¹ tn Heb “I am sent to you [with] a hard [message].”

³ sn Note how although angels delivered the message, it was the Lord whose message is made known, coming through them.

¹ tn Grk “the faithful message in accordance with the teaching” (referring to apostolic teaching).

¹ tn Or “Messiah”; Grk “preach Christ [Messiah] crucified,” giving the content of the message.

⁴ sn Here yet another Gentile is presented as responsive to Paul’s message in Acts.

² sn The Lord testified to the message by granting the signs described in the following clause.

⁵ tn Or “messages.” This is an allusion to the law given to Moses.

¹ tn The words “a message” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

³ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the message) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “So you shall say this word [or message] to them.”

³ tn Heb “sent a word” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV); NASB “sends a message.”

¹ tn Heb “the words of Esther”; TEV, NLT “Esther’s message.”

¹ tn The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹ sn As noted in v. 35, the prophet is Jeremiah. The message is directed against the prophet, priest, or common people who have characterized his message as a “burden from the Lord.”

¹ tn Or “word, message.” The “word of the Lord” sometimes refers to a prophetic message from God and sometimes to his past revelation. Here it refers to the Lord’s laws which David has violated.

³ tn See the note on the word “message” in 1 John 1:5, where this same phrase occurs.

⁵ tn Or “added nothing to my authority.” Grk “added nothing to me,” with what was added (“message,” etc.) implied.

³ sn Note how the failure to respond to the message of the gospel is seen as a failure to turn.

³ sn What the prophets and Moses said. Paul argued that his message reflected the hope of the Jewish scriptures.

³ tn Grk “the message of his grace, which.” The phrase τῷ δυναμένῳ οἰκοδομῆσαι… (tō dunamenō oikodomēsai…) refers to τῷ λόγω (tō logō), not τῆς χάριτος (tēs charitos); in English it could refer to either “the message” or “grace,” but in Greek, because of agreement in gender, the referent can only be “the message.” To make this clear, a new sentence was begun in the translation and the referent “the message” was repeated at the beginning of this new sentence.