¹ tn Aram “stones of rolling.” The reference is apparently to stones too large to carry.

² tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.

³ tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”

² tn Heb “and she did not tell him a thing, small or large.”

¹ sn The image is that of a large kiln, as in Gen 19:28.

¹ tn Or “sea.” The Greek word indicates a rather large body of water, but the English word “sea” normally indicates very large bodies of water, so the word “lake” in English is a closer approximation.

² tn Heb “make ships to go to Tarshish.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish; a “Tarshish-ship” was essentially a large seagoing merchant ship.

¹ sn This group probably includes outside or even professional mourners, not just family, because a large group seems to be present.

² sn This group probably includes outside or even professional mourners, not just family, because a large group seems to be present.

³ tn Or “there will be no strong arm or large army when it is pulled up by the roots.”

² sn Man commits evil with the same ease and facility as he drinks in water—freely and in large quantities.

¹ tc A few Hebrew mss and the LXX read “villages; the large rock…[is witness] until this very day.”

¹ tn This “all” is a natural hyperbole in the narrative, for it means the large majority of the people.

² tn Traditionally “ox,” but “bull” would also be suitable. The term may refer to one of any variety of large cattle.

³ sn Some modern biblical scholars are convinced, largely through arguments from silence, that there were no unified kingdoms in Edom until the 9th century, and no settlements there before the 12th century, and so the story must be late and largely fabricated. The evidence is beginning to point to the contrary. But the cities and residents of the region would largely be Bedouin, and so leave no real remains.

³ tn BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός 3.a has “of pers. ὄχλος a large crowd…Ac 11:24, 26; 19:26.”

⁴ tn Or “a large linen cloth” (the term was used for the sail of a ship; BDAG 693 s.v. ὀθόνη).

¹ sn It is important to note that the following remarks are not just to disciples, but to the large crowds who were following Jesus.

² tn The word αὐλή (aulē) describes any building large and elaborate enough to have an interior courtyard, thus “dwelling, palace, mansion” (L&N 7.6).

⁴ tn There is no verb in Greek at this point, but since “a large crowd” (see preceding) is in the nominative case, one needs to be supplied.