Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Rev 3:4) | 2 tn Or “soiled” (so NAB, NRSV, NIV); NCV “have kept their clothes unstained”; CEV “have not dirtied your clothes with sin.” |
| (0.35) | (Jud 1:6) | 2 sn The idea is that certain angels acted improperly, going outside the bounds prescribed by God (their proper domain). |
| (0.35) | (1Pe 4:3) | 5 tn The Greek words here all occur in the plural to describe their common practice in the past. |
| (0.35) | (Tit 2:4) | 2 tn This verb, σωφρονίζω (sōphronizō), denotes teaching in the sense of bringing people to their senses, showing what sound thinking is. |
| (0.35) | (1Ti 5:13) | 3 tn Grk “saying the things that are unnecessary.” Or perhaps “talking about things that are none of their business.” |
| (0.35) | (Act 28:9) | 2 sn Many…also came and were healed. Again, here is irony. Paul, though imprisoned, “frees” others of their diseases. |
| (0.35) | (Act 23:21) | 7 tn Grk “waiting for your approval,” “waiting for your agreement.” Since it would be possible to misunderstand the literal translation “waiting for your approval” to mean that the Jews were waiting for the commander’s approval to carry out their plot or to kill Paul (as if he were to be an accomplice to their plot), the object of the commander’s approval (their request to bring Paul to the council) has been specified in the translation as “their request.” |
| (0.35) | (Act 21:21) | 3 sn That is, not to circumcise their male children. Biblical references to circumcision always refer to male circumcision. |
| (0.35) | (Act 21:24) | 2 tn L&N 57.146 has “δαπάνησον ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς ‘pay their expenses’ Ac 21:24.” |
| (0.35) | (Act 17:33) | 1 tn Grk “left out of their midst”; the referent (the Areopagus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.35) | (Act 10:9) | 2 tn The participles ὁδοιπορούντων (hodoiporountōn, “while they were on their way”) and ἐγγιζόντων (engizontōn, “approaching”) have been translated as temporal participles. |
| (0.35) | (Act 5:16) | 4 sn They were all being healed. Note how the healings that the apostles provided were comprehensive in their consistency. |
| (0.35) | (Joh 11:19) | 3 tn Grk “to comfort them concerning their brother”; the words “loss of” are not in the Greek text but are implied. |
| (0.35) | (Joh 5:41) | 2 tn Or “honor” (Grk “glory,” in the sense of respect or honor accorded to a person because of their status). |
| (0.35) | (Joh 5:44) | 1 tn Or “honor” (Grk “glory,” in the sense of respect or honor accorded to a person because of their status). |
| (0.35) | (Joh 5:44) | 2 tn Or “honor” (Grk “glory,” in the sense of respect or honor accorded to a person because of their status). |
| (0.35) | (Luk 24:5) | 4 sn Bowed their faces to the ground. Such respect for angels is common: Dan 7:28; 10:9, 15. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 19:35) | 2 tn Grk “garments,” but this refers in context to their outer cloaks. The action is like 2 Kgs 9:13. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 18:3) | 1 sn This widow was not necessarily old, since many people lived only into their thirties in the 1st century. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 16:4) | 2 sn Thinking ahead, the manager develops a plan to make people think kindly of him (welcome me into their homes). |
