⁶ tn Grk “greater works.”

⁵ tn Heb “greater than his kingdom.”

³ tn Aram “greater than its companions.”

² tn Grk “will receive a greater judgment.”

¹ tn Grk “have greater propriety (or decorum, presentability).”

³ tn Grk “has the greater sin” (an idiom).

³ tn Heb “greater” (in terms of age).

² tn Heb “only the throne, I will be greater than you.”

¹ tn Heb “greater will be the latter splendor of this house than the former”; NAB “greater will be the future glory.”

² sn This rhetorical device shows that if the act is abomination, the wicked heart is an even greater sin. It argues from the lesser to the greater.

² tn Grk “by something greater”; the rest of the comparison (“than themselves”) is implied.

² tn Heb “for with us [is] a greater [one] than with him.”

¹ tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”

² sn This is a typical form of rabbinic argumentation, from the lesser to the greater: If God cares about the lesser thing (sparrows) how much more does he care about the greater thing (people).

² sn This is a typical form of rabbinic argumentation, from the lesser to the greater: If God cares about the lesser thing (sparrows) how much more does he care about the greater thing (people).

¹ tn Heb “King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth with respect to wealth and wisdom.”

² tn Heb “for greater was the hatred with which he hated her than the love with which he loved her.”

² tn Grk “which is passing away but is tested by fire,” describing gold in a lesser-to-greater comparison with faith’s proven character.

⁴ tn BDAG 848 s.v. πολύς 1.b.β.ב states, “(even) more πλείονες in even greater numbers Ac 28:23.”

² tn Grk “that he should depart.” The ἵνα (hina) clause in Koine Greek frequently encroached on the simple infinitive (for the sake of greater clarity).