[11:23] sn This anthropomorphic expression concerns the power of God. The “hand of the Lord ” is idiomatic for his power, what he is able to do. The question is ...

23:11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in ...

Every verse from here to the end of this chapter begins with καί in Greek, but due to differences between Greek and contemporary English style, these have ...

The tendency of our Lord's statement is to show, that those who pass by in a contemptuous manner, and as it were with closed eyes, the power of God, which ...

12:11 When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything ...

[12:6] tn Heb “all the assembly of the community.” This expression is a pleonasm. The verse means that everyone will kill the lamb, i.e., each family unit among ...

The book's English title, “Ecclesiastes,” is simply a transliteration of the Greek term from the LXX. Symmachus' παροιμιαστής (paroimiasths, “author of proverbs ...

It could mean “due to rebellion,” referring to the failures of the Jews, but this is not likely since it is not a point made elsewhere in the book. The phrase ...

11:1 Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, and I was told, “Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there.

1:16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength. 1:17 ...