Discovery Box| (0.04) | (1Co 11:14) | 1 sn Paul does not mean nature in the sense of “the natural world” or “Mother Nature.” It denotes “the way things are” because of God’s design. |
| (0.04) | (Rom 8:33) | 1 sn An allusion to Isa 50:8 where the reference is singular; Paul applies this to all believers (“God’s elect” is plural here). |
| (0.04) | (Act 28:15) | 1 sn Mention of Christian brothers from there (Rome) shows that God’s message had already spread as far as Italy and the capital of the empire. |
| (0.04) | (Act 15:18) | 1 sn Who makes these things known. The remark emphasizes how God’s design of these things reaches back to the time he declared them. |
| (0.04) | (Act 15:4) | 3 tn “They reported all the things God had done with them”—an identical phrase occurs in Acts 14:27. God is always the agent. |
| (0.04) | (Act 10:17) | 3 sn As Peter puzzled over the meaning of the vision, the messengers from Cornelius approached the gate. God’s direction here had a sense of explanatory timing. |
| (0.04) | (Act 9:23) | 1 sn Fitting the pattern emphasized earlier with Stephen and his speech in Acts 7, some Jews plotted to kill God’s messenger (cf. Luke 11:53-54). |
| (0.04) | (Act 8:33) | 3 sn The rhetorical question suggests the insensitivity of this generation for its act against God’s servant, who was slain unjustly as he was silent. |
| (0.04) | (Act 7:48) | 1 sn The title the Most High points to God’s majesty (Heb 7:1; Luke 1:32, 35; Acts 16:7). |
| (0.04) | (Act 5:19) | 4 sn Led them out. The action by God served to vindicate the apostles. It showed that whatever court the Jewish leaders represented, they did not represent God. |
| (0.04) | (Act 4:12) | 2 sn Must be saved. The term used here (δεῖ, dei, “it is necessary”) reflects the necessity set up by God’s directive plan. |
| (0.04) | (Act 4:11) | 3 sn A quotation from Ps 118:22 which combines the theme of rejection with the theme of God’s vindication/exaltation. |
| (0.04) | (Luk 22:37) | 1 sn This scripture must be fulfilled in me. The statement again reflects the divine necessity of God’s plan. See 4:43-44. |
| (0.04) | (Luk 21:24) | 5 sn Until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled implies a time when Israel again has a central role in God’s plan. |
| (0.04) | (Luk 20:22) | 1 tn Or “lawful,” that is, in accordance with God’s divine law. On the syntax of ἔξεστιν (exestin) with an infinitive and accusative, see BDF §409.3. |
| (0.04) | (Luk 18:38) | 4 sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing (cf. 17:13). It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace. |
| (0.04) | (Luk 18:21) | 4 sn Since my youth. Judaism regarded the age of thirteen as the age when a man would have become responsible to live by God’s commands. |
| (0.04) | (Luk 18:11) | 2 sn The Pharisee’s prayer started out as a thanksgiving psalm to God, but the praise ended up not being about God. |
| (0.04) | (Luk 14:22) | 2 sn And still there is room. This comment suggests the celebration was quite a big one, picturing the openness of God’s grace. |
| (0.04) | (Luk 14:15) | 4 tn Or “will dine”; Grk “eat bread.” This refers to those who enjoy the endless fellowship of God’s coming rule. |
