Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Luk 12:20) | 1 tn Grk “your soul,” but ψυχή (psuchē) is frequently used of one’s physical life. It clearly has that meaning in this context. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 10:33) | 5 tn “Him” is not in the Greek text but is implied. The verb means “to feel compassion for,” and the object of the compassion is understood. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 10:11) | 2 sn See Luke 9:5, where the verb is different but the meaning is the same. This was a sign of rejection. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 9:46) | 2 tn The use of the optative mood means the answer is not clear (BDF §§267.2.2; 385.2.2). |
| (0.38) | (Luk 8:14) | 5 tn The verb τελεσφορέω (telesphoreō) means “to produce mature or ripe fruit” (L&N 23.203). Once again the seed does not reach its goal. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 7:12) | 4 sn The description of the woman as a widow would mean that she was now socially alone and without protection in 1st century Jewish culture. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 6:46) | 2 tn The double use of the vocative is normally used in situations of high emotion or emphasis. Even an emphatic confession without action means little. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 4:23) | 2 sn The proverb Physician, heal yourself! means that Jesus should prove his claims. It is a “Prove it to us!” mentality that Jesus says the people have. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 1:42) | 3 sn The commendation Blessed are you among women means that Mary has a unique privilege to be the mother of the promised one of God. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 1:22) | 6 tn Grk “dumb,” but this could be understood to mean “stupid” in contemporary English, whereas the point is that he was speechless. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 1:5) | 3 tn Grk “of,” but the meaning of the preposition ἐκ (ek) is more accurately expressed in contemporary English by the relative clause “who belonged to.” |
| (0.38) | (Mar 6:20) | 4 tn Or “terribly disturbed,” “rather perplexed.” The verb ἀπορέω (aporeō) means “to be in perplexity, with the implication of serious anxiety” (L&N 32.9). |
| (0.38) | (Mar 3:21) | 1 tn On the meaning “family” for οἱ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ (hoi par’ autou), see BDAG 756-57 s.v. παρά A.3.b.β.ב. |
| (0.38) | (Mar 1:18) | 1 sn The expression followed him pictures discipleship, which means that to learn from Jesus is to follow him as the guiding priority of one’s life. |
| (0.38) | (Mat 27:52) | 1 tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaō) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer. |
| (0.38) | (Mat 22:40) | 1 tn Grk “hang.” The verb κρεμάννυμι (kremannumi) is used here with a figurative meaning (cf. BDAG 566 s.v. 2.b). |
| (0.38) | (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. |
| (0.38) | (Mat 18:12) | 2 sn This individual with a hundred sheep is a shepherd of modest means, as flocks often had up to two hundred head of sheep. |
| (0.38) | (Mat 10:23) | 2 tn The Greek word πόλις (polis) can mean either “town” or “city” depending on the context (BDAG 844 s.v. 1, “population center of varying size, city, town”). |
| (0.38) | (Mat 9:38) | 2 tn Grk “harvest,” but by extension of meaning this refers to the crops awaiting harvest in the fields. See BDAG 453 s.v. θερισμός 2.a. |
