⁴ tn That is, who seeks to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him.

⁴ tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

¹ tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

² tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

⁵ tn Heb “…walked, obeying the Lord’s commands. They did not do this.”

¹ tn The idiom “listen to the voice of” means “obey, comply with, heed.”

¹ tn Heb “listen to my voice.” The Hebrew idiom means “to comply; to obey.”

⁴ tn Heb “listened to the voice of,” which is an idiom meaning “obeyed.”

² sn I was not disobedient. Paul’s defense is that he merely obeyed the risen Jesus. He was arrested for obeying heavenly direction and preaching the opportunity to turn to God.

¹ tn Heb “spoke to.” The fish functions as a literary foil to highlight Jonah’s hesitancy to obey God up to this point. In contrast to Jonah, who immediately fled when God commanded him, the fish immediately obeyed.

² tn Grk “teaching and evangelizing.” They were still obeying God, not men (see 4:18-20; 5:29).

² tn Heb “Obey me and I will be.” The translation is equivalent syntactically but brings out the emphasis in the command.

¹ tn Or “mind and being”; cf. NCV “with your whole being”; TEV “obey them faithfully with all your heart.”

⁴ tn The Piel infinitive construct here has the epexegetical usage with lamed (ל); it explains the verb “obey.”

¹ tn Grk “hear,” but the idea of “hear and obey” or simply “obey” is frequently contained in the Greek verb ἀκούω (akouō; see L&N 36.14) and the following context (v. 23) makes it clear that failure to “obey” the words of this “prophet like Moses” will result in complete destruction.

² tn Grk “to the obedience of Christ,” but since Χριστοῦ (Christou) is clearly an objective genitive here, it is better to translate “to make it obey Christ.”

³ sn To obey. Again the theme of the speech is noted. The nation disobeyed the way of God and opted for Egypt over the promised land.

² sn Obeying God (see v. 29), the apostles were teaching again (4:18-20; 5:20). They did so despite the risk.

² sn Jesus’ parents obeyed the angel as Zechariah and Elizabeth had (1:57-66). These events are taking place very much under God’s direction.

¹ tn Heb “paid attention to the voice of,” which is an idiomatic expression for obedience (cf. NASB “nor have we obeyed the voice of”).