1:2 up; (a-21) The word means 'receiving,' but with the prefix ( _ ana_ ) 'up,' as here, it has the active sense of 'taking up.' It is so translated except in 1 Timothy 3:16 . The more passive reception is seen in Acts 3:21 , where another word is used.... [ Continue Reading ]
13:1 Niger, (b-21) Or 'black.'... [ Continue Reading ]
13:5 attendant. (a-24) _ Huperetes_ , as Luke 1:2 , see Note, 1 Corinthians 4:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
13:10 Lord? (b-28) Possibly 'Jehovah.'... [ Continue Reading ]
13:11 Lord's (b-5) Possibly 'Jehovah.'... [ Continue Reading ]
13:15 Brethren, (c-20) Lit. 'men brethren,' as ch. 1.16.... [ Continue Reading ]
13:16 Israelites, (d-13) Lit. 'men Israelites.'... [ Continue Reading ]
13:20 about (e-17) Where the computation begins is not stated. The judges were given after the land's being given by lot, and that order of things reached up to Samuel, to four hundred and fifty years, whenever that four hundred and fifty years began. It might be at the Exodus, and very probably so.... [ Continue Reading ]
13:22 said, (a-19) See Psalms 89:20 . 1 Samuel 13:14 .... [ Continue Reading ]
13:29 cross (b-17) As ch. 5.30.... [ Continue Reading ]
13:31 who (c-18) Lit. 'who indeed.'... [ Continue Reading ]
13:33 second (d-21) See Psalms 2:7 .... [ Continue Reading ]
13:34 thus. (e-18) See Isaiah 55:3 . mercies (f-26) 'Mercies' and 'gracious one' ( _ Hosios_ ) are the same word, only singular and plural. It may, and sometimes does, mean 'holy,' but is not the regular word for it, which is _ Hagios_ . here it answers to _ chasid_ in Hebrew, which is contrasted i... [ Continue Reading ]
13:35 one (f-13) 'Mercies' and 'gracious one' ( _ Hosios_ ) are the same word, only singular and plural. It may, and sometimes does, mean 'holy,' but is not the regular word for it, which is _ Hagios_ . here it answers to _ chasid_ in Hebrew, which is contrasted in Psalms 89:19 with 'holy' ( _ kado... [ Continue Reading ]
13:36 God, (h-14) Or 'having served his own generation by the will of God.'... [ Continue Reading ]
13:38 brethren, (i-7) Lit. 'men brethren,' as ch 1.16.... [ Continue Reading ]
13:40 [you], (k-15) See Habakkuk 1:5 .... [ Continue Reading ]
13:43 worshipping (a-17) The word translated 'worshipping,' 'worshippers,' and 'worshipped' at verses 43 and 50, also at chs. 16.14; 17.4 and 17, and 18.7, signified a numerous class of Gentiles who, acknowledging the vanity of idolatry and detesting its disorders, attended the Jewish worship.... [ Continue Reading ]
13:47 earth. (b-29) See Isaiah 49:6 .... [ Continue Reading ]
13:50 worshippers, (a-13) The word translated 'worshipping,' 'worshippers,' and 'worshipped' at verses 43 and 50, also at chs. 16.14; 17.4 and 17, and 18.7, signified a numerous class of Gentiles who, acknowledging the vanity of idolatry and detesting its disorders, attended the Jewish worship.... [ Continue Reading ]