¹ tn Or “came on the scene,” “came.”

² sn The phrase raised up means for God to bring someone significant onto the scene of history.

⁵ sn The Lord’s judgment of Edom is compared to a bloody sacrificial scene.

³ tn The temporal indicator וַיְהִי (vay^ehi, “and it was”) here introduces a new scene.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause signals the beginning of the next scene and highlights God’s action.

⁴ tn Grk “to go to his friends to be cared for.” The scene is an indication of Christian hospitality.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause structure (note the pattern vav [ו] + subject + verb) here signals the beginning of a new scene.

² tn Heb “between his shoulders.” This suggests the scene in John 13:23 with Jesus and the Beloved Disciple.

² sn They began to stone him. The irony of the scene is that the people do exactly what the speech complains about in v. 52.

⁶ sn Jesus’ answer is that when the judgment comes, the scenes of death will be obvious and so will the location of the judgment.

⁵ sn The text suggests that the priest went out of his way (on the other side) not to get too close to the scene.

³ sn Although the disciples told no one at the time, later they did recount this. The commentary on this scene is 2 Pet 1:17-18.

¹ tn Heb The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.

¹ tn Heb “look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) here draws attention to Nathan’s arrival and invites the audience to view the scene through the eyes of the participants.

¹ tn Heb “look!” The narrator uses this word to invite his audience/readers to view the scene through the eyes of the men.

¹ tn The Hebrew text draws the vividness of the scene with the deictic particle הִנֵּה (hinneh)—Balaam returned, and there he was, standing there.

¹ tn This disjunctive clause (note the pattern conjunction + subject + verb) introduces a new scene. In the English translation it may be subordinated to the following clause.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced by a conjunction with the subject, followed by the predicate) here introduces a new scene in the story.

⁵ tn Heb “and look.” The clause introduced by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) invites the audience to view the scene through Isaac’s eyes.

² tn Heb “and saw, and look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to what Abraham saw and invites the audience to view the scene through his eyes.