Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Act 3:13) | 3 sn Has glorified. Jesus is alive, raised and active, as the healing illustrates so dramatically how God honors him. |
| (0.35) | (Joh 12:38) | 3 tn “The arm of the Lord” is an idiom for “God’s great power” (as exemplified through Jesus’ miraculous signs). This response of unbelief is interpreted by the author as a fulfillment of the prophetic words of Isaiah (Isa 53:1). The phrase ὁ βραχίων κυρίου (ho brachiōn kuriou) is a figurative reference to God’s activity and power which has been revealed in the sign-miracles which Jesus has performed (compare the previous verse). |
| (0.35) | (Joh 9:24) | 3 tn Grk “Give glory to God” (an idiomatic formula used in placing someone under oath to tell the truth). |
| (0.35) | (Luk 22:70) | 2 sn The members of the council understood the force of the claim and asked Jesus about another title, Son of God. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 22:16) | 3 sn The kingdom of God here refers to the kingdom in all its power. See Luke 17:20-37. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 21:31) | 2 sn The kingdom of God refers here to the kingdom in all its power. See Luke 17:20-37. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 20:36) | 2 tn Grk “sons of God, being.” The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle here. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 20:10) | 1 sn This slave (along with the next two) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 18:24) | 3 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ teaching. See the note on this phrase in v. 16. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 18:27) | 1 sn The term impossible is in the emphatic position in the Greek text. God makes the impossible possible. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 18:22) | 4 sn The call for sacrifice comes with a promise of eternal reward:…you will have treasure in heaven. Jesus’ call is a test to see how responsive the man is to God’s direction through him. Will he walk the path God’s agent calls him to walk? For a rich person who got it right, see Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 14:26) | 1 tn This figurative use operates on a relative scale. God is to be loved more than family or self. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 13:29) | 4 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ teaching. See the note on this phrase in v. 18. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 13:28) | 3 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ teaching. See the note on this phrase in v. 18. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 13:20) | 2 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ teaching. See the note on this phrase in v. 18. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 12:50) | 1 sn The figure of the baptism is variously interpreted, as some see a reference (1) to martyrdom or (2) to inundation with God’s judgment. The OT background, however, suggests the latter sense: Jesus is about to be uniquely inundated with God’s judgment as he is rejected, persecuted, and killed (Pss 18:4, 16; 42:7; 69:1-2; Isa 8:7-8; 30:27-28; Jonah 2:3-6). |
| (0.35) | (Luk 12:34) | 1 sn Seeking heavenly treasure means serving others and honoring God by doing so; see Luke 6:35-36. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 11:10) | 1 sn The actions of asking, seeking, and knocking are repeated here from v. 9 with the encouragement that God does respond. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 9:62) | 4 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ teaching. See the note on this phrase in v. 60. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 5:20) | 5 sn The passive voice here is a divine passive (ExSyn 437). It is clear that God does the forgiving. |
