¹ tn Or “make me.” Here is a sign of total humility.

³ tn Normally, “every,” but since 144,000 is the total number, “all” is clearer here.

² tn Grk “to the end,” a Greek idiom for “fully,” “totally,” “completely.”

³ sn (Not) one stone on top of another is an idiom for total destruction.

³ sn The note that this happened immediately shows the speed and totality of the recovery.

¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “totally.”

¹ tn The idiom here is “take up the head,” meaning take a census, or count the totals.

² tn Or “amounted to,” “totaled.” The preterite of הָיָה (hayah, “to be”) is sometimes employed to introduce a total amount or an inventory (see Exod 1:5; Num 3:43).

⁵ sn “I have done nothing wrong.” Here is yet another declaration of total innocence on Paul’s part.

² sn Note how often the first person pronoun is present in these verses. The farmer is totally self absorbed.

¹ tn Grk “the fullness of time” (an idiom for the totality of a period of time, with the implication of proper completion; see L&N 67.69).

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.

² sn With the instructions Hurry! Bring the best robe, there is a total acceptance of the younger son back into the home.

⁵ sn The departure of the evil spirit from the man without hurting him shows Jesus’ total deliverance and protection of this individual.

⁵ sn The remark according to your word is a sign of Mary’s total submission to God’s will, a response that makes her exemplary.

¹ sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.

³ sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.

¹ tn Or “has eaten.” This verb is repeated three times in v. 4 to emphasize the total devastation of the crops by this locust invasion.

³ sn This statement is rhetorical, emphasizing the totality of Nebuchadnezzar’s dominion. Neither here nor in Dan 2:38 is it to be understood literally.

² tn Heb “how vast are their heads.” Here the Hebrew word “head” is used of the “sum total” of God’s knowledge of the psalmist.