¹ sn Though there is no formal introduction, these words are apparently spoken by the Lord (note my sword).

³ tn Heb “And [who is the man] to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may explain it?”

¹ tn The word עַוְלָה (ʿavlah) is repeated from the last verse. Here the focus is clearly on wickedness or injustice spoken.

⁴ tn Heb “the words which he had spoken to the king, and they told them to their father.”

² tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord your God,” that is, against the commandment that he had spoken.

² tn Heb “them”; the referent (the words spoken by the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn The genitive could be understood as either subjective (“Christ does the speaking”) or objective (“Christ is spoken about”), but the latter is more likely here.

¹ sn All the prophets…have spoken about and announced. What Peter preaches is rooted in basic biblical and Jewish hope as expressed in the OT scriptures.

³ sn Teacher, you have spoken well! The scribes, being Pharisees, were happy for the defense of resurrection and angels, which they (unlike the Sadducees) believed in.

¹ tn Grk “spoken to you by God, saying.” The participle λέγοντος (legontos) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

¹ tn Grk “was spoken by the prophet, saying.” The participle λέγοντος (legontos) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

² tn Heb “which/for/as the Lord has spoken.” The first person form has again been adopted because the Lord is the speaker throughout (cf. v. 1).

³ tn Heb “For in the name of the Lord our God he has spoken to us.” The emphasis is on “in the name of…”

⁴ sn The last two lines of this verse are repeated word for word from 8:15. There they are spoken by the people.

² tn The words “The Lord” are not in the text. Some commentators make the enemy the subject, but they are spoken of as “them.”

¹ sn Although Abraham and Sarah are distant ancestors of the people the prophet is addressing, they are spoken of as the immediate parents.

⁴ tn Heb “knowledge” (so KJV, NASB); in this context it refers to the knowledge that is spoken by the wise, hence “instruction.”

¹ tn Heb “on the lips” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV). The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause for the words spoken by the lips.

¹ tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation to clarify that the following words are spoken by the Lord (see vv. 9-11).

² tn There is a long addition in the LXX: “in having spoken words which it is not right to speak, and my words err, and are unreasonable.”