1 Korintus 1:7

1:7 so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation ¹  of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Korintus 11:26

11:26 For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

1 Korintus 15:23

15:23 But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him. ² 

Matius 24:30

24:30 Then ³  the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, ⁴  and ⁵  all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They ⁶  will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven ⁷  with power and great glory.

Matius 24:46

24:46 Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work ⁸  when he comes.

Matius 24:1

The Destruction of the Temple

24:1 Now ⁹  as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings. ¹⁰ 

Matius 5:2

5:2 Then ¹¹  he began to teach ¹²  them by saying:

Yakobus 5:7

Patience in Suffering

5:7 So be patient, brothers and sisters, ¹³  until the Lord’s return. ¹⁴  Think of how the farmer waits ¹⁵  for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient ¹⁶  for it until it receives the early and late rains.

Yakobus 5:2

5:2 Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.

Pengkhotbah 3:4

3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh;

a time to mourn, and a time to dance.

Pengkhotbah 3:12

Enjoy Life in the Present

3:12 I have concluded ¹⁷  that there is nothing better for people ¹⁸ 

than ¹⁹  to be happy and to enjoy

themselves ²⁰  as long as they live,

Yudas 1:14

1:14 Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, ²¹  even prophesied of them, ²²  saying, “Look! The Lord is coming ²³  with thousands and thousands ²⁴  of his holy ones,

Wahyu 1:7

1:7 (Look! He is returning with the clouds, ²⁵ 

and every eye will see him,

even ²⁶  those who pierced him, ²⁷ 

and all the tribes ²⁸  on the earth will mourn because ²⁹  of him.

This will certainly come to pass! ³⁰  Amen.) ³¹ 

[1:7]  ¹ sn The revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ refers to the Lord’s return, when he will be revealed (cf. the reference to the day of our Lord Jesus Christ in v. 8).

[15:23]  ² tn Grk “then those who belong to Christ, at his coming.”

[24:30]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[24:30]  ⁴ tn Or “in the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.

[24:30]  ⁵ tn Here τότε (tote, “then”) has not been translated to avoid redundancy in English.

[24:30]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[24:30]  ⁷ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13. Here is Jesus returning with full authority to judge.

[24:46]  ⁸ tn That is, doing his job, doing what he is supposed to be doing.

[24:1]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[24:1]  ¹⁰ sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 [15.380-425]; J. W. 5.5 [5.184-227] and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.

[5:2]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[5:2]  ¹² tn Grk “And opening his mouth he taught them, saying.” The imperfect verb ἐδίδασκεν (edidasken) has been translated ingressively.

[5:7]  ¹³ tn Grk “brothers”; this phrase occurs again three times in the paragraph. See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[5:7]  ¹⁴ tn Or “advent”; or “coming” (also in v. 8).

[5:7]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “Behold! The farmer waits.”

[5:7]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “being patient.”

[3:12]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “I know.”

[3:12]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “for them”; the referent (people, i.e., mankind) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:12]  ¹⁹ tn Qoheleth uses the exceptive particle אִם…כִּי (ki…’im, “except”) to identify the only exception to the futility within man’s life (BDB 474 s.v. כִּי 2).

[3:12]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to do good.” The phrase לַעֲשׂוֹת טוֹב (la’asot tov) functions idiomatically for “to experience [or see] happiness [or joy].” The verb עָשַׂה (’asah) probably denotes “to acquire; to obtain” (BDB 795 s.v. עָשַׂה II.7), and טוֹב (tov) means “good; pleasure; happiness,” e.g., Eccl 2:24; 3:13; 5:17 (BDB 375 s.v. טוֹב 1).

[1:14]  ²¹ tn Grk “the seventh from Adam.”

[1:14]  sn The genealogical count is inclusive, counting Adam as the first, for Enoch is really the sixth in descent from Adam (Adam, Seth, Enosh, Cainan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch). In this way, the picture of perfection/completion was retained (for the number seven is often used for perfection or completion in the Bible) starting with Adam and concluding with Enoch.

[1:14]  ²² tn Grk “against them.” The dative τούτοις (toutois) is a dativus incommodi (dative of disadvantage).

[1:14]  ²³ tn Grk “has come,” a proleptic aorist.

[1:14]  ²⁴ tn Grk “ten thousands.” The word μυριάς (muria"), from which the English myriad is derived, means “ten thousand.” In the plural it means “ten thousands.” This would mean, minimally, 20,000 (a multiple of ten thousand). At the same time, the term was often used in apocalyptic literature to represent simply a rather large number, without any attempt to be specific.

[1:7]  ²⁵ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13.

[1:7]  ²⁶ tn Here καί (kai) was translated as ascensive.

[1:7]  ²⁷ sn An allusion to Zech 12:10.

[1:7]  ²⁸ tn In this context, tribes (φυλαί, fulai) could also be translated as “nations” or “peoples” (L&N 11.56).

[1:7]  ²⁹ tn The conjunction ἐπί (epi) is most likely causal here. The people who crucified him are those of every tribe on the earth and they will mourn because he comes as judge.

[1:7]  ³⁰ tn Grk “Yes, Amen.” The expression “This will certainly come to pass” is an attempt to capture the force of the juxtaposition of the Greek ναί (nai) and the Hebrew ἀμήν (amhn). See L&N 69.1.

[1:7]  ³¹ sn These lines are placed in parentheses because they form an aside to the main argument.