² tn Or “and ate with.” It was table fellowship and the possibility of eating unclean food that disturbed them.

¹ tn Or “perishes” (this might refer to spoiling, but is more focused on the temporary nature of this kind of food).

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ request for food.

¹ tn Grk “who are filled.” See L&N 23.18 for the translation “well satisfied with food.”

³ tn Heb “but [as for the one] who does not place [food] in their mouths, they prepare for war against him.”

³ tn Heb “not a hunger for food or a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.”

¹ sn Unclean food among the nations. Lands outside of Israel were considered unclean (Josh 22:19; Amos 7:17).

¹ sn Wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt. All these foods were common in Mesopotamia where Ezekiel was exiled.

¹ tn Heb “Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.”

³ tn Heb “bread” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV), although the term often serves in a generic sense for food in general.

¹ tn Heb “took.” This probably means they tasted some of the food to make sure it was stale.

¹ tn Heb “however, a tree which you know is not a tree for food you may destroy and cut down.”

¹ tn Heb “your money” and “your food.” With regard to “interest” and “profit” see the note on v. 36 above.

³ tn Heb “of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt and placed food in the cities.”

¹ tn The Hebrew term עֵשֶׂב (ʿesev), when referring to human food, excludes grass (eaten by cattle) and woody plants like vines.

³ tn Grk “satisfying [filling] your hearts with food and joy.” This is an idiomatic expression; it strikes the English reader as strange to speak of “filling one’s heart with food.” Thus the additional direct object “you” has been supplied, separating the two expressions somewhat: “satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy.”

² sn Various reasons have been suggested as to why such food would defile Daniel. Perhaps it had to do with violations of Mosaic law with regard to unclean foods, or perhaps it was food that had been offered to idols. Daniel’s practice in this regard is strikingly different from that of Esther, who was able successfully to conceal her Jewish identity.

¹ sn “Because there isn’t any food left in the city” is rhetorical exaggeration; the food did not run out until just before the city fell. Perhaps the intent is to refer to the fact that there was no food in the city for people so confined (i.e., in solitary confinement).

³ sn The word for “food” is טֶרֶף (teref, “prey”; KJV “meat”), another word that does not normally fit the domestic scene. This word also is used in a similar way in Ps 111:5, which says the Lord gives food. Here it is the noble woman who gives food to her family and servants.

² tn The translation of “food” does not quite do justice to the Hebrew word. It is “flesh.” The issue here is that the family she was to marry into is wealthy, they ate meat. She was not just to be given the basic food the ordinary people ate, but the fine foods that this family ate.