Yeremia 2:30

2:30 “It did no good for me to punish your people.

They did not respond to such correction.

You slaughtered your prophets

like a voracious lion.” ¹ 

Yeremia 2:34

2:34 Even your clothes are stained with

the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong;

you did not catch them breaking into your homes. ² 

Yet, in spite of all these things you have done, ³ 

Yeremia 7:31-32

7:31 They have also built places of worship ⁴  in a place called Topheth ⁵  in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing! ⁶  7:32 So, watch out!” ⁷  says the Lord. “The time will soon come when people will no longer call those places Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom. But they will call that valley ⁸  the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room. ⁹ 

Yeremia 22:17

22:17 But you are always thinking and looking

for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means.

Your eyes and your heart are set

on killing some innocent person

and committing fraud and oppression. ¹⁰ 

Yeremia 26:15

26:15 But you should take careful note of this: If you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves and this city and those who live in it the guilt of murdering an innocent man. For the Lord has sent me to speak all this where you can hear it. That is the truth!” ¹¹ 

Yeremia 26:23

26:23 and they brought Uriah back from there. ¹²  They took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him executed and had his body thrown into the burial place of the common people. ¹³ 

Yeremia 26:2

26:2 The Lord said, “Go stand in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple. ¹⁴  Speak out to all the people who are coming from the towns of Judah to worship in the Lord’s temple. Tell them everything I command you to tell them. Do not leave out a single word!

Kisah Para Rasul 21:6

21:6 we said farewell ¹⁵  to one another. ¹⁶  Then ¹⁷  we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes. ¹⁸ 

Kisah Para Rasul 21:16

21:16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea ¹⁹  came along with us too, and brought us to the house ²⁰  of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, ²¹  with whom we were to stay.

Kisah Para Rasul 24:4

24:4 But so that I may not delay ²²  you any further, I beg ²³  you to hear us briefly ²⁴  with your customary graciousness. ²⁵ 

Yesaya 59:7

59:7 They are eager to do evil, ²⁶ 

quick to shed innocent blood. ²⁷ 

Their thoughts are sinful;

they crush and destroy. ²⁸ 

Ratapan 4:13

מ (Mem)

4:13 But it happened ²⁹  due to the sins of her prophets ³⁰ 

and the iniquities of her priests,

who poured out in her midst

the blood of the righteous.

Matius 23:34-35

23:34 “For this reason I ³¹  am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, ³²  some of whom you will kill and crucify, ³³  and some you will flog ³⁴  in your synagogues ³⁵  and pursue from town to town, 23:35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, ³⁶  whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Lukas 11:50

11:50 so that this generation may be held accountable ³⁷  for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning ³⁸  of the world, ³⁹ 

Wahyu 16:6

16:6 because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets,

so ⁴⁰  you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!” ⁴¹ 

[2:30]  ¹ tn Heb “Your sword devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.” However, the reference to the sword in this and many similar idioms is merely idiomatic for death by violent means.

[2:34]  ² tn The words “for example” are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarification. This is only one example of why their death was not legitimate.

[2:34]  sn Killing a thief caught in the act of breaking and entering into a person’s home was pardonable under the law of Moses, cf. Exod 22:2.

[2:34]  ³ tn KJV and ASV read this line with 2:34. The ASV makes little sense and the KJV again erroneously reads the archaic second person feminine singular perfect as first person common singular. All the modern English versions and commentaries take this line with 2:35.

[7:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “high places.”

[7:31]  sn These places of worship were essentially open air shrines often located on hills or wooded heights. They were generally connected with pagan worship and equipped with altars of sacrifice and of incense and cult objects such as wooden poles and stone pillars which were symbols of the god and/or goddess worshiped at the sight. The Israelites were commanded to tear down these Canaanite places of worship (Num 33:52) but they did not do so, often taking over the site for the worship of Yahweh but even then incorporating some of the pagan cult objects and ritual into their worship of Yahweh (1 Kgs 12:31, 32; 14:23). The prophets were especially opposed to these places and to this kind of syncretism (Hos 10:8; Amos 7:9) and to the pagan worship that was often practiced at them (Jer 7:31; 19:5; 32:35).

[7:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “the high places of [or in] Topheth.”

[7:31]  sn The noun Topheth is generally explained as an artificial formation of a word related to the Aramaic word for “cooking stove” combined with the vowels for the word for “shame.” Hence, Jewish piety viewed it as a very shameful act, one that was contrary to the law (see Lev 18:21; 20:2-6). Child sacrifice was practiced during the reigns of the wicked kings Ahaz and Manasseh and apparently during Jeremiah’s day (cf. 2 Kgs 16:3; 21:6; Jer 32:35).

[7:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “It never entered my heart.” The words “to command such a thing” do not appear in the Hebrew but are added for the sake of clarity.

[7:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “Therefore, behold!”

[7:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “it will no longer be said ‘Topheth’ or ‘the Valley of Ben Hinnom’ but ‘the valley of slaughter.’

[7:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “And they will bury in Topheth so there is not room.”

[22:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Your eyes and your heart do not exist except for dishonest gain and for innocent blood to shed [it] and for fraud and for oppression to do [them].” The sentence has been broken up to conform more to English style and the significance of “eyes” and “heart” explained before they are introduced into the translation.

[26:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “For in truth the Lord has sent me to you to speak in your ears all these words/things.”

[26:23]  ¹² tn Heb “from Egypt.”

[26:23]  sn A standard part of international treaties at this time was a stipulation of mutual extradition of political prisoners. Jehoiakim was a vassal of Pharaoh Necho (see 2 Kgs 23:34-35) and undoubtedly had such a treaty with him.

[26:23]  ¹³ sn The burial place of the common people was the public burial grounds, distinct from the family tombs, where poor people without any distinction were buried. It was in the Kidron Valley east of Jerusalem (2 Kgs 23:6). The intent of reporting this is to show the ruthlessness of Jehoiakim.

[26:2]  ¹⁴ sn It is generally agreed that the incident recorded in this chapter relates to the temple message that Jeremiah gave in 7:1-15. The message there is summarized here in vv. 3-6. The primary interest here is in the response to that message.

[21:6]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 98 s.v. ἀπασπάζομαι has “take leave of, say farewell to τινά someone…ἀπησπασάμεθα ἀλλήλους we said farewell to one another Ac 21:6.”

[21:6]  ¹⁶ sn These words are part of v. 5 in the standard critical Greek text.

[21:6]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “and.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

[21:6]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “to their own”; the word “homes” is implied.

[21:16]  ¹⁹ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.

[21:16]  map For location see Map2 C1; Map4 B3; Map5 F2; Map7 A1; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[21:16]  ²⁰ tn Grk “to Mnason…”; the words “the house of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by the verb ξενισθῶμεν (xenisqwmen).

[21:16]  ²¹ tn Or perhaps, “Mnason of Cyprus, one of the original disciples.” BDAG 137 s.v. ἀρχαῖος 1 has “ἀ. μαθητής a disciple of long standing (perh. original disc.) Ac 21:16.”

[24:4]  ²² tn Or “may not weary.” BDAG 274 s.v. ἐγκόπτω states, “ἵνα μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖόν σε ἐγκόπτω Ac 24:4 is understood by Syr. and Armen. versions to mean in order not to weary you any further; cp. ἔγκοπος weary Diog. L. 4, 50; LXX; and ἔγκοπον ποιεῖν to weary Job 19:2; Is 43:23. But impose on is also prob.; detain NRSV.”

[24:4]  ²³ tn Or “request.”

[24:4]  ²⁴ tn This term is another NT hapax legomenon (BDAG 976 s.v. συντόμως 2). Tertullus was asking for a brief hearing, and implying to the governor that he would speak briefly and to the point.

[24:4]  ²⁵ tn BDAG 371 s.v. ἐπιείκεια has “τῇ σῇ ἐ. with your (customary) indulgence Ac 24:4.”

[59:7]  ²⁶ tn Heb “their feet run to evil.”

[59:7]  ²⁷ tn Heb “they quickly pour out innocent blood.”

[59:7]  ²⁸ tn Heb “their thoughts are thoughts of sin, destruction and crushing [are] in their roadways.”

[4:13]  ²⁹ tn These words do not appear in the Hebrew, but are supplied to make sense of the line. The introductory causal preposition מִן (min) (“because”) indicates that this phrase – or something like it – is implied through elision.

[4:13]  ³⁰ tn There is no main verb in the verse; it is an extended prepositional phrase. One must either assume a verbal idea such as “But it happened due to…” or connect it to the following verses, which themselves are quite difficult. The former option was employed in the present translation.

[23:34]  ³¹ tn Grk “behold I am sending.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

[23:34]  ³² tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:34]  ³³ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

[23:34]  ³⁴ tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

[23:34]  ³⁵ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[23:35]  ³⁶ sn Spelling of this name (Βαραχίου, Baraciou) varies among the English versions: “Barachiah” (RSV, NRSV); “Berechiah” (NASB); “Berachiah” (NIV).

[11:50]  ³⁷ tn Or “that this generation may be charged with”; or “the blood of all the prophets… may be required from this generation.” This is a warning of judgment. These people are responsible for the shedding of prophetic blood.

[11:50]  ³⁸ tn Or “foundation.” However, this does not suggest a time to the modern reader.

[11:50]  ³⁹ tn The order of the clauses in this complicated sentence has been rearranged to simplify it for the modern reader.

[16:6]  ⁴⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that this judgment is the result of what these wicked people did to the saints and prophets.

[16:6]  ⁴¹ tn Grk “They are worthy”; i.e., of this kind of punishment. By extension, “they got what they deserve.”