Daniel 1:19

1:19 When the king spoke with them, he did not find among the entire group ¹  anyone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, or Azariah. So they entered the king’s service. ² 

Kejadian 41:46

41:46 Now Joseph was 30 years old ³  when he began serving ⁴  Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by ⁵  Pharaoh and was in charge of ⁶  all the land of Egypt.

Kejadian 41:1

Joseph’s Rise to Power

41:1 At the end of two full years ⁷  Pharaoh had a dream. ⁸  As he was standing by the Nile,

1 Samuel 16:22

16:22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying, “Let David be my servant, for I really like him.” ⁹ 

1 Samuel 16:1

Samuel Anoints David as King

16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. ¹⁰  Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, ¹¹  for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” ¹² 

Kisah Para Rasul 10:8

10:8 and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

Kisah Para Rasul 10:2

10:2 He ¹³  was a devout, God-fearing man, ¹⁴  as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people ¹⁵  and prayed to God regularly.

Kisah Para Rasul 9:7

9:7 (Now the men ¹⁶  who were traveling with him stood there speechless, ¹⁷  because they heard the voice but saw no one.) ¹⁸ 

Yeremia 15:19

15:19 Because of this, the Lord said, ¹⁹ 

“You must repent of such words and thoughts!

If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me. ²⁰ 

If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless,

I will again allow you to be my spokesman. ²¹ 

They must become as you have been.

You must not become like them. ²² 

Lukas 1:19

1:19 The ²³  angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands ²⁴  in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring ²⁵  you this good news.

Lukas 21:36

21:36 But stay alert at all times, ²⁶  praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must ²⁷  happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

[1:19]  ¹ tn Heb “from all of them.”

[1:19]  ² tn Heb “stood before the king.”

[41:46]  ³ tn Heb “a son of thirty years.”

[41:46]  ⁴ tn Heb “when he stood before.”

[41:46]  ⁵ tn Heb “went out from before.”

[41:46]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he passed through all the land of Egypt”; this phrase is interpreted by JPS to mean that Joseph “emerged in charge of the whole land.”

[41:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “two years, days.”

[41:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “was dreaming.”

[16:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “Let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my eyes.”

[16:1]  ¹⁰ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

[16:1]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:1]  ¹² tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”

[10:2]  ¹³ tn In the Greek text this represents a continuation of the previous sentence. Because of the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was begun here in the translation.

[10:2]  ¹⁴ sn The description of Cornelius as a devout, God-fearing man probably means that he belonged to the category called “God-fearers,” Gentiles who worshiped the God of Israel and in many cases kept the Mosaic law, but did not take the final step of circumcision necessary to become a proselyte to Judaism. See further K. G. Kuhn, TDNT 6:732-34, 43-44, and Sir 11:17; 27:11; 39:27.

[10:2]  ¹⁵ tn Or “gave many gifts to the poor.” This was known as “giving alms,” or acts of mercy (Sir 7:10; BDAG 315-16 s.v. ἐλεημοσύνη).

[9:7]  ¹⁶ tn The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which is used only rarely in a generic sense of both men and women. In the historical setting here, Paul’s traveling companions were almost certainly all males.

[9:7]  ¹⁷ tn That is, unable to speak because of fear or amazement. See BDAG 335 s.v. ἐνεός.

[9:7]  ¹⁸ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. Acts 22:9 appears to indicate that they saw the light but did not hear a voice. They were “witnesses” that something happened.

[15:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “So the Lord said thus.”

[15:19]  ²⁰ tn Heb “If you return [ = repent], I will restore [more literally, ‘cause you to return’] that you may stand before me.” For the idiom of “standing before” in the sense of serving see BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד Qal.1.e and compare the usage in 1 Kgs 10:8; 12:8; 17:1; Deut 10:8.

[15:19]  ²¹ tn Heb “you shall be as my mouth.”

[15:19]  sn For the classic statement of the prophet as God’s “mouth/mouthpiece,” = “spokesman,” see Exod 4:15-16; 7:1-2.

[15:19]  ²² tn Heb “They must turn/return to you and you must not turn/return to them.”

[15:19]  sn Once again the root “return” (שׁוּב, shuv) is being played on as in 3:1–4:4. See the threefold call to repentance in 3:12, 14, 22. The verb is used here four times “repent,” “restore,” and “become” twice. He is to serve as a model of repentance, not an imitator of their apostasy. In accusing God of being unreliable he was coming dangerously close to their kind of behavior.

[1:19]  ²³ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:19]  ²⁴ tn Grk “the one who is standing before God.”

[1:19]  ²⁵ tn Grk “to announce these things of good news to you.”

[21:36]  ²⁶ sn The call to be alert at all times is a call to remain faithful in looking for the Lord’s return.

[21:36]  ²⁷ tn For the translation of μέλλω (mellw) as “must,” see L&N 71.36.