Keluaran 40:34

40:34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

Keluaran 40:1

Setting Up the Sanctuary

40:1 ¹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses: ² 

Kisah Para Rasul 8:10-12

8:10 All the people, ³  from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called ‘Great.’” ⁴  8:11 And they paid close attention to him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic. 8:12 But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God ⁵  and the name of Jesus Christ, ⁶  they began to be baptized, ⁷  both men and women.

Kisah Para Rasul 8:2

8:2 Some ⁸  devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation ⁹  over him. ¹⁰ 

Kisah Para Rasul 5:13-14

5:13 None of the rest dared to join them, ¹¹  but the people held them in high honor. ¹²  5:14 More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, ¹³  crowds of both men and women.

Kisah Para Rasul 6:1

The Appointment of the First Seven Deacons

6:1 Now in those ¹⁴  days, when the disciples were growing in number, ¹⁵  a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews ¹⁶  against the native Hebraic Jews, ¹⁷  because their widows ¹⁸  were being overlooked ¹⁹  in the daily distribution of food. ²⁰ 

Mazmur 18:8

18:8 Smoke ascended from ²¹  his nose; ²² 

fire devoured as it came from his mouth; ²³ 

he hurled down fiery coals. ²⁴ 

Wahyu 11:19

11:19 Then ²⁵  the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, ²⁶  crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm. ²⁷ 

Wahyu 15:8

15:8 and the temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from his power. Thus ²⁸  no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues from the seven angels were completed.

[40:1]  ¹ sn All of Exod 39:32-40:38 could be taken as a unit. The first section (39:32-43) shows that the Israelites had carefully and accurately completed the preparation and brought everything they had made to Moses: The work of the Lord builds on the faithful obedience of the people. In the second section are the instruction and the implementation (40:1-33): The work of the Lord progresses through the unifying of the work. The last part (40:34-38) may take the most attention: When the work was completed, the glory filled the tabernacle: By his glorious presence, the Lord blesses and directs his people in their worship.

[40:1]  ² tn Heb “and Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying.”

[8:10]  ³ tn Grk “all of them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:10]  ⁴ tn Or “This man is what is called the Great Power of God.” The translation “what is called the Great Power of God” is given by BDAG 263 s.v. δύναμις 5, but the repetition of the article before καλουμένη μεγάλη (kaloumenh megalh) suggests the translation “the power of God that is called ‘Great.’”

[8:12]  ⁵ sn The kingdom of God is also what Jesus preached: Acts 1:3. The term reappears in 14:22; 19:8; 28:23, 31.

[8:12]  ⁶ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[8:12]  ⁷ tn The imperfect verb ἐβαπτίζοντο (ebaptizonto) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[8:2]  ⁸ tn “Some” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[8:2]  ⁹ sn Made loud lamentation. For someone who was stoned to death, lamentation was normally not allowed (m. Sanhedrin 6:6). The remark points to an unjust death.

[8:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “mourned greatly for him.”

[5:13]  ¹¹ tn Or “to associate with them.” The group was beginning to have a controversial separate identity. People were cautious about joining them. The next verse suggests that the phrase “none of the rest” in this verse is rhetorical hyperbole.

[5:13]  ¹² tn Or “the people thought very highly of them.”

[5:14]  ¹³ tn Or “More and more believers were added to the Lord.”

[6:1]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “these.” The translation uses “those” for stylistic reasons.

[6:1]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “were multiplying.”

[6:1]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “the Hellenists,” but this descriptive term is largely unknown to the modern English reader. The translation “Greek-speaking Jews” attempts to convey something of who these were, but it was more than a matter of language spoken; it involved a degree of adoption of Greek culture as well.

[6:1]  sn The Greek-speaking Jews were the Hellenists, Jews who to a greater or lesser extent had adopted Greek thought, customs, and lifestyle, as well as the Greek language. The city of Alexandria in Egypt was a focal point for them, but they were scattered throughout the Roman Empire.

[6:1]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “against the Hebrews,” but as with “Hellenists” this needs further explanation for the modern reader.

[6:1]  ¹⁸ sn The care of widows is a major biblical theme: Deut 10:18; 16:11, 14; 24:17, 19-21; 26:12-13; 27:19; Isa 1:17-23; Jer 7:6; Mal 3:5.

[6:1]  ¹⁹ tn Or “neglected.”

[6:1]  ²⁰ tn Grk “in the daily serving.”

[6:1]  sn The daily distribution of food. The early church saw it as a responsibility to meet the basic needs of people in their group.

[18:8]  ²¹ tn Heb “within”; or “[from] within.” For a discussion of the use of the preposition -בְּ (bÿ) here, see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 163-64.

[18:8]  ²² tn Or “in his anger.” The noun אַף (’af) can carry the abstract meaning “anger,” but the parallelism (note “from his mouth”) suggests the more concrete meaning “nose” here. See also v. 15, “the powerful breath of your nose.”

[18:8]  ²³ tn Heb “fire from his mouth devoured.” In this poetic narrative context the prefixed verbal form is best understood as a preterite indicating past tense, not an imperfect. Note the two perfect verbal forms in the verse.

[18:8]  sn Fire devoured as it came from his mouth. For other examples of fire as a weapon in OT theophanies and ancient Near Eastern portrayals of warring gods and kings, see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 165-67.

[18:8]  ²⁴ tn Heb “coals burned from him.” Perhaps the psalmist pictures God’s fiery breath igniting coals (cf. Job 41:21), which he then hurls as weapons (cf. Ps 120:4).

[11:19]  ²⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence on events within the vision.

[11:19]  ²⁶ tn Or “sounds,” “voices.” It is not entirely clear what this refers to. BDAG 1071 s.v. φωνή 1 states, “In Rv we have ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονταί (cp. Ex 19:16) 4:5; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18 (are certain other sounds in nature thought of here in addition to thunder, as e.g. the roar of the storm?…).”

[11:19]  ²⁷ tn Although BDAG 1075 s.v. χάλαζα gives the meaning “hail” here, it is not clear whether the adjective μεγάλη (megalh) refers to the intensity of the storm or the size of the individual hailstones, or both.

[15:8]  ²⁸ tn Grk “power, and no one.” A new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the temple being filled with smoke.