¹ sn I left here full. That is, with a husband and two sons.

³ tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess it.” This phrase has been left untranslated to avoid redundancy.

¹ tn Heb “you will be left men (i.e., few) of number.”

² tn The words “that are left” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

² tn Heb “and on the next day and the left over from it shall be eaten.”

¹ tn Heb “they left the city, they were not far,” meaning “they had not gone very far.”

³ tn The phrase “for the right hand and for the left” possibly refers to a combination of an offensive weapon (a sword for the right hand) and a defensive weapon (a shield for the left).

¹ tn Heb “And the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon left, he appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan.”

¹ tn Grk “left out of their midst”; the referent (the Areopagus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² sn They left. See 1 Thess 3:1-2, which shows they went from here to Thessalonica.

¹ tn Grk “and removed”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.

¹ tn Grk “And if anyone”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.

⁴ tn Grk “And how”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.

² tn Grk “the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down.”

² sn The assumption is that the rich are blessed, so if they risk exclusion, who is left to be saved?

¹ tn Grk “to my soul,” which is repeated as a vocative in the following statement, but is left untranslated as redundant.

¹ sn There was more than enough for everybody, as indicated by the gathering of what was left over.

³ sn The assumption is that the rich are blessed, so if they risk exclusion, who is left to be saved?

² tn Grk “We have left everything and followed you.” Koine Greek often used paratactic structure when hypotactic was implied.

⁴ tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on a stone which will not be thrown down.”