Discovery Box| (0.03) | (1Co 1:5) | 1 sn Made rich refers to how God richly blessed the Corinthians with an abundance of spiritual gifts (cf. v. 7). |
| (0.03) | (Rom 14:18) | 1 tn Grk “by men,” but ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is generic here (“people”) since the contrast in context is between God and humanity. |
| (0.03) | (Act 28:11) | 2 tn Or “the ‘Twin Gods’”; Grk “the Dioscuri” (a joint name for the pagan deities Castor and Pollux). |
| (0.03) | (Act 17:29) | 2 tn Or “a likeness.” Again idolatry is directly attacked as an affront to God and a devaluation of him. |
| (0.03) | (Act 17:24) | 1 tn Grk “all the things that are in it.” The speech starts with God as Creator, like 14:15. |
| (0.03) | (Act 13:26) | 4 tn Grk “and those among you who fear God,” but this is practically a technical term for the category called God-fearers, Gentiles who worshiped the God of Israel and in many cases kept the Mosaic law, but did not take the final step of circumcision necessary to become a proselyte to Judaism. See further K. G. Kuhn, TDNT 6:732-34, 743-44. Note how Paul includes God-fearing Gentiles as recipients of this promise. |
| (0.03) | (Act 12:22) | 3 sn The voice of a god. Contrast the response of Paul and Barnabas in Acts 14:13-15. |
| (0.03) | (Act 7:50) | 2 sn A quotation from Isa 66:1-2. If God made the heavens, how can a human building contain him? |
| (0.03) | (Act 7:49) | 1 sn What kind…resting place? The rhetorical questions suggest mere human beings cannot build a house to contain God. |
| (0.03) | (Act 7:43) | 2 sn Moloch was a Canaanite deity who was believed to be the god of the sky and the sun. |
| (0.03) | (Act 5:42) | 2 tn Grk “teaching and evangelizing.” They were still obeying God, not men (see 4:18-20; 5:29). |
| (0.03) | (Act 3:13) | 2 sn The reference to the God of the patriarchs is a reminder that God is the God of the nation and of promises. The phrase God of our forefathers is from the Hebrew scriptures (Exod 3:6, 15-16; 4:5; see also the Jewish prayer known as “The Eighteen Benedictions”). Once again, event has led to explanation, or what is called the “sign and speech” pattern. |
| (0.03) | (Act 3:13) | 3 sn Has glorified. Jesus is alive, raised and active, as the healing illustrates so dramatically how God honors him. |
| (0.03) | (Joh 9:24) | 3 tn Grk “Give glory to God” (an idiomatic formula used in placing someone under oath to tell the truth). |
| (0.03) | (Luk 22:70) | 2 sn The members of the council understood the force of the claim and asked Jesus about another title, Son of God. |
| (0.03) | (Luk 22:16) | 3 sn The kingdom of God here refers to the kingdom in all its power. See Luke 17:20-37. |
| (0.03) | (Luk 21:31) | 2 sn The kingdom of God refers here to the kingdom in all its power. See Luke 17:20-37. |
| (0.03) | (Luk 20:36) | 2 tn Grk “sons of God, being.” The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle here. |
| (0.03) | (Luk 20:10) | 1 sn This slave (along with the next two) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected. |
| (0.03) | (Luk 18:24) | 3 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ teaching. See the note on this phrase in v. 16. |
