¹ tn Or “nothing to say in opposition.”

² tn With a single verb and object, this clause means “pursue sensuous desires in opposition to Christ.”

⁵ sn Luke characterizes the opposition here as the Jewish people, including their leadership (see 12:3).

¹ tn Heb “With you it was opposite of women in your prostitution.”

³ tn Heb “opposite them”; the referent (the Levites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn The form לְנֶגֶד (l^eneged) means “against; over against; in opposition to.” The line indicates they cannot in reality be in opposition, for human wisdom is nothing in comparison to the wisdom of God (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 232).

¹ tn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that they would not be made perfect without us.”

¹ sn Jesus’ teaching was still quite popular with all the people at this point despite the leaders’ opposition.

¹ sn This expression forms an understatement (tapeinosis); the opposite is the point—he detests understanding or discernment.

¹ sn This is an understatement, the opposite being intended (a figure called tapeinosis). A scorner rejects any efforts to reform him.

¹ sn Personal integrity ensures domestic stability and prosperity, while lack of such integrity (= wickedness) will lead to the opposite.

¹ sn It is you. The psalmist addresses the apparent ringleader of the opposition, an individual who was once his friend.

² tn The rhetorical question again affirms the opposite. The poem is portraying the creature as powerful and insensitive.

² tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”

¹ tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”

³ sn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that what is seen did not come into being from things that are visible.”

¹ sn The Greek text reinforces this by negating the opposite (“not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood”), but this double negation is not used in contemporary English.

¹ tn L&N 13.156; the word can also mean “to assert opposition to,” thus here “we have denounced” (L&N 33.220).

⁴ sn The Greek word translated rage includes not only anger but opposition, both verbal and nonverbal. See L&N 88.185.

⁴ sn The alternatives presented are only two (again, it is typical of Johannine thought for this to be presented in terms of polar opposites): perish or have eternal life.