Discovery Box| (0.44) | (Joh 11:37) | 1 tn Grk “who opened the eyes of the blind man” (“opening the eyes” is an idiom referring to restoration of sight). |
| (0.44) | (Joh 10:21) | 2 tn Grk “open the eyes of the blind” (“opening the eyes” is an idiom referring to restoration of sight). |
| (0.44) | (Jer 30:3) | 2 tn Heb “restore the fortune.” For the translation and meaning of this idiom, see the note at 29:14. |
| (0.44) | (Jer 8:22) | 4 tn Or more clearly, “restored to spiritual health”; Heb “Why then has healing not come to my dear people?” |
| (0.44) | (Isa 61:11) | 1 tn Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1). |
| (0.44) | (Isa 58:8) | 1 sn Light here symbolizes God’s favor and restored blessing, as the immediately following context makes clear. |
| (0.44) | (Isa 12:3) | 1 sn Water is here a metaphor for renewed life; the springs symbolize the restoration of God’s favor. |
| (0.44) | (Rut 4:15) | 1 tn Heb “and he will become for you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age” (NASB similar). |
| (0.43) | (Act 3:21) | 3 tn Grk “until the times of the restoration of all things.” Because of the awkward English style of the extended genitive construction, and because the following relative clause has as its referent the “time of restoration” rather than “all things,” the phrase was translated “until the time all things are restored.” |
| (0.38) | (Joh 9:32) | 2 tn Grk “someone opening the eyes of a man born blind” (“opening the eyes” is an idiom referring to restoration of sight). |
| (0.38) | (Luk 22:32) | 5 sn Strengthen your brothers refers to Peter helping to strengthen their faith. Jesus quite graciously restores Peter “in advance,” even with the knowledge of his approaching denials. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 17:4) | 1 sn You must forgive him. Forgiveness is to be readily given and not withheld. In a community that is to have restored relationships, grudges are not beneficial. |
| (0.38) | (Mat 9:27) | 3 sn Have mercy on us is a request for healing. Implicit in the request is the assumption that Jesus had the power to heal them and restore their sight. |
| (0.38) | (Zec 2:13) | 2 sn The sense here is that God in heaven is about to undertake an occupation of his earthly realm (v. 12) by restoring his people to the promised land. |
| (0.38) | (Jer 49:39) | 1 sn See a similar note on the reversal of Moab’s fortunes in Jer 48:47; compare also 46:26 for a future restoration of Egypt. |
| (0.38) | (Isa 60:16) | 1 sn The nations and kings are depicted as a mother nursing her children. Restored Zion will be nourished by them as she receives their wealth as tribute. |
| (0.38) | (Isa 49:6) | 2 sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel. |
| (0.38) | (Isa 45:14) | 4 sn Restored Israel is depicted here in typical ancient Near Eastern fashion as an imperial power that receives riches and slaves as tribute. |
| (0.38) | (Isa 38:16) | 2 tn The prefixed verbal form could be taken as indicative, “you restore my health,” but the following imperatival form suggests it be understood as an imperfect of request. |
| (0.38) | (Psa 102:1) | 1 sn Psalm 102. The psalmist laments his oppressed state, but longs for a day when the Lord will restore Jerusalem and vindicate his suffering people. |
