Discovery Box| (0.52) | (Rev 12:3) | 2 sn Diadem crowns were a type of crown used as a symbol of the highest ruling authority in a given area, and thus often associated with kingship. |
| (0.52) | (Rev 6:5) | 7 sn A balance scale would have been a rod held by a rope in the middle with pans attached to both ends for measuring. |
| (0.52) | (1Pe 2:18) | 1 tn The Greek term here is οἰκέτης (oiketēs), often used of a servant in a household (who would have been a slave). |
| (0.52) | (1Ti 2:8) | 3 sn Paul uses a common ancient posture in prayer (lifting up holy hands) as a figure of speech for offering requests from a holy life (without anger or dispute). |
| (0.52) | (Gal 6:18) | 1 tn Or “is.” No verb is stated, but a wish (“be”) rather than a declarative statement (“is”) is most likely in a concluding greeting such as this. |
| (0.52) | (1Co 7:36) | 1 tn Grk “virgin,” either a fiancée, a daughter, or the ward of a guardian. For discussion see the note at the end of v. 38. |
| (0.52) | (Act 13:5) | 3 sn Salamis was a city on the southeastern coast of the island of Cyprus. This was a commercial center and a center of Judaism. |
| (0.52) | (Joh 1:32) | 3 sn The phrase like a dove is a descriptive comparison. The Spirit is not a dove, but descended like one in some sort of bodily representation. |
| (0.52) | (Luk 23:47) | 2 sn Here is a fourth figure who said that Jesus was innocent in this chapter (Pilate, Herod, a criminal, and now a centurion). |
| (0.52) | (Luk 17:8) | 1 tn The question includes a Greek particle, οὐχί (ouchi), that expects a positive reply. The slave is expected to prepare a meal before eating himself. |
| (0.52) | (Luk 17:5) | 2 sn The request of the apostles, “Increase our faith,” is not a request for a gift of faith, but a request to increase the depth of their faith. |
| (0.52) | (Luk 15:8) | 1 sn This silver coin is a drachma, equal to a denarius, that is, a day’s pay for the average laborer. |
| (0.52) | (Luk 5:36) | 1 sn The term parable in a Semitic context can cover anything from a long story to a brief wisdom saying. Here it is the latter. |
| (0.52) | (Luk 4:19) | 2 sn A quotation from Isa 61:1-2a. Within the citation is a line from Isa 58:6, with its reference to setting the oppressed free. |
| (0.52) | (Luk 3:17) | 2 tn Or “granary,” “barn” (referring to a building used to store a farm’s produce rather than a building for housing livestock). |
| (0.52) | (Mar 12:15) | 2 sn A denarius was a silver coin stamped with the image of the emperor and worth approximately one day’s wage for a laborer. |
| (0.52) | (Mar 1:10) | 3 sn The phrase like a dove is a descriptive comparison. The Spirit is not a dove, but descended like one in some sort of bodily representation. |
| (0.52) | (Mat 18:17) | 5 sn To treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector means not to associate with such a person. See the note on tax collectors in 5:46. |
| (0.52) | (Mat 3:12) | 2 tn Or “granary,” “barn” (referring to a building used to store a farm’s produce rather than a building to house livestock). |
| (0.52) | (Mat 3:16) | 5 sn The phrase like a dove is a descriptive comparison. The Spirit is not a dove, but descended like one in some sort of bodily representation. |
