Ester 2:18

2:18 Then the king prepared a large banquet for all his officials and his servants – it was actually Esther’s banquet. He also set aside a holiday for the provinces, and he provided for offerings at the king’s expense. ¹ 

Kejadian 40:20

40:20 On the third day it was Pharaoh’s birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He “lifted up” ²  the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants.

Kejadian 40:1

The Cupbearer and the Baker

40:1 After these things happened, the cupbearer ³  to the king of Egypt and the royal baker ⁴  offended ⁵  their master, the king of Egypt.

Kisah Para Rasul 3:15

3:15 You killed ⁶  the Originator ⁷  of life, whom God raised ⁸  from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses! ⁹ 

Daniel 5:1

Belshazzar Sees Mysterious Handwriting on a Wall

5:1 King Belshazzar ¹⁰  prepared a great banquet ¹¹  for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of ¹²  them all. ¹³ 

Markus 6:21

6:21 But ¹⁴  a suitable day ¹⁵  came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.

[2:18]  ¹ tc The LXX does not include the words “and he provided for offerings at the king’s expense.”

[40:20]  ² tn The translation puts the verb in quotation marks because it is used rhetorically here and has a double meaning. With respect to the cup bearer it means “reinstate” (see v. 13), but with respect to the baker it means “decapitate” (see v. 19).

[40:1]  ³ sn The Hebrew term cupbearer corresponds to the Egyptian wb’, an official (frequently a foreigner) who often became a confidant of the king and wielded political power (see K. A. Kitchen, NBD³ 248). Nehemiah held this post in Persia.

[40:1]  ⁴ sn The baker may be the Egyptian retehti, the head of the bakers, who had privileges in the royal court.

[40:1]  ⁵ sn The Hebrew verb translated offended here is the same one translated “sin” in 39:9. Perhaps there is an intended contrast between these officials, who deserve to be imprisoned, and Joseph, who refused to sin against God, but was thrown into prison in spite of his innocence.

[3:15]  ⁶ tn Or “You put to death.”

[3:15]  ⁷ tn Or “Founder,” “founding Leader.”

[3:15]  ⁸ sn Whom God raised. God is the main actor here, as he testifies to Jesus and vindicates him.

[3:15]  ⁹ tn Grk “whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.” The two consecutive relative clauses make for awkward English style, so the second was begun as a new sentence with the words “to this fact” supplied in place of the Greek relative pronoun to make a complete sentence in English.

[3:15]  sn We are witnesses. Note the two witnesses here, Peter and John (Acts 5:32; Heb 2:3-4).

[5:1]  ¹⁰ sn As is clear from the extra-biblical records, it was actually Nabonidus (ca. 556-539 B.C.) who was king of Babylon at this time. However, Nabonidus spent long periods of time at Teima, and during those times Belshazzar his son was de facto king of Babylon. This arrangement may help to explain why later in this chapter Belshazzar promises that the successful interpreter of the handwriting on the wall will be made third ruler in the kingdom. If Belshazzar was in effect second ruler in the kingdom, this would be the highest honor he could grant.

[5:1]  ¹¹ sn This scene of a Babylonian banquet calls to mind a similar grandiose event recorded in Esth 1:3-8. Persian kings were also renowned in the ancient Near Eastern world for their lavish banquets.

[5:1]  ¹² sn The king probably sat at an elevated head table.

[5:1]  ¹³ tn Aram “the thousand.”

[6:21]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[6:21]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “a day of opportunity”; cf. BDAG 407 s.v. εὔκαιρος, “in our lit. only pert. to time than is considered a favorable occasion for some event or circumstance, well-timed, suitable.”