Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Phi 4:5) | 1 tn Grk “let your gentleness be seen by all.” The passive voice construction has been converted to active voice in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Eph 6:15) | 1 tn The definite article τοῖς (tois) was taken as a possessive pronoun, i.e., “your,” since it refers to a part of the physical body. |
| (0.30) | (1Co 7:16) | 1 tn Grk “will save your husband?” The meaning is obviously that the wife would be the human agent in leading her husband to salvation. |
| (0.30) | (1Co 7:16) | 2 tn Grk “will save your wife?” The meaning is obviously that the husband would be the human agent in leading his wife to salvation. |
| (0.30) | (Act 26:17) | 3 tn The antecedent of the relative pronoun is probably both the Jews (“your own people”) and the Gentiles, indicating the comprehensive commission Paul received. |
| (0.30) | (Act 24:22) | 6 tn BDAG 227 s.v. διαγινώσκω 2 states, “to make a judicial decision, decide/hear (a case)…τὰ καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς decide your case Ac 24:22.” |
| (0.30) | (Act 22:20) | 1 sn Now Paul referred to Stephen as your witness, and he himself had also become a witness. The reversal was now complete; the opponent had now become a proponent. |
| (0.30) | (Act 17:23) | 1 tn Or “your sanctuaries.” L&N 53.54 gives “sanctuary” (place of worship) as an alternate meaning for the word σεβάσματα (sebasmata). |
| (0.30) | (Act 15:23) | 3 tn Grk “brothers,” but “your” is supplied to specify the relationship, since without it “brothers” could be understood as vocative in English. |
| (0.30) | (Act 9:14) | 2 sn The expression “those who call on your name” is a frequent description of believers (Acts 2:21; 1 Cor 1:2; Rom 10:13). |
| (0.30) | (Act 8:20) | 1 tn Grk “May your silver together with you be sent into destruction.” This is a strong curse. The gifts of God are sovereignly bestowed and cannot be purchased. |
| (0.30) | (Act 5:4) | 2 tn The negative interrogative particle οὐχί (ouchi) expects a positive reply to this question and the following one (“And when it was sold, was it not at your disposal?”). |
| (0.30) | (Joh 8:13) | 3 sn Compare the charge You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true! to Jesus’ own statement about his testimony in 5:31. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 22:32) | 5 sn Strengthen your brothers refers to Peter helping to strengthen their faith. Jesus quite graciously restores Peter “in advance,” even with the knowledge of his approaching denials. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 22:32) | 2 sn That your faith may not fail. Note that Peter’s denials are pictured here as lapses, not as a total absence of faith. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 21:18) | 2 sn Given v. 16, the expression not a hair of your head will perish must be taken figuratively and refer to living ultimately in the presence of God. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 15:32) | 2 sn By referring to him as your brother, the father reminded the older brother that the younger brother was part of the family. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 13:34) | 3 sn How often I have longed to gather your children. Jesus, like a lamenting prophet, speaks for God here, who longed to care tenderly for Israel and protect her. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 13:35) | 1 sn Your house is forsaken. The language here is from Jer 12:7 and 22:5. It recalls exilic judgment. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 12:33) | 1 sn The call to sell your possessions is a call to a lack of attachment to the earth and a generosity as a result. |
