Discovery Box| (0.42) | (Deu 2:20) | 2 sn Zamzummites. Just as the Moabites called Rephaites by the name Emites, the Ammonites called them Zamzummites (or Zazites; Gen 14:5). |
| (0.42) | (Gen 25:26) | 2 tn Heb “And he called his name Jacob.” Some ancient witnesses read “they called his name Jacob” (see v. 25). In either case the subject is indefinite. |
| (0.42) | (Gen 21:31) | 1 tn Heb “that is why he called that place.” Some translations render this as an impersonal passive, “that is why that place was called.” |
| (0.42) | (Gen 1:5) | 2 tn Heb “and the darkness he called night.” The words “he called” have not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.40) | (Rev 8:11) | 2 tn Grk “is called,” but this is somewhat redundant in contemporary English. |
| (0.40) | (Tit 2:1) | 1 tn Grk “say what is fitting for sound teaching” (introducing the behavior called for in this chapter.). |
| (0.40) | (2Ti 3:14) | 2 tn Grk “knowing,” giving the reasons for continuing as v. 14 calls for. |
| (0.40) | (1Co 1:26) | 1 tn Grk “Think about your calling.” “Calling” in Paul’s writings usually refers to God’s work of drawing people to faith in Christ. The following verses show that “calling” here stands by metonymy for their circumstances when they became Christians, leading to the translation “the circumstances of your call.” |
| (0.40) | (Joh 1:23) | 2 sn This call to “make straight” is probably an allusion to preparation through repentance. |
| (0.40) | (Luk 22:40) | 1 sn Luke does not mention Gethsemane by name, but calls it simply the place. |
| (0.40) | (Luk 19:31) | 1 sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure. |
| (0.40) | (Luk 10:20) | 2 tn The verb here is a present imperative, so the call is to an attitude of rejoicing. |
| (0.40) | (Luk 7:32) | 2 tn Grk “They are like children sitting…and calling out…who say.” |
| (0.40) | (Luk 1:61) | 3 tn Grk “There is no one from your relatives who is called by this name.” |
| (0.40) | (Mar 11:3) | 1 sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure. |
| (0.40) | (Mat 21:3) | 1 sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure. |
| (0.40) | (Zep 3:9) | 2 tn Heb “so that all of them will call on the name of the Lord.” |
| (0.40) | (Jer 51:13) | 1 sn Babylon was situated on the Euphrates River and surrounded by canals (also called “rivers”). |
| (0.40) | (Jer 50:2) | 1 tn The verbs are masculine plural. Jeremiah is calling on other unnamed messengers to spread the news. |
| (0.40) | (Jer 33:16) | 3 tn Heb “And this is what will be called to it: ‘The Lord our righteousness.’” |
