2 Samuel 21:2

21:2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to ¹  them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

2 Samuel 21:2

21:2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to ²  them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

Kisah Para Rasul 10:16

10:16 This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven. ³ 

Kisah Para Rasul 21:20

21:20 When they heard this, they praised ⁴  God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews ⁵  there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers ⁶  of the law. ⁷ 

Roma 10:2

10:2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, ⁸  but their zeal is not in line with the truth. ⁹ 

Galatia 1:13-14

1:13 For you have heard of my former way of life ¹⁰  in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it. 1:14 I ¹¹  was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, ¹²  and was ¹³  extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. ¹⁴ 

[21:2]  ¹ tn Heb “swore an oath to.”

[21:2]  ² tn Heb “swore an oath to.”

[10:16]  ³ tn Or “into the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[21:20]  ⁴ tn Or “glorified.”

[21:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “how many thousands there are among the Jews.”

[21:20]  sn How many thousands of Jews. See Acts 2-5 for the accounts of their conversion, esp. 2:41 and 4:4. Estimates of the total number of Jews living in Jerusalem at the time range from 20,000 to 50,000.

[21:20]  ⁶ tn Or “are all zealous for the law.” BDAG 427 s.v. ζηλωτής 1.a.β has “of thing…τοῦ νόμου an ardent observer of the law Ac 21:20.”

[21:20]  ⁷ sn That is, the law of Moses. These Jewish Christians had remained close to their Jewish practices after becoming believers (1 Cor 7:18-19; Acts 16:3).

[10:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “they have a zeal for God.”

[10:2]  ⁹ tn Grk “in accord with knowledge.”

[10:2]  sn Their zeal is not in line with the truth means that the Jews’ passion for God was strong, but it ignored the true righteousness of God (v. 3; cf. also 3:21).

[1:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “lifestyle,” “behavior.”

[1:14]  ¹¹ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:14]  ¹² tn Or “among my race.”

[1:14]  ¹³ tn Grk “was advancing beyond…nation, being.” The participle ὑπάρχων (Juparcwn) was translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[1:14]  ¹⁴ sn The traditions of my ancestors refers to both Pharisaic and popular teachings of this time which eventually were codified in Jewish literature such as the Mishnah, Midrashim, and Targums.