk 6:45) | 2 sn Mention of the heart shows that Jesus is not interested in what is done, but why. Motives are more important than actions for him. |
| (0.37) | (Luk 3:17) | 2 tn Or “granary,” “barn” (referring to a building used to store a farm’s produce rather than a building for housing livestock). |
| (0.37) | (Mar 8:34) | 4 tn This translation better expresses the force of the Greek third person imperative than the traditional “let him deny,” which could be understood as merely permissive. |
| (0.37) | (Mat 24:3) | 2 sn Because the phrase these things is plural, more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastrophe signals the end. |
| (0.37) | (Mat 16:24) | 2 tn This translation better expresses the force of the Greek third person imperative than the traditional “let him deny,” which could be understood as merely permissive. |
| (0.37) | (Mat 4:24) | 1 tn Grk “And they”; “they” is probably an indefinite plural, referring to people in general rather than to the Syrians (cf. v. 25). |
| (0.37) | (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. |
| (0.37) | (Mat 3:12) | 2 tn Or “granary,” “barn” (referring to a building used to store a farm’s produce rather than a building to house livestock). |
| (0.37) | (Mic 5:5) | 4 sn The numbers seven and eight here symbolize completeness and emphasize that Israel will have more than enough military leadership and strength to withstand the Assyrian advance. |
| (0.37) | (Amo 1:8) | 2 tn Heb “the one who sits.” Some translations take this expression as a collective singular referring to the inhabitants rather than the ruler (e.g., NAB, NRSV, NLT). |
| (0.37) | (Joe 3:21) | 1 tc The present translation follows the reading וְנִקַּמְתִּי (veniqqamti, “I will avenge”) rather than וְנִקֵּתִי (veniqqeti, “I will acquit”) of the MT. |
| (0.37) | (Joe 3:11) | 2 tc The present translation follows the reading of the imperative הִקָּבְצוּ (hiqqavetsu) rather than the perfect with vav (ו) consecutive וְנִקְבָּצוּ (veniqbatsu) of the MT. |
| (0.37) | (Hos 4:9) | 1 tn Heb “And it shall be, like people, like priest” (so ASV); cf. NAB “The priests shall fare no better than the people.” |
| (0.37) | (Dan 12:7) | 2 tc The present translation reads יַד־נֹפֵץ (yad nofets, “hand of one who shatters”) rather than the MT נַפֵּץ־יַד (nappets yad, “to shatter the hand”). |
| (0.37) | (Dan 11:6) | 6 tc The present translation reads יַלְדָּה (yaldah, “her child”) rather than the MT יֹלְדָהּ (yoledah, “the one who begot her”). Cf. Theodotion, the Syriac, and the Vulgate. |
| (0.37) | (Dan 5:7) | 5 tn The term translated “golden collar” here probably refers to something more substantial than merely a gold chain (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT) or necklace (cf. NASB). |
| (0.37) | (Dan 4:35) | 1 tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kelaʾ), with many medieval Hebrew MSS, rather than כְּלָה (kelah) of BHS. |
| (0.37) | (Dan 4:17) | 1 tc The present translation follows an underlying reading of עַל־דִּבְרַת (ʿal divrat, “so that”) rather than MT עַד־דִּבְרַת (ʿad divrat, “until”). |
| (0.37) | (Eze 30:10) | 1 tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more exact spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-uṣur has an “r” rather than an “n.” |
| (0.37) | (Eze 26:7) | 2 tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-uṣur has an an “r” rather than an “n.” |
