¹ tn Grk “And it happened when.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

² tn All the verbs in this verse are perfect forms, so past tense in English. They portray events that have happened as prototypical of what commonly happens.

⁵ sn The time refers to the time when the things prophesied would happen.

¹ tn Grk “so that it will happen in this way in my case.”

⁴ tn Or “find out what had happened”; Grk “the certainty” (BDAG 147 s.v. ἀσφαλής 2).

¹ tn The words “This happened” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

² sn That is, Peter’s denials will happen before the sun rises.

³ sn The note that this happened immediately shows the speed and totality of the recovery.

⁵ tn Or “come upon” (so many English versions); NCV “happen to us”; CEV “come to us.”

¹ tn The phrase “what has happened” is added in the translation for smoother English style and readability.

⁶ tn Heb “And what you said has happened, and, behold, you see it.”

⁴ tn Or “created it” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “has made it happen.”

¹ sn The “days” represent what happens on those days (metonymy of subject).

² tn The pual imperfect verb ‏יְאֻנֶּה (y^eʾunneh) is from a rare root occurring only 4 times in the Bible. In the only piel case, Exod 21:13, God makes something happen for someone. This implies that the pual is not simply “to happen to” but “made to happen to.” Some propose “be allowed to happen to.”

² tn The words “what had happened” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Or “will happen” (TEV); KJV “shall come to pass unto thee.”

³ tn The words “what had happened” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause gives supplemental information that helps the reader or hearer to picture what happened.

¹ tn The sentence begins with the temporal indicator, “and it happened at the time of.”

¹ tn Heb “and it happened in the evening that he took Leah his daughter and brought her.”