² tn Heb “and open the door and run away and do not delay.”

³ tn Heb “and he called for her and she stood in the door.”

¹ tn Heb “to the doorway of”; KJV, ASV “unto the door of.”

¹ tn Heb “doors.” This is the only time the word “door” is used in this way, but all the commentaries and lexicons agree that it means “columns.” The meaning is figurative based on the similarity of shape.

¹ tn The words “the door” are not in the Greek text, but are implied (see Acts 12:13).

³ tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn The phrase “at the door” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Sodom outside the door) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Some translations (e.g., NIV, NLT) take the preposition πρός (pros), which indicates proximity, to mean “outside the door.” Others render it as “in front of the door” (TEV, CEV), and still others, “around the door” (NAB). There is some ambiguity inherent in the description here.

² tn Heb “door” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “doorway” (likewise throughout the book of Leviticus). The translation “door” or “doorway” may suggest a framed door in a casing to the modern reader, but here the term refers to the entrance to a tent.

² sn The fact that the disciples locked the doors is a perfectly understandable reaction to the events of the past few days. But what is the significance of the inclusion of this statement by the author? It is often taken to mean that Jesus, when he entered the room, passed through the closed doors. This may well be the case, but it may be assuming too much about our knowledge of the mode in which the resurrected body of Jesus exists. The text does not explicitly state how Jesus got through the closed doors. It is possible to assume that the doors opened of their own accord before him, or that he simply appeared in the middle of the room without passing through the doors at all. The point the author makes here is simply that the closed doors were no obstacle at all to the resurrected Jesus.

³ sn On the image of opening, or of the door, see 1 Cor 16:9; 2 Cor 2:12; Col 4:3.

² sn The iron gate shows how important security was here. This door was more secure than one made of wood (which would be usual).

² tn Grk “opening the doors of the prison.” The participle ἀνοίξας (anoixas) has been translated as a finite verb due to the requirements of contemporary English style.

² tn The words “the door” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

² tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation here and in v. 8 for clarity.

¹ sn Who is this majestic king? Perhaps the personified gates/doors ask this question, in response to the command given in v. 7.

² sn This use of doors for the womb forms an implied comparison; the night should have hindered conception (see Gen 20:18 and 1 Sam 1:5).

¹ tn Heb “At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the Lord’s temple, and the posts which Hezekiah king of Judah had plated.”