The Gospel and the Religious Mind

Peter’s Third Gospel Proclamation

¹ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ὡς here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ωσει.

² The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had the article τοὺς preceding elders. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

³ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had the article τοὺς preceding experts in the law (KJV: scribes). The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

⁴ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐν here, where the Byzantine Majority Text had εις. The Stephanus Textus Receptus also had εις but at the beginning of verse 6.

⁵ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had Ἅννας ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς in the nominative case here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ανναν τον αρχιερεα in the accusative case.

⁶ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had Καϊάφας in the nominative case here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had καιαφαν in the accusative case.

⁷ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had Ἰωάννης in the nominative case here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ιωαννην in the accusative case.

⁸ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had Ἀλέξανδρος in the nominative case here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αλεξανδρον in the accusative case.

⁹ The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had του ισραηλ (KJV: of Israel) following elders. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

¹⁰ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had σέσωται here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had σεσωσται (KJV: is made whole).

¹¹ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had οἰκοδόμων a singular participle of οἰκονομέω in the nominative case here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had οικοδομουντων a plural participle of οἰκοδομέω in the genitive case.

¹² The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had οὐδὲ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ουτε (KJV: none).

¹³ Acts 4:6 (NET)

¹⁴ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had τε here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had δε.

¹⁵ The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had συνέβαλλον here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus had συνεβαλον (KJV: they conferred).

¹⁶ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ποιήσωμεν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ποιησομεν (KJV: shall we do).

¹⁷ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἀρνεῖσθαι here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αρνησασθαι.

¹⁸ The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had απειλη (KJV: straitly) preceding warn (KJV: threaten). The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

¹⁹ The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αυτοις here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

²⁰ NET note 37: Uneducated does not mean “illiterate,” that is, unable to read or write. Among Jews in NT times there was almost universal literacy, especially as the result of widespread synagogue schools. The term refers to the fact that Peter and John had no formal rabbinic training and thus, in the view of their accusers, were not qualified to expound the law or teach publicly. The objection is like Acts 2:7.

²¹ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had εἴδαμεν (a form of ὁράω) here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ειδομεν (a form of εἴδω).

²² The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Stephanus Textus Receptus had κολάσωνται here, where the Byzantine Majority Text had κολασονται.

²³ Acts 4:21, 22 (NET)

²⁴ Acts 4:25b, 26b (NET)

²⁵ Romans 11:25b (NET) Table

Peter’s Second Gospel Proclamation, Part 3

Posted on June 27, 2021 by admin

Peter’s second Gospel proclamation concluded (Acts 3:24-26 NET):

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced^[1] these days. You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed’ [Table]. God raised up his servant^[2] and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities.”

A survey of the prophecies to which Peter alluded would be interesting but I won’t pursue it here. After a perfunctory disclaimer “Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament” lists several.

According to the note (72) in the NET Acts 3:25b is a quotation from Genesis 22:18. A table comparing the Greek of Peter’s quotation with the Septuagint follows

Acts 3:25b (NET Parallel Greek)	Genesis 22:18a (Septuagint BLB) Table	Genesis 22:18a (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματι σου [ἐν]ευλογηθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῆς γῆς	καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς	καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς
Acts 3:25b (NET)	Genesis 22:18a (NETS)	Genesis 22:18a (English Elpenor)
‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’	And in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed	And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed

The Greek word translated descendants in the NET (KJV: seed) was σπέρματι (a form of σπέρμα). I bring it up because Paul commented on it (Galatians 3:16 NET):

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant (σπέρματι). Scripture does not say, “and to the descendants (σπέρμασιν, a plural form of σπέρμα),” referring to many, but “and to your descendant (σπέρματι),” referring to one, who is Christ.

Note 36 in the NET cites four references in Genesis. Three of the four were also translated σπέρματι in the Septuagint.

Reference	BLB Septuagint	Elpenor Sptuagint
Genesis 12:7	σπέρματί	σπέρματί
Genesis 13:15	σπέρματί	σπέρματί
Genesis 24:7	σπέρματί	σπέρματί

In context Peter’s thought went from this singular descendant (KJV: seed) to a singular servant (παῖδα, a form of παῖς; KJV: Son).

Here I’ll focus on God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities.^[3] The Greek word translated turning was not a form of μετανοέω or a form of ἐπιστρέφω (Acts 3:19 NET):

Therefore repent (μετανοήσατε, a form of μετανοέω) and turn back (ἐπιστρέψατε, a form of ἐπιστρέφω) so that your sins may be wiped out…

It was ἀποστρέφειν (a form of ἀποστρέφω). I can’t help but think that Peter or the Holy Spirit alluded to a then present fulfillment of the prophecy Paul quoted (Romans 11:26, 27 NET):

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion;^[4] he will remove (ἀποστρέψει, another form of ἀποστρέφω) ungodliness from Jacob. And this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”

According to the note (21) in the NET Romans 11:26, 27a is a quotation from Isaiah 59:20, 21. A table comparing the Greek of Paul’s quotation with the Septuagint follows:

Romans 11:26b, 27a (NET Parallel Greek)	Isaiah 59:20, 21a (Septuagint BLB)	Isaiah 59:20, 21a (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἥξει ἐκ Σιὼν ὁ ρυόμενος, ἀποστρέψει ἀσεβείας ἀπὸ Ἰακώβ (27) καὶ αὕτη αὐτοῖς ἡ παρ᾿ ἐμοῦ διαθήκη	ἥξει ἕνεκεν Σιων ὁ ῥυόμενος καὶ ἀποστρέψει ἀσεβείας ἀπὸ Ιακωβ (21) καὶ αὕτη αὐτοῗς ἡ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ διαθήκη	ἥξει ἕνεκεν Σιὼν ὁ ῥυόμενος καὶ ἀποστρέψει ἀσεβείας ἀπὸ ᾿Ιακώβ (21) καὶ αὕτη αὐτοῖς ἡ παρ᾿ ἐμοῦ διαθήκη
Romans 11:26b, 27a (NET)	Isaiah 59:20, 21a (NETS)	Isaiah 59:20, 21a (English Elpenor)
The Deliverer will come out of Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob. (27) And this is my covenant with them,	the one who delivers will come for Zion’s sake, and he will turn impiety away from Jacob. (21) And this is the covenant to them from me,	the deliverer shall come for Sion’s sake, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. (21) And this shall be my covenant with them,

I’ve never understood this quite so clearly. And the deliverer shall come for Sion’s sake (English Elpenor) the Septuagint reads. That time was past when Paul wrote to those in Rome who believed Jesus: the deliverer had already come for Sion’s sake and Israel in large part (Romans 11:2-5) had rejected Him (Romans 11:11-15 NET).

I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous. Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration bring?

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry [Table], if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them. For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? [Table]

Paul changed ἕνεκεν (a form of ἕνεκα), for Sion’s sake, to ἐκ, out of Zion. Since Israel rejected their deliverer/Redeemer/protector He no longer came exclusively for Sion’s sake. For then, in Paul’s present, the Gospel was proceeding out of Zion to the whole world. The Masoretic text reads to Zion, exclusively.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Isaiah 59:20 (Tanakh/KJV)	Isaiah 59:20 (NET)	Isaiah 59:20 (NETS)	Isaiah 59:20 (English Elpenor)
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.	“A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” says the Lord.	And the one who delivers will come for Zion’s sake, and he will turn impiety away from Jacob.	And the deliverer shall come for Sion’s sake, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

This deliverer shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob (English Elpenor) as confirmed by the Holy Spirit through Paul: he will remove ungodliness from Jacob. But the Masoretes’ revision of the Scriptures according to masorah (“tradition”) limits this Redeemer unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob (Tanakh, KJV), or this protector to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds (NET). In other words, his impact is limited currently to that select subset (Romans 11:5-7) of the whole of Jacob.

And this shall be my covenant with them, said the Lord.^[5] But Paul veered away from the rest of this quote (Isaiah 59:21b English Elpenor):

My Spirit which is upon thee, and the words which I have put in thy mouth, shall never fail from thy mouth, nor from the mouth of thy seed, for the Lord has spoken it, henceforth and for ever.

Since official Israel rejected Jesus (Acts 4:1-4) this promise doesn’t yet apply to all Israel. So Paul and the Holy Spirit reiterated when it will apply: when I take away their sins.^[6]

According to the note (22) in the NET Romans 11:27b is a quotation from Isaiah 27:9. A table comparing the Greek of Paul’s quotation with the Septuagint follows:

Romans 11:27b (NET Parallel Greek)	Isaiah 27:9b (Septuagint BLB)	Isaiah 27:9a (Septuagint Elpenor)
ὅταν ἀφέλωμαι τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν	ὅταν ἀφέλωμαι αὐτοῦ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν	ὅταν ἀφέλωμαι τὴν ἁμαρτίαν αὐτοῦ
Romans 11:27b (NET)	Isaiah 27:9b (NETS)	Isaiah 27:9a (English Elpenor)
when I take away their sins.	when I remove his sin,	when I shall have taken away his sin;

Still, the Masoretic text speaks truthfully to contemporary Israel: them that turn from transgression in Jacob (namely, turn from their rejection of Jesus as Messiah) will receive the Redeemer, and He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities,^[7] Peter promised in the name of the Lord Jesus.

The Greek word translated iniquities was πονηριῶν (a form of πονηρία). Matthew recorded the following (Matthew 22:15-21 NET):

Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap [Jesus] with his own words. They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone’s favor because you show no partiality. Tell us then, what do you think? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

But Jesus realized their evil intentions (πονηρίαν, another form of πονηρία) and said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me? Show me the coin used for the tax.” So they brought him a denarius. Jesus said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?” They replied, “Caesar’s.” He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Jesus told his disciples: What comes out of a person defiles him. For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, evil (πονηρίαι, another form of πονηρία), deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly [Table]. All these evils (πονηρὰ, a form of πονηρός) come from within and defile a person.^[8]

As he spoke, a^[9] Pharisee invited^[10] Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table. The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal. But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness (πονηρίας, another form of πονηρία).^[11]

For the love of Christ controls us, Paul wrote of the apostles, since we have concluded this, that^[12] Christ died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.^[13]

The love of Christ was ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ in Greek. Given the way Paul described and defined ἀγάπη (1 Corinthians 13) I think this is shorthand for the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22, 23). Surely, it is Christ’s ἀγάπη in the sense that, as Jesus said, The Father and I are one,^[14] and as He prayed, Everything I have belongs to you, and everything you have belongs to me.^[15] But perhaps more to the point for believers, this is Christ’s ἀγάπη in the sense that it is the same love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control^[16] [Table] that “controlled” Jesus.

I used the past tense here only to accentuate the time He walked as a man on earth, rather than to suggest that love no longer controls (συνέχει, a form of συνέχω) Him. So then, if anyone is in Christ, Paul continued (2 Corinthians 5:17-21 NET):

he is a new creation; what is old has passed away—look, what is new has come [Table]! And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ^[17] and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation. In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation. Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!” God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God (δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ) [Table].

I think the righteousness of God we become is the love of Christ [that] controls us, understood as the fruit of the Holy Spirit. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.^[18]

Tables comparing Isaiah 27:9; 59:20 and 59:21 in the Tanakh, KJV and NET, and tables comparing the Greek of Isaiah 27:9; 59:20 and 59:21 in the Septuagint (BLB and Elpenor), and tables comparing Acts 3:24; 3:26; Romans 11:26; Luke 11:37; 2 Corinthians 5:14 and 5:18 in the NET and KJV follow.

Isaiah 27:9 (Tanakh)	Isaiah 27:9 (KJV)	Isaiah 27:9 (NET)
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.	By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.	So in this way Jacob’s sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.

Isaiah 27:9 (Septuagint BLB)	Isaiah 27:9 (Septuagint Elpenor)
διὰ τοῦτο ἀφαιρεθήσεται ἡ ἀνομία Ιακωβ καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν ἡ εὐλογία αὐτοῦ ὅταν ἀφέλωμαι αὐτοῦ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ὅταν θῶσιν πάντας τοὺς λίθους τῶν βωμῶν κατακεκομμένους ὡς κονίαν λεπτήν καὶ οὐ μὴ μείνῃ τὰ δένδρα αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ εἴδωλα αὐτῶν ἐκκεκομμένα ὥσπερ δρυμὸς μακράν	διὰ τοῦτο ἀφαιρεθήσεται ἡ ἀνομία ᾿Ιακώβ, καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν ἡ εὐλογία αὐτοῦ, ὅταν ἀφέλωμαι τὴν ἁμαρτίαν αὐτοῦ, ὅταν θῶσι πάντας τοὺς λίθους τῶν βωμῶν κατακεκομμένους ὡς κονίαν λεπτήν· καὶ οὐ μὴ μείνῃ τὰ δένδρα αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ εἴδωλα αὐτῶν ἐκκεκομμένα ὥσπερ δρυμὸς μακράν
Isaiah 27:9 (NETS)	Isaiah 27:9 (English Elpenor)
Because of this the lawlessness of Iakob will be removed. And this is the blessing, when I remove his sin, when they make all the stones of the altars broken pieces like fine dust, and their trees will not remain, and their idols will be cut down like a forest far away.	Therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be taken away; and this is his blessing, when I shall have taken away his sin; when they shall have broken to pieces all the stones of the altars as fine dust, and their trees shall not remain, and their idols shall be cut off, as a thicket afar off.

Isaiah 59:20 (Tanakh)	Isaiah 59:20 (KJV)	Isaiah 59:20 (NET)
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.	And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.	“A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 59:20 (Septuagint BLB)	Isaiah 59:20 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἥξει ἕνεκεν Σιων ὁ ῥυόμενος καὶ ἀποστρέψει ἀσεβείας ἀπὸ Ιακωβ	καὶ ἥξει ἕνεκεν Σιὼν ὁ ῥυόμενος καὶ ἀποστρέψει ἀσεβείας ἀπὸ ᾿Ιακώβ
Isaiah 59:20 (NETS)	Isaiah 59:20 (English Elpenor)
And the one who delivers will come for Zion’s sake, and he will turn impiety away from Jacob.	And the deliverer shall come for Sion’s sake, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

Isaiah 59:21 (Tanakh)	Isaiah 59:21 (KJV)	Isaiah 59:21 (NET)
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.	As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.	“As for me, this is my promise to them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 59:21 (Septuagint BLB)	Isaiah 59:21 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ αὕτη αὐτοῗς ἡ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ διαθήκη εἶπεν κύριος τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἐμόν ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ σοί καὶ τὰ ῥήματα ἃ ἔδωκα εἰς τὸ στόμα σου οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ σπέρματός σου εἶπεν γὰρ κύριος ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα	καὶ αὕτη αὐτοῖς ἡ παρ᾿ ἐμοῦ διαθήκη, εἶπε Κύριος· τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἐμόν, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ σοί, καὶ τὰ ρήματα, ἃ ἔδωκα εἰς τὸ στόμα σου, οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ σπέρματός σου· εἶπε γὰρ Κύριος, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
Isaiah 59:21 (NETS)	Isaiah 59:21 (English Elpenor)
And this is the covenant to them from me, said the Lord, my spirit that is upon you and my words that I have put in your mouth shall not fail out of your mouth or out of the mouth of your offspring, for the Lord has said it, from now on and forever.	And this shall be my covenant with them, said the Lord; My Spirit which is upon thee, and the words which I have put in thy mouth, shall never fail from thy mouth, nor from the mouth of thy seed, for the Lord has spoken it, henceforth and for ever.

Acts 3:24 (NET)	Acts 3:24 (KJV)
And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.	Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
καὶ πάντες δὲ οἱ προφῆται ἀπὸ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν καθεξῆς ὅσοι ἐλάλησαν καὶ κατήγγειλαν τὰς ἡμέρας ταύτας	και παντες δε οι προφηται απο σαμουηλ και των καθεξης οσοι ελαλησαν και προκατηγγειλαν τας ημερας ταυτας	και παντες δε οι προφηται απο σαμουηλ και των καθεξης οσοι ελαλησαν και κατηγγειλαν τας ημερας ταυτας

Acts 3:26 (NET)	Acts 3:26 (KJV)
God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities.”	Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ὑμῖν πρῶτον ἀναστήσας ὁ θεὸς τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν εὐλογοῦντα ὑμᾶς ἐν τῷ ἀποστρέφειν ἕκαστον ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν \|ὑμῶν\|	υμιν πρωτον ο θεος αναστησας τον παιδα αυτου ιησουν απεστειλεν αυτον ευλογουντα υμας εν τω αποστρεφειν εκαστον απο των πονηριων υμων	υμιν πρωτον ο θεος αναστησας τον παιδα αυτου ιησουν απεστειλεν αυτον ευλογουντα υμας εν τω αποστρεφειν εκαστον απο των πονηριων υμων

Romans 11:26 (NET)	Romans 11:26 (KJV)
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.	And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
καὶ οὕτως πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ σωθήσεται, καθὼς γέγραπται· ἥξει ἐκ Σιὼν ὁ ρυόμενος, ἀποστρέψει ἀσεβείας ἀπὸ Ἰακώβ	και ουτως πας ισραηλ σωθησεται καθως γεγραπται ηξει εκ σιων ο ρυομενος και αποστρεψει ασεβειας απο ιακωβ	και ουτως πας ισραηλ σωθησεται καθως γεγραπται ηξει εκ σιων ο ρυομενος και αποστρεψει ασεβειας απο ιακωβ

Luke 11:37 (NET)	Luke 11:37 (KJV)
As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.	And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Ἐν δὲ τῷ λαλῆσαι ἐρωτᾷ αὐτὸν Φαρισαῖος ὅπως ἀριστήσῃ παρ᾿ αὐτῷ· εἰσελθὼν δὲ ἀνέπεσεν	εν δε τω λαλησαι ηρωτα αυτον φαρισαιος τις οπως αριστηση παρ αυτω εισελθων δε ανεπεσεν	εν δε τω λαλησαι ηρωτα αυτον φαρισαιος τις οπως αριστηση παρ αυτω εισελθων δε ανεπεσεν

2 Corinthians 5:14 (NET)	2 Corinthians 5:14 (KJV)
For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.	For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἡ γὰρ ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ συνέχει ἡμᾶς, κρίναντας τοῦτο, ὅτι εἷς ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέθανεν, ἄρα οἱ πάντες ἀπέθανον	η γαρ αγαπη του χριστου συνεχει ημας κριναντας τουτο οτι ει εις υπερ παντων απεθανεν αρα οι παντες απεθανον	η γαρ αγαπη του χριστου συνεχει ημας κριναντας τουτο οτι ει εις υπερ παντων απεθανεν αρα οι παντες απεθανον

2 Corinthians 5:18 (NET)	2 Corinthians 5:18 (KJV)
And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.	And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ καταλλάξαντος ἡμᾶς ἑαυτῷ διὰ Χριστοῦ καὶ δόντος ἡμῖν τὴν διακονίαν τῆς καταλλαγῆς	τα δε παντα εκ του θεου του καταλλαξαντος ημας εαυτω δια ιησου χριστου και δοντος ημιν την διακονιαν της καταλλαγης	τα δε παντα εκ του θεου του καταλλαξαντος ημας εαυτω δια ιησου χριστου και δοντος ημιν την διακονιαν της καταλλαγης

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Peter’s Second Gospel Proclamation, Part 3

^[1] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had κατήγγειλαν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus had προκατηγγειλαν (KJV: have…foretold).

^[2] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ιησουν (KJV: Jesus) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[3] Acts 3:26 (NET)

^[4] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had και (KJV: and) joining these clauses. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[5] Isaiah 59:21a (English Elpenor)

^[6] Romans 11:27b (NET)

^[7] Acts 3:26 (NET)

^[8] Mark 7:20-23 (NET)

^[9] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had τις (KJV: a certain) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[10] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐρωτᾷ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ηρωτα (KJV: besought).

^[11] Luke 11:37-39 (NET)

^[12] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ει (KJV: if) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[13] 2 Corinthians 5:14, 15 (NET)

^[14] John 10:30 (NET)

^[15] John 17:10a (NET)

^[16] Galatians 5:22b, 23a (NET)

^[17] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ιησου preceding Christ (KJV: Jesus). The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[18] Romans 8:14 (NET)

Peter’s Second Gospel Proclamation, Part 2

Posted on June 6, 2021 by admin

Peter’s Gospel proclamation continued (Acts 3:17-20 NET):

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too. But the things God foretold long ago through all the^[1] prophets—that his^[2] Christ would suffer—he has fulfilled in this way. Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed^[3] for you—that is, Jesus.

Peter’s invitation to repent (μετανοήσατε, a form of μετανοέω) and turn back (ἐπιστρέψατε, a form of ἐπιστρέφω) struck a familiar chord:

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Isaiah 46:8 (Tanakh) Table	Isaiah 46:8 (NET)	Isaiah 46:8 (NETS)	Isaiah 46:8 (English Elpenor)
Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again (הָשִׁ֥יבוּ) to mind (לֵֽב), O ye transgressors.	Remember this, so you can be brave. Think (šûḇ, השיבו) about it (lēḇ, לב), you rebels!	Remember these things and groan; repent (μετανοήσατε), you who have gone astray; turn (ἐπιστρέψατε) in your heart,	Remember ye these things, and groan: repent (μετανοήσατε), ye that have gone astray, return (ἐπιστρέψατε) in your heart;

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Ezekiel 14:6 (Tanakh)	Ezekiel 14:6 (NET)	Ezekiel 14:6 (NETS)	Ezekiel 14:6 (English Elpenor)
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent (שׁ֣וּבוּ), and turn (וְהָשִׁ֔יבוּ) yourselves from your idols; and turn away (הָשִׁ֥יבוּ) your faces from all your abominations.	“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Return (šûḇ, שובו)! Turn (šûḇ, והשיבו) from your idols, and turn your faces away (šûḇ, השיבו) from your abominations.	Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord says: Turn about (ἐπιστράφητε), and turn back (ἀποστρέψατε) from your practices and from all your impieties, and turn your faces around (ἐπιστρέψατε).	Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, Be converted (ἐπιστράφητε), and turn (ἀποστρέψατε) from your [evil] practices, and from all your sins, and turn your faces back again (ἐπιστρέψατε).

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Zechariah 1:3 (Tanakh)	Zechariah 1:3 (NET)	Zechariah 1:3 (NETS)	Zechariah 1:3 (English Elpenor)
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye (שׁ֣וּבוּ) unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn (וְאָשׁ֣וּב) unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.	Therefore say to the people: The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, ‘Turn (šûḇ, שובו) to me,’ says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, ‘and I will turn (šûḇ, ואשוב) to you,’ says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.	And you will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: Return (ἐπιστρέψατε) to me, and I will return (ἐπιστραφήσομαι) to you, says the Lord.	And thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord Almighty: Turn (ἐπιστρέψατε) to me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn (ἐπιστραφήσομαι) to you, saith the Lord of hosts.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Malachi 3:7 (Tanakh)	Malachi 3:7 (NET)	Malachi 3:7 (NETS)	Malachi 3:7 (English Elpenor)
Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return (שׁ֚וּבוּ) unto me, and I will return (וְאָשׁ֣וּבָה) unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return (נָשֽׁוּב)?	From the days of your ancestors you have ignored my commandments and have not kept them. Return (šûḇ, שובו) to me, and I will return (šûḇ, ואשובה) to you,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “But you say, ‘How should we return (šûḇ, נשוב)?’	And you, O sons of Iakob, are not keeping a distance from the injustices of your fathers. You perverted my precepts and did not keep them. Return (ἐπιστρέψατε) to me, and I will return (ἐπιστραφήσομαι) to you, says the Lord Almighty. And you said, “How should we return (ἐπιστρέψωμεν)?”	but ye, the sons of Jacob, have not refrained from the iniquities of your fathers: ye have perverted my statutes, and have not kept them. Return (ἐπιστρέψατε) to me, and I will return (ἐπιστραφήσομαι) to you, saith the Lord Almighty. But ye said, Wherein shall we return (ἐπιστρέψομεν)?

In context Peter invited his fellow descendants of Israel to repent, change their minds about Jesus, and turn back from their rejection of Him. This is something more than ancient history for me. I rejected Jesus as thoroughly as any Jew present at Jesus’ trial before Pilate, and not for another would-be-messiah. I thought God could vanish in a “puff of logic.”

If he could not punish me to defend his holiness, if his holiness was little more than his own self-interest, maybe he wasn’t God at all. That’s when it hit. Oh my God, he isn’t at all! And he never was. I wasn’t happy with the conclusion, but at the time, I couldn’t escape its logic: God did not punish me for sin, therefore God was not.^[4]

He has spent the past fifty years of my life proving me wrong, and I am very grateful. So Peter’s invitation to repent and turn back from my ignorance and unbelief is welcome to my ear, εἰς τὸ ἐξαλειφθῆναι ὑμῶν τὰς ἁμαρτίας: in order to blot out, wipe away, obliterate, destroy, wipe out, erase, delete, re-plaster, plaster over, wash over [my] sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for [me]—that is, Jesus. Peter continued (Acts 3:21-23 NET):

This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through^[5] his holy^[6] prophets. Moses^[7] said,^[8] ‘The Lord your^[9] God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you. Every person who^[10] does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’

According to the note (64) in the NET Acts 3:22 is a quotation from Deuteronomy 18:15.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Deuteronomy 18:15 (Tanakh) Table	Deuteronomy 18:15 (NET)	Deuteronomy 18:15 (NETS)	Deuteronomy 18:15 (English Elpenor)
A prophet will HaShem thy G-d raise up unto thee, from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;	The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you—from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him.	The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers; you shall hear him.	The Lord thy God shall raise up to thee a prophet of thy brethren, like me; him shall ye hear:

A table comparing the Greek of Peter’s quotation with the Septuagint follows:

Acts 3:22 (NET Parallel Greek)	Deuteronomy 18:15 (Septuagint BLB) Table	Deuteronomy 18:15 (Septuagint Elpenor)
προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει κύριος ὁ θεὸς \|ὑμῶν\| ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν ὡς ἐμέ· αὐτοῦ ἀκούσεσθε κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἂν λαλήσῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς	προφήτην ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου ὡς ἐμὲ ἀναστήσει σοι κύριος ὁ θεός σου αὐτοῦ ἀκούσεσθε	προφήτην ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου ὡς ἐμὲ ἀναστήσει σοι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, αὐτοῦ ἀκούσεσθε
Acts 3:22 (NET)	Deuteronomy 18:15 (NETS)	Deuteronomy 18:15 (English Elpenor)
The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.	The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers; you shall hear him.	The Lord thy God shall raise up to thee a prophet of thy brethren, like me; him shall ye hear:

You must obey him in everything he tells you,^[11] sounds like something I must do. The Greek word translated You must obey is ἀκούσεσθε (a form of ἀκούω). It is in the future tense, the middle voice (which allows for some participation of the subject you, 2^nd person plural) and the indicative mood. In other words, Peter promised his listeners in the name of God that they at some point in their future would hear Jesus, him shall ye hear.^[12]

Perhaps the last phrase—κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἂν λαλήσῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς (in everything he tells you)—was an extrapolation from Deuteronomy 18:18.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Deuteronomy 18:18 (Tanakh)	Deuteronomy 18:18 (NET)	Deuteronomy 18:18 (NETS)	Deuteronomy 18:18 (English Elpenor)
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.	I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.	I will raise up for them a prophet just like you from among their brothers, and I will give my word in his mouth, and he shall speak to them whatever I commanded him.	I will raise up to them a prophet of their brethren, like thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them as I shall command him.

Perhaps it was something Jesus told Peter personally or something he learned from his own experience denying Jesus, because in his own ignorance and unbelief he had refused to believe everything Jesus told him (Matthew 16:21-23 NET).

From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed and on the third day be raised. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: “God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s [Table].”

According to the note (67) in the NET Acts 3:23 is a quotation from Deuteronomy 18:19 and Leviticus 23:29.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Deuteronomy 18:19 (Tanakh)	Deuteronomy 18:19 (NET)	Deuteronomy 18:19 (NETS)	Deuteronomy 18:19 (English Elpenor)
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which he shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.	I will personally hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet speaks in my name.	And the person who does not hear his words, whatever the prophet may speak in my name, I will exact vengeance from him.	And whatever man shall not hearken to whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in my name, I will take vengeance on him.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Leviticus 23:29 (Tanakh)	Leviticus 23:29 (NET)	Leviticus 23:29 (NETS)	Leviticus 23:29 (English Elpenor)
For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from his people.	Indeed, any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people.	Any soul who does not humble himself on that particular day—that soul shall be utterly destroyed from his people.	Every soul that shall not be humbled in that day, shall be cut off from among its people.

Tables comparing the Greek of Peter’s quotation with the Septuagint follow:

Acts 3:23 (NET Parallel Greek)	Deuteronomy 18:19 (Septuagint BLB)	Deuteronomy 18:19 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἔσται δὲ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἥτις ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ τοῦ προφήτου ἐκείνου ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ	καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὃς ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ ὅσα ἐὰν λαλήσῃ ὁ προφήτης ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἐγὼ ἐκδικήσω ἐξ αὐτοῦ	καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ ὅσα ἂν λαλήσῃ ὁ προφήτης ἐκεῖνος ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐγὼ ἐκδικήσω ἐξ αὐτοῦ
Acts 3:23 (NET)	Deuteronomy 18:19 (NETS)	Deuteronomy 18:19 (English Elpenor)
Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’	And the person who does not hear his words, whatever the prophet may speak in my name, I will exact vengeance from him.	And whatever man shall not hearken to whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in my name, I will take vengeance on him.

Acts 3:23 (NET Parallel Greek)	Leviticus 23:29 (Septuagint BLB)	Leviticus 23:29 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἔσται δὲ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἥτις ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ τοῦ προφήτου ἐκείνου ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ	πᾶσα ψυχή ἥτις μὴ ταπεινωθήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτῆς	πᾶσα ψυχή, ἥτις μὴ ταπεινωθήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ, ἐξολοθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτῆς
Acts 3:23 (NET)	Leviticus 23:29 (NETS)	Leviticus 23:29 (English Elpenor)
Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’	Any soul who does not humble himself on that particular day—that soul shall be utterly destroyed from his people.	Every soul that shall not be humbled in that day, shall be cut off from among its people.

Perhaps this should be considered a paraphrase rather than a quotation. A composite of the two verses follows:

Acts 3:23a (NET Parallel Greek)	Leviticus 23:29a (Septuagint BLB)	Leviticus 23:29a (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἔσται δὲ
πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἥτις	πᾶσα ψυχή ἥτις	πᾶσα ψυχή, ἥτις
Acts 3:23b (NET)	Deuteronomy 18:19b (Septuagint BLB)	Deuteronomy 18:19b (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ	ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ	ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ
Acts 3:23c (NET)	Leviticus 23:29b (Septuagint BLB)	Leviticus 23:29b (Septuagint Elpenor)
τοῦ προφήτου ἐκείνου
ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ	ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ	ἐξολοθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ

Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.^[13] The Greek words translated does not obey are μὴ ἀκούσῃ (KJV: will not hear). The verb ἀκούσῃ is in the active voice, so the idea of willful not hearing is very appropriate. Every person who will not hear Jesus will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.

The verb ἐξολεθρευθήσεται (a form of ἐξολεθρεύω) was translated will be destroyed and thus removed (KJV: shall be destroyed). It sounds ominous. I thought it meant that this person would spend eternity in the lake of fire. Now I realize that Dan the atheist who did not hear Jesus was destroyed and thus removed from the people only to be replaced by Dan the believer who hears Jesus and lives to know Him better.

Peter the ignorant unbeliever who denied even knowing the crucified Christ was also destroyed and thus removed from the people only to be replaced by Peter the Apostle who proclaimed this Gospel message to all who would hear. I can’t speak for Peter. As for me, I am certainly no one worthy of special favor.

Do not be amazed that I said to you, Jesus said, ‘You must all be born from above (δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν, “it is necessary for you to be born from above, anew”).’^[14] And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.^[15]

Tables comparing Ezekiel 14:6; Zechariah 1:3; Malachi 3:7; Deuteronomy 18:18; 18:19 and Leviticus 23:29 in the Tanakh, KJV and NET, and tables comparing the Greek of Ezekiel 14:6; Zechariah 1:3; Malachi 3:7; Deuteronomy 18:18; 18:19 and Leviticus 23:29 in the Septuagint (BLB and Elpenor), and tables comparing Acts 3:18-20 and 3:21-23 in the NET and KJV follow.

Ezekiel 14:6 (Tanakh)	Ezekiel 14:6 (KJV)	Ezekiel 14:6 (NET)
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.	Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.	“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Return! Turn from your idols, and turn your faces away from your abominations.

Ezekiel 14:6 (Septuagint BLB)	Ezekiel 14:6 (Septuagint Elpenor)
διὰ τοῦτο εἰπὸν πρὸς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Ισραηλ τάδε λέγει κύριος κύριος ἐπιστράφητε καὶ ἀποστρέψατε ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων ὑμῶν καὶ ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἀσεβειῶν ὑμῶν καὶ ἐπιστρέψατε τὰ πρόσωπα ὑμῶν	διὰ τοῦτο εἰπὸν πρὸς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ· τάδε λέγει Κύριος Κύριος· ἐπιστράφητε καὶ ἀποστρέψατε ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων ὑμῶν καὶ ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἀσεβειῶν ὑμῶν καὶ ἐπιστρέψατε τὰ πρόσωπα ὑμῶν
Ezekiel 14:6 (NETS)	Ezekiel 14:6 (English Elpenor)
Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord says: Turn about, and turn back from your practices and from all your impieties, and turn your faces around.	Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, Be converted, and turn from your [evil] practices, and from all your sins, and turn your faces back again.

Zechariah 1:3 (Tanakh)	Zechariah 1:3 (KJV)	Zechariah 1:3 (NET)
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.	Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.	Therefore say to the people: The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, ‘Turn to me,’ says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, ‘and I will turn to you,’ says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Zechariah 1:3 (Septuagint BLB)	Zechariah 1:3 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἐρεῗς πρὸς αὐτούς τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἐπιστρέψατε πρός με καὶ ἐπιστραφήσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς λέγει κύριος	καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτούς· τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ· ἐπιστρέψατε πρός με, λέγει Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων, καὶ ἐπιστραφήσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, λέγει Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων
Zechariah 1:3 (NETS)	Zechariah 1:3 (English Elpenor)
And you will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord.	And thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord Almighty: Turn to me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, saith the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:7 (Tanakh)	Malachi 3:7 (KJV)	Malachi 3:7 (NET)
Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?	Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?	From the days of your ancestors you have ignored my commandments and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “But you say, ‘How should we return?’

Malachi 3:6b, 7 (Septuagint BLB)	Malachi 3:7 (Septuagint Elpenor)
(6b) καὶ ὑμεῗς υἱοὶ Ιακωβ οὐκ ἀπέχεσθε (7) ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδικιῶν τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν ἐξεκλίνατε νόμιμά μου καὶ οὐκ ἐφυλάξασθε ἐπιστρέψατε πρός με καὶ ἐπιστραφήσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ καὶ εἴπατε ἐν τίνι ἐπιστρέψωμεν	καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ιακὼβ οὐκ ἀπέχεσθε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδικιῶν τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν, ἐξεκλίνατε νόμιμά μου καὶ οὐκ ἐφυλάξασθε. ἐπιστρέψατε πρός με, καὶ ἐπιστραφήσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ. καὶ εἴπατε· ἐν τίνι ἐπιστρέψομεν
Malachi 3:7 (NETS)	Malachi 3:7 (English Elpenor)
And you, O sons of Iakob, are not keeping a distance from the injustices of your fathers. You perverted my precepts and did not keep them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord Almighty. And you said, “How should we return?”	but ye, the sons of Jacob, have not refrained from the iniquities of your fathers: ye have perverted my statutes, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord Almighty. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

Deuteronomy 18:18 (Tanakh)	Deuteronomy 18:18 (KJV)	Deuteronomy 18:18 (NET)
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.	I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.	I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

Deuteronomy 18:18 (Septuagint BLB)	Deuteronomy 18:18 (Septuagint Elpenor)
προφήτην ἀναστήσω αὐτοῗς ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν ὥσπερ σὲ καὶ δώσω τὸ ῥῆμά μου ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ καὶ λαλήσει αὐτοῗς καθότι ἂν ἐντείλωμαι αὐτῷ	προφήτην ἀναστήσω αὐτοῖς ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν, ὥσπερ σέ, καὶ δώσω τὰ ῥήματα ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ λαλήσει αὐτοῖς καθ᾿ ὅτι ἂν ἐντείλωμαι αὐτῷ
Deuteronomy 18:18 (NETS)	Deuteronomy 18:18 (English Elpenor)
I will raise up for them a prophet just like you from among their brothers, and I will give my word in his mouth, and he shall speak to them whatever I commanded him.	I will raise up to them a prophet of their brethren, like thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them as I shall command him.

Deuteronomy 18:19 (Tanakh)	Deuteronomy 18:19 (KJV)	Deuteronomy 18:19 (NET)
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which he shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.	And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.	I will personally hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet speaks in my name.

Deuteronomy 18:19 (Septuagint BLB)	Deuteronomy 18:19 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὃς ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ ὅσα ἐὰν λαλήσῃ ὁ προφήτης ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἐγὼ ἐκδικήσω ἐξ αὐτοῦ	καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ ὅσα ἂν λαλήσῃ ὁ προφήτης ἐκεῖνος ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐγὼ ἐκδικήσω ἐξ αὐτοῦ
Deuteronomy 18:19 (NETS)	Deuteronomy 18:19 (English Elpenor)
And the person who does not hear his words, whatever the prophet may speak in my name, I will exact vengeance from him.	And whatever man shall not hearken to whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in my name, I will take vengeance on him.

Leviticus 23:29 (Tanakh)	Leviticus 23:29 (KJV)	Leviticus 23:29 (NET)
For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from his people.	For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.	Indeed, any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 23:29 (Septuagint BLB)	Leviticus 23:29 (Septuagint Elpenor)
πᾶσα ψυχή ἥτις μὴ ταπεινωθήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτῆς	πᾶσα ψυχή, ἥτις μὴ ταπεινωθήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ, ἐξολοθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτῆς
Leviticus 23:29 (NETS)	Leviticus 23:29 (English Elpenor)
Any soul who does not humble himself on that particular day—that soul shall be utterly destroyed from his people.	Every soul that shall not be humbled in that day, shall be cut off from among its people.

Acts 3:18-20 (NET)	Acts 3:18-20 (KJV)
But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets—that his Christ would suffer—he has fulfilled in this way.	But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ὁ δὲ θεός, ἃ προκατήγγειλεν διὰ στόματος πάντων τῶν προφητῶν παθεῖν τὸν χριστὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐπλήρωσεν οὕτως	ο δε θεος α προκατηγγειλεν δια στοματος παντων των προφητων αυτου παθειν τον χριστον επληρωσεν ουτως	ο δε θεος α προκατηγγειλεν δια στοματος παντων των προφητων αυτου παθειν τον χριστον επληρωσεν ουτως

(19) Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out, (20a) so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
(19) μετανοήσατε οὖν καὶ ἐπιστρέψατε \|εἰς\| τὸ ἐξαλειφθῆναι ὑμῶν τὰς ἁμαρτίας, (20a) ὅπως ἂν ἔλθωσιν καιροὶ ἀναψύξεως ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ κυρίου	μετανοησατε ουν και επιστρεψατε εις το εξαλειφθηναι υμων τας αμαρτιας οπως αν ελθωσιν καιροι αναψυξεως απο προσωπου του κυριου	μετανοησατε ουν και επιστρεψατε εις το εξαλειφθηναι υμων τας αμαρτιας οπως αν ελθωσιν καιροι αναψυξεως απο προσωπου του κυριου

(20b) and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you—that is, Jesus.

And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
(20b) καὶ ἀποστείλῃ τὸν προκεχειρισμένον ὑμῖν χριστόν Ἰησοῦν	και αποστειλη τον προκεκηρυγμενον υμιν ιησουν χριστον	και αποστειλη τον προκεχειρισμενον υμιν χριστον ιησουν

Acts 3:21-23 (NET)	Acts 3:21-23 (KJV)
This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.	Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ὃν δεῖ οὐρανὸν μὲν δέξασθαι ἄχρι χρόνων ἀποκαταστάσεως πάντων ὧν ἐλάλησεν ὁ θεὸς διὰ στόματος τῶν ἁγίων ἀπ᾿ αἰῶνος αὐτοῦ προφητῶν	ον δει ουρανον μεν δεξασθαι αχρι χρονων αποκαταστασεως παντων ων ελαλησεν ο θεος δια στοματος παντων αγιων αυτου προφητων απ αιωνος	ον δει ουρανον μεν δεξασθαι αχρι χρονων αποκαταστασεως παντων ων ελαλησεν ο θεος δια στοματος παντων των αγιων αυτου προφητων απ αιωνος

Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.

For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Μωϋσῆς μὲν εἶπεν ὅτι προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει κύριος ὁ θεὸς \|ὑμῶν\| ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν ὡς ἐμέ· αὐτοῦ ἀκούσεσθε κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἂν λαλήσῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς	μωσης μεν γαρ προς τους πατερας ειπεν οτι προφητην υμιν αναστησει κυριος ο θεος υμων εκ των αδελφων υμων ως εμε αυτου ακουσεσθε κατα παντα οσα αν λαληση προς υμας	μωσης μεν γαρ προς τους πατερας ειπεν οτι προφητην υμιν αναστησει κυριος ο θεος ημων εκ των αδελφων υμων ως εμε αυτου ακουσεσθε κατα παντα οσα αν λαληση προς υμας

Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’

And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἔσται δὲ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἥτις ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ τοῦ προφήτου ἐκείνου ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ	εσται δε πασα ψυχη ητις αν μη ακουση του προφητου εκεινου εξολοθρευθησεται εκ του λαου	εσται δε πασα ψυχη ητις εαν μη ακουση του προφητου εκεινου εξολοθρευθησεται εκ του λαου

Back to Isaiah 53:10-12, Part 8

Back to David’s Forgiveness, Part 13

Peter’s Second Gospel Proclamation, Part 2

^[1] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αυτου (KJV: his) here. The Net parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[2] The Net parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had αὐτοῦ here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[3] The Net parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had προκεχειρισμένον here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus had προκεκηρυγμενον (KJV: which before was preached).

^[4] Who Am I? Part 3

^[5] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had παντων (KJV: of all) following the mouth. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[6] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had the article τῶν preceding holy. The Stephanus Textus Receptus did not.

^[7] In the NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ Moses was spelled Μωϋσῆς, and μωσης in the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text. Also, the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had γαρ (KJV: For) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[8] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had προς τους πατερας (KJV: unto the fathers) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[9] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Stephanus Textus Receptus had ὑμῶν here, where the Byzantine Majority Text had ημων (e.g., “our”).

^[10] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had ἐὰν following who (KJV: which), where the Stephanus Textus Receptus had αν.

^[11] Acts 3:22b (NET)

^[12] Deuteronomy 18:15b (English Elpenor)

^[13] Acts 3:23 (NET)

^[14] John 3:7 (NET)

^[15] John 12:32 (NET)

Peter’s Second Gospel Proclamation, Part 1

Posted on May 21, 2021 by admin

Peter^[1] and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer…^[2] They met a beggar lame from birth. Peter said (Acts 3:6-8 NET):

“I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!” Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him^[3] up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles^[4] were made strong. He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power (δυνάμει, a form of δύναμις),^[5] Paul wrote his dear children in Corinth. As a crowd gathered, Peter declared to the people (Acts 3:12-16 NET):

“Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power (δυνάμει, a form of δύναμις) or piety [Table]? The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you^[6] handed over and rejected^[7] in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him. But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you. You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses! And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man—whom you see and know—strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.

Peter denied that the power to heal the lame man was his own, rather it was the power of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of [their] forefathers. And it was done for an explicit reason: to glorify his servant Jesus. Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Jesus asked, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’^[8] or to say, ‘Stand up,^[9] take your stretcher, and walk’?^[10] Peter followed Jesus’ example here. He was quite clear which Jesus he referred to, and which sin. I want to spend some time here recalling this rejection of Jesus.

Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not^[11] find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing. (Luke 23:13, 14 NET)
“I find no basis for an accusation against him. (John 18:38b NET)
Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us.^[12] Look, he has done nothing deserving death. I will therefore have him flogged and release him.”^[13] (Luke 23:15, 16 NET)
But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. (John 18:39a NET)
Matthew 27:15, 16 NET		Mark 15:6-8 NET
During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they wanted. At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus^[14] Barabbas.		During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested.^[15] A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels^[16] who had committed murder during an insurrection.
		Then the crowd came up^[17] and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was^[18] his custom.
Matthew 27:17 NET		Mark 15:9 NET	John 18:39b NET
So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus^[19] Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?”		So Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?”	So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”
Matthew 27:18-21a NET		Mark 15:10, 11 NET
(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)		(For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.)
As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today.”
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas		But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.
and to have Jesus killed. The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?”
Matthew 27:21b NET	Luke 23:18, 19 NET		John 18:40 NET
And they said,^[20] “Barabbas!”	But they all shouted out^[21] together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas^[22] for us!” (This was a man who had been thrown into prison^[23] for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)		Then they shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely. The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe. They came up to him again and again^[24] and said, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly in the face. Again^[25] Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him.” So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. (John 19:1-5a NET)
Matthew 27:22 NET	Mark 15:12, 13 NET	Luke 23:20, 21 NET	John 19:5b, 6a NET
Pilate said to them,	So Pilate spoke^[26] to them again,	Pilate^[27] addressed them^[28] once again	Pilate said to them,
		because he wanted to release Jesus.
			“Look,^[29] here is the man!”
“Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?”	“Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king^[30] of the Jews?”
They all said,^[31] “Crucify him!”	They shouted back, “Crucify him!”	But they kept on shouting, “Crucify, crucify^[32] him!”	When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”^[33]
Pilate said, “You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!” The Jewish leaders replied, “We have a law, and according to our^[34] law he ought to die because he claimed to be the Son of God!” When Pilate heard what they said, he was more afraid than ever, and he went back into the governor’s residence and said to Jesus, “Where do you come from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. So Pilate said, “Do you refuse to speak to me? Don’t you know I have the authority to release you and to crucify you?” Jesus^[35] replied,^[36] “You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over^[37] to you is guilty of greater sin.” From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out,^[38] “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be^[39] a king opposes Caesar!” When Pilate heard these words^[40] he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat^[41] in the place called “The Stone Pavement” (Gabbatha in Aramaic). (Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about^[42] noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, “Look, here is your king!” Then they^[43] shouted out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” (John 19:6b-15a NET)
Matthew 27:23 NET	Mark 15:14 NET	Luke 23:22, 23 NET	John 19:15b NET
He^[44] asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?”	Pilate asked them, “Why? What has he done wrong?”	A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done?
			Pilate asked, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied, “We have no king except Caesar!”
		I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”
But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”	But they shouted more insistently,^[45] “Crucify him!”	But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts^[46] prevailed.
When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s^[47] blood. You take care of it yourselves!” In reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!” (Matthew 27:24, 25 NET)
Matthew 27:26 NET	Mark 15:15 NET	Luke 23:24, 25 NET	John 19:16a NET
		So^[48] Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
	Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd,
Then he released Barabbas for them.	Pilate released Barabbas for them.	He released^[49] the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison^[50] for insurrection and murder.
But after he had Jesus flogged,	Then, after he had Jesus flogged,
he handed him over to be crucified.	he handed him over to be crucified.	But he handed Jesus over to their will.	Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

This Gospel harmony is certainly debatable. I haven’t even tried to resolve when or how often Jesus was flogged. My interest here was to highlight the emotional contrast between the fire and brimstone condemnation anticipated by the religious mind for such rejection of Jesus, and the mind of Christ revealed through Peter’s words (Acts 3:17 NET):

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance (ἄγνοιαν, a form of ἄγνοια), as your rulers did too.

Paul acknowledged that he was treated with mercy because [he] acted ignorantly (ἀγνοῶν, a form of ἀγνοέω) in unbelief (ἀπιστίᾳ).^[51] And it was Paul who wrote that God has consigned all people to disobedience (ἀπείθειαν, a form of ἀπείθεια) so that he may show mercy to them all.^[52]

Tables comparing Acts 3:1; 3:7; 3:13; Mark 2:9; Luke 23:14, 15; 23:17-21; Matthew 27:16, 17; Mark 15:6-8; Matthew 27:21-24; John 19:3-7; Mark 15:12; John 19:11-16; Mark 15:14 and Luke 23:23-25 in the NET and KJV follow.

Acts 3:1 (NET)	Acts 3:1 (KJV)
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon.	Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Πέτρος δὲ καὶ Ἰωάννης ἀνέβαινον εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν ἐπὶ τὴν ὥραν τῆς προσευχῆς τὴν ἐνάτην	επι το αυτο δε πετρος και ιωαννης ανεβαινον εις το ιερον επι την ωραν της προσευχης την εννατην	επι το αυτο δε πετρος και ιωαννης ανεβαινον εις το ιερον επι την ωραν της προσευχης την ενατην

Acts 3:7 (NET)	Acts 3:7 (KJV)
Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.	And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
καὶ πιάσας αὐτὸν τῆς δεξιᾶς χειρὸς ἤγειρεν αὐτόν· παραχρῆμα δὲ ἐστερεώθησαν αἱ βάσεις αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ σφυδρά	και πιασας αυτον της δεξιας χειρος ηγειρεν παραχρημα δε εστερεωθησαν αυτου αι βασεις και τα σφυρα	και πιασας αυτον της δεξιας χειρος ηγειρεν παραχρημα δε εστερεωθησαν αυτου αι βασεις και τα σφυρα

Acts 3:13 (NET)	Acts 3:13 (KJV)
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.	The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ὁ θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ, ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ἐδόξασεν τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦν ὃν ὑμεῖς μὲν παρεδώκατε καὶ ἠρνήσασθε κατὰ πρόσωπον Πιλάτου, κρίναντος ἐκείνου ἀπολύειν	ο θεος αβρααμ και ισαακ και ιακωβ ο θεος των πατερων ημων εδοξασεν τον παιδα αυτου ιησουν ον υμεις παρεδωκατε και ηρνησασθε αυτον κατα προσωπον πιλατου κριναντος εκεινου απολυειν	ο θεος αβρααμ και ισαακ και ιακωβ ο θεος των πατερων ημων εδοξασεν τον παιδα αυτου ιησουν ον υμεις μεν παρεδωκατε και ηρνησασθε αυτον κατα προσωπον πιλατου κριναντος εκεινου απολυειν

Mark 2:9 (NET)	Mark 2:9 (KJV)
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk’?	Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ· ἀφίενται σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν· \|ἔγειρε\| \|καὶ\| ἆρον τὸν κράβαττον σου καὶ περιπάτει	τι εστιν ευκοπωτερον ειπειν τω παραλυτικω αφεωνται σοι αι αμαρτιαι η ειπειν εγειραι και αρον σου τον κραββατον και περιπατει	τι εστιν ευκοπωτερον ειπειν τω παραλυτικω αφεωνται σου αι αμαρτιαι η ειπειν εγειραι και αρον σου τον κραββατον και περιπατει

Luke 23:14, 15 (NET)	Luke 23:14, 15 (KJV)
and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.	Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· προσηνέγκατε μοι τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦτον ὡς ἀποστρέφοντα τὸν λαόν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν ἀνακρίνας οὐθὲν εὗρον ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τούτῳ αἴτιον ὧν κατηγορεῖτε κατ᾿ αὐτοῦ	ειπεν προς αυτους προσηνεγκατε μοι τον ανθρωπον τουτον ως αποστρεφοντα τον λαον και ιδου εγω ενωπιον υμων ανακρινας ουδεν ευρον εν τω ανθρωπω τουτω αιτιον ων κατηγορειτε κατ αυτου	ειπεν προς αυτους προσηνεγκατε μοι τον ανθρωπον τουτον ως αποστρεφοντα τον λαον και ιδου εγω ενωπιον υμων ανακρινας ουδεν ευρον εν τω ανθρωπω τουτω αιτιον ων κατηγορειτε κατ αυτου

Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.

No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.

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ἀλλ᾿ οὐδὲ Ἡρῴδης, ἀνέπεμψεν γὰρ αὐτὸν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐδὲν ἄξιον θανάτου ἐστὶν πεπραγμένον αὐτῷ	αλλ ουδε ηρωδης ανεπεμψα γαρ υμας προς αυτον και ιδου ουδεν αξιον θανατου εστιν πεπραγμενον αυτω	αλλ ουδε ηρωδης ανεπεμψα γαρ υμας προς αυτον και ιδου ουδεν αξιον θανατου εστιν πεπραγμενον αυτω

Luke 23:17-21 (NET)	Luke 23:17-21 (KJV)
n/a	(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)

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n/a	αναγκην δε ειχεν απολυειν αυτοις κατα εορτην ενα	αναγκην δε ειχεν απολυειν αυτοις κατα εορτην ενα

But they all shouted out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas for us!”

And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Ἀνέκραγον δὲ παμπληθεὶ λέγοντες· αἶρε τοῦτον, ἀπόλυσον δὲ ἡμῖν τὸν Βαραββᾶν	ανεκραξαν δε παμπληθει λεγοντες αιρε τουτον απολυσον δε ημιν τον βαραββαν	ανεκραξαν δε παμπληθει λεγοντες αιρε τουτον απολυσον δε ημιν βαραββαν

(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)

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(ὅστις ἦν διὰ στάσιν τινὰ γενομένην ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ φόνον βληθεὶς ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ)	οστις ην δια στασιν τινα γενομενην εν τη πολει και φονον βεβλημενος εις φυλακην	οστις ην δια στασιν τινα γενομενην εν τη πολει και φονον βεβλημενος εις φυλακην

Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.

Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.

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πάλιν δὲ ὁ Πιλᾶτος προσεφώνησεν αὐτοῖς θέλων ἀπολῦσαι τὸν Ἰησοῦν	παλιν ουν ο πιλατος προσεφωνησεν θελων απολυσαι τον ιησουν	παλιν ουν ο πιλατος προσεφωνησεν θελων απολυσαι τον ιησουν

But they kept on shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!”

But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
οἱ δὲ ἐπεφώνουν λέγοντες· σταύρου σταύρου αὐτόν	οι δε επεφωνουν λεγοντες σταυρωσον σταυρωσον αυτον	οι δε επεφωνουν λεγοντες σταυρωσον σταυρωσον αυτον

Matthew 27:16, 17 (NET)	Matthew 27:16, 17 (KJV)
At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.	And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

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εἶχον δὲ τότε δέσμιον ἐπίσημον λεγόμενον [Ἰησοῦν] Βαραββᾶν	ειχον δε τοτε δεσμιον επισημον λεγομενον βαραββαν	ειχον δε τοτε δεσμιον επισημον λεγομενον βαραββαν

So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?”

Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

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συνηγμένων οὖν αὐτῶν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Πιλᾶτος· τίνα θέλετε ἀπολύσω ὑμῖν, [Ἰησοῦν] \|τὸν\| Βαραββᾶν ἢ Ἰησοῦν τὸν λεγόμενον χριστόν	συνηγμενων ουν αυτων ειπεν αυτοις ο πιλατος τινα θελετε απολυσω υμιν βαραββαν η ιησουν τον λεγομενον χριστον	συνηγμενων ουν αυτων ειπεν αυτοις ο πιλατος τινα θελετε απολυσω υμιν βαραββαν η ιησουν τον λεγομενον χριστον

Mark 15:6-8 (NET)	Mark 15:6-8 (KJV)
During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested.	Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

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Κατὰ δὲ ἑορτὴν ἀπέλυεν αὐτοῖς ἕνα δέσμιον ὃν παρῃτοῦντο	κατα δε εορτην απελυεν αυτοις ενα δεσμιον ονπερ ητουντο	κατα δε εορτην απελυεν αυτοις ενα δεσμιον ονπερ ητουντο

A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection.

And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

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ἦν δὲ ὁ λεγόμενος Βαραββᾶς μετὰ τῶν στασιαστῶν δεδεμένος οἵτινες ἐν τῇ στάσει φόνον πεποιήκεισαν	ην δε ο λεγομενος βαραββας μετα των συστασιαστων δεδεμενος οιτινες εν τη στασει φονον πεποιηκεισαν	ην δε ο λεγομενος βαραββας μετα των συστασιαστων δεδεμενος οιτινες εν τη στασει φονον πεποιηκεισαν

Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.

And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

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καὶ ἀναβὰς ὁ ὄχλος ἤρξατο αἰτεῖσθαι καθὼς ἐποίει αὐτοῖς	και αναβοησας ο οχλος ηρξατο αιτεισθαι καθως αει εποιει αυτοις	και αναβοησας ο οχλος ηρξατο αιτεισθαι καθως αει εποιει αυτοις

Matthew 27:21-24 (NET)	Matthew 27:21-24 (KJV)
The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!”	The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

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ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ἡγεμὼν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τίνα θέλετε ἀπὸ τῶν δύο ἀπολύσω ὑμῖν; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν τὸν Βαραββᾶν	αποκριθεις δε ο ηγεμων ειπεν αυτοις τινα θελετε απο των δυο απολυσω υμιν οι δε ειπον βαραββαν	αποκριθεις δε ο ηγεμων ειπεν αυτοις τινα θελετε απο των δυο απολυσω υμιν οι δε ειπον βαραββαν

Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said, “Crucify him!”

Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Πιλᾶτος· τί οὖν ποιήσω Ἰησοῦν τὸν λεγόμενον χριστόν; λέγουσιν πάντες· σταυρωθήτω	λεγει αυτοις ο πιλατος τι ουν ποιησω ιησουν τον λεγομενον χριστον λεγουσιν αυτω παντες σταυρωθητω	λεγει αυτοις ο πιλατος τι ουν ποιησω ιησουν τον λεγομενον χριστον λεγουσιν αυτω παντες σταυρωθητω

He asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”

And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

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ὁ δὲ ἔφη· τί γὰρ κακὸν ἐποίησεν; οἱ δὲ περισσῶς ἔκραζον λέγοντες· σταυρωθήτω	ο δε ηγεμων εφη τι γαρ κακον εποιησεν οι δε περισσως εκραζον λεγοντες σταυρωθητω	ο δε ηγεμων εφη τι γαρ κακον εποιησεν οι δε περισσως εκραζον λεγοντες σταυρωθητω

When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

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ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Πιλᾶτος ὅτι οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον θόρυβος γίνεται, λαβὼν ὕδωρ ἀπενίψατο τὰς χεῖρας \|ἀπέναντι\| τοῦ ὄχλου λέγων· ἀθῷος εἰμι ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος τούτου· ὑμεῖς ὄψεσθε	ιδων δε ο πιλατος οτι ουδεν ωφελει αλλα μαλλον θορυβος γινεται λαβων υδωρ απενιψατο τας χειρας απεναντι του οχλου λεγων αθωος ειμι απο του αιματος του δικαιου τουτου υμεις οψεσθε	ιδων δε ο πιλατος οτι ουδεν ωφελει αλλα μαλλον θορυβος γινεται λαβων υδωρ απενιψατο τας χειρας απεναντι του οχλου λεγων αθωος ειμι απο του αιματος του δικαιου τουτου υμεις οψεσθε

John 19:3-7 (NET)	John 19:3-7 (KJV)
They came up to him again and again and said, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly in the face.	And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
καὶ ἤρχοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλεγον· χαῖρε ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων· καὶ ἐδίδοσαν αὐτῷ ραπίσματα	και ελεγον χαιρε ο βασιλευς των ιουδαιων και εδιδουν αυτω ραπισματα	και ελεγον χαιρε ο βασιλευς των ιουδαιων και εδιδουν αυτω ραπισματα

Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him.”

Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.

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Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν πάλιν ἔξω ὁ Πιλᾶτος καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· ἴδε ἄγω ὑμῖν αὐτὸν ἔξω, ἵνα γνῶτε ὅτι οὐδεμίαν αἰτίαν εὑρίσκω ἐν αὐτῷ	εξηλθεν ουν παλιν εξω ο πιλατος και λεγει αυτοις ιδε αγω υμιν αυτον εξω ινα γνωτε οτι εν αυτω ουδεμιαν αιτιαν ευρισκω	εξηλθεν ουν παλιν εξω ο πιλατος και λεγει αυτοις ιδε αγω υμιν αυτον εξω ινα γνωτε οτι εν αυτω ουδεμιαν αιτιαν ευρισκω

So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Look, here is the man!”

Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἐξῆλθεν οὖν \|ὁ\| Ἰησοῦς ἔξω, φορῶν τὸν ἀκάνθινον στέφανον καὶ τὸ πορφυροῦν ἱμάτιον. καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· ἰδοὺ ὁ ἄνθρωπος	εξηλθεν ουν ο ιησους εξω φορων τον ακανθινον στεφανον και το πορφυρουν ιματιον και λεγει αυτοις ιδε ο ανθρωπος	εξηλθεν ουν ο ιησους εξω φορων τον ακανθινον στεφανον και το πορφυρουν ιματιον και λεγει αυτοις ιδε ο ανθρωπος

When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said, “You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!”

When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

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Ὅτε οὖν εἶδον αὐτὸν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ ὑπηρέται ἐκραύγασαν λέγοντες· σταύρωσον σταύρωσον. λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Πιλᾶτος· λάβετε αὐτὸν ὑμεῖς καὶ σταυρώσατε· ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐχ εὑρίσκω ἐν αὐτῷ αἰτίαν	οτε ουν ειδον αυτον οι αρχιερεις και οι υπηρεται εκραυγασαν λεγοντες σταυρωσον σταυρωσον λεγει αυτοις ο πιλατος λαβετε αυτον υμεις και σταυρωσατε εγω γαρ ουχ ευρισκω εν αυτω αιτιαν	οτε ουν ειδον αυτον οι αρχιερεις και οι υπηρεται εκραυγασαν λεγοντες σταυρωσον σταυρωσον αυτον λεγει αυτοις ο πιλατος λαβετε αυτον υμεις και σταυρωσατε εγω γαρ ουχ ευρισκω εν αυτω αιτιαν

The Jewish leaders replied, “We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die because he claimed to be the Son of God!”

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

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ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι· ἡμεῖς νόμον ἔχομεν καὶ κατὰ τὸν νόμον ὀφείλει ἀποθανεῖν, ὅτι υἱὸν θεοῦ ἑαυτὸν ἐποίησεν	απεκριθησαν αυτω οι ιουδαιοι ημεις νομον εχομεν και κατα τον νομον ημων οφειλει αποθανειν οτι εαυτον υιον θεου εποιησεν	απεκριθησαν αυτω οι ιουδαιοι ημεις νομον εχομεν και κατα τον νομον ημων οφειλει αποθανειν οτι εαυτον υιον θεου εποιησεν

Mark 15:12 (NET)	Mark 15:12 (KJV)
So Pilate spoke to them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?”	And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ὁ δὲ Πιλᾶτος πάλιν ἀποκριθεὶς ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· τί οὖν [θέλετε] ποιήσω [ὃν λέγετε] τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Ἰουδαίων	ο δε πιλατος αποκριθεις παλιν ειπεν αυτοις τι ουν θελετε ποιησω ον λεγετε βασιλεα των ιουδαιων	ο δε πιλατος αποκριθεις παλιν ειπεν αυτοις τι ουν θελετε ποιησω ον λεγετε βασιλεα των ιουδαιων

John 19:11-16 (NET)	John 19:11-16 (KJV)
Jesus replied, “You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”	Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

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ἀπεκρίθη [αὐτῷ] Ἰησοῦς· οὐκ εἶχες ἐξουσίαν κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ οὐδεμίαν εἰ μὴ ἦν δεδομένον σοι ἄνωθεν· διὰ τοῦτο ὁ παραδούς μέ σοι μείζονα ἁμαρτίαν ἔχει	απεκριθη ο ιησους ουκ ειχες εξουσιαν ουδεμιαν κατ εμου ει μη ην σοι δεδομενον ανωθεν δια τουτο ο παραδιδους με σοι μειζονα αμαρτιαν εχει	απεκριθη ιησους ουκ ειχες εξουσιαν ουδεμιαν κατ εμου ει μη ην σοι δεδομενον ανωθεν δια τουτο ο παραδιδους με σοι μειζονα αμαρτιαν εχει

From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!”

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἐκ τούτου ὁ Πιλᾶτος ἐζήτει ἀπολῦσαι αὐτόν· οἱ δὲ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐκραύγασαν λέγοντες· ἐὰν τοῦτον ἀπολύσῃς, οὐκ εἶ φίλος τοῦ Καίσαρος· πᾶς ὁ βασιλέα ἑαυτὸν ποιῶν ἀντιλέγει τῷ Καίσαρι	εκ τουτου εζητει ο πιλατος απολυσαι αυτον οι δε ιουδαιοι εκραζον λεγοντες εαν τουτον απολυσης ουκ ει φιλος του καισαρος πας ο βασιλεα αυτον ποιων αντιλεγει τω καισαρι	εκ τουτου εζητει ο πιλατος απολυσαι αυτον οι δε ιουδαιοι εκραζον λεγοντες εαν τουτον απολυσης ουκ ει φιλος του καισαρος πας ο βασιλεα εαυτον ποιων αντιλεγει τω καισαρι

When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called “The Stone Pavement” (Gabbatha in Aramaic).

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ὁ οὖν Πιλᾶτος ἀκούσας τῶν λόγων τούτων ἤγαγεν ἔξω τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ βήματος εἰς τόπον λεγόμενον λιθόστρωτον (Ἑβραϊστὶ δὲ Γαββαθα).	ο ουν πιλατος ακουσας τουτον τον λογον ηγαγεν εξω τον ιησουν και εκαθισεν επι του βηματος εις τοπον λεγομενον λιθοστρωτον εβραιστι δε γαββαθα	ο ουν πιλατος ακουσας τουτον τον λογον ηγαγεν εξω τον ιησουν και εκαθισεν επι του βηματος εις τοπον λεγομενον λιθοστρωτον εβραιστι δε γαββαθα

(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, “Look, here is your king!”

And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
(ἦν δὲ παρασκευὴ τοῦ πάσχα, ὥρα ἦν ὡς ἕκτη.) καὶ λέγει τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις· ἴδε ὁ βασιλεὺς ὑμῶν	ην δε παρασκευη του πασχα ωρα δε ωσει εκτη και λεγει τοις ιουδαιοις ιδε ο βασιλευς υμων	ην δε παρασκευη του πασχα ωρα δε ωσει εκτη και λεγει τοις ιουδαιοις ιδε ο βασιλευς υμων

Then they shouted out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied, “We have no king except Caesar!”

But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἐκραύγασαν οὖν ἐκεῖνοι· ἆρον ἆρον, σταύρωσον αὐτόν. λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Πιλᾶτος· τὸν βασιλέα ὑμῶν σταυρώσω; ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς· οὐκ ἔχομεν βασιλέα εἰ μὴ Καίσαρα	οι δε εκραυγασαν αρον αρον σταυρωσον αυτον λεγει αυτοις ο πιλατος τον βασιλεα υμων σταυρωσω απεκριθησαν οι αρχιερεις ουκ εχομεν βασιλεα ει μη καισαρα	οι δε εκραυγασαν αρον αρον σταυρωσον αυτον λεγει αυτοις ο πιλατος τον βασιλεα υμων σταυρωσω απεκριθησαν οι αρχιερεις ουκ εχομεν βασιλεα ει μη καισαρα

Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,

Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Τότε οὖν παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν αὐτοῖς ἵνα σταυρωθῇ. Παρέλαβον οὖν τὸν Ἰησοῦν,	τοτε ουν παρεδωκεν αυτον αυτοις ινα σταυρωθη παρελαβον δε τον ιησουν και απηγαγον	τοτε ουν παρεδωκεν αυτον αυτοις ινα σταυρωθη παρελαβον δε τον ιησουν και ηγαγον

Mark 15:14 (NET)	Mark 15:14 (KJV)
Pilate asked them, “Why? What has he done wrong?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”	Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ὁ δὲ Πιλᾶτος ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· τί γὰρ ἐποίησεν κακόν; οἱ δὲ περισσῶς ἔκραξαν· σταύρωσον αὐτόν	ο δε πιλατος ελεγεν αυτοις τι γαρ κακον εποιησεν οι δε περισσοτερως εκραξαν σταυρωσον αυτον	ο δε πιλατος ελεγεν αυτοις τι γαρ κακον εποιησεν οι δε περισσοτερως εκραξαν σταυρωσον αυτον

Luke 23:23-25 (NET)	Luke 23:23-25 (KJV)
But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.	And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
οἱ δὲ ἐπέκειντο φωναῖς μεγάλαις αἰτούμενοι αὐτὸν σταυρωθῆναι, καὶ κατίσχυον αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν	οι δε επεκειντο φωναις μεγαλαις αιτουμενοι αυτον σταυρωθηναι και κατισχυον αι φωναι αυτων και των αρχιερεων	οι δε επεκειντο φωναις μεγαλαις αιτουμενοι αυτον σταυρωθηναι και κατισχυον αι φωναι αυτων και των αρχιερεων

So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.

And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Καὶ Πιλᾶτος ἐπέκρινεν γενέσθαι τὸ αἴτημα αὐτῶν	ο δε πιλατος επεκρινεν γενεσθαι το αιτημα αυτων	ο δε πιλατος επεκρινεν γενεσθαι το αιτημα αυτων

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἀπέλυσεν δὲ τὸν διὰ στάσιν καὶ φόνον βεβλημένον εἰς φυλακὴν ὃν ᾐτοῦντο, τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῦν παρέδωκεν τῷ θελήματι αὐτῶν	απελυσεν δε αυτοις τον δια στασιν και φονον βεβλημενον εις την φυλακην ον ητουντο τον δε ιησουν παρεδωκεν τω θεληματι αυτων	απελυσεν δε τον δια στασιν και φονον βεβλημενον εις την φυλακην ον ητουντο τον δε ιησουν παρεδωκεν τω θεληματι αυτων

Back to Westworld, Part 3

Peter’s Second Gospel Proclamation, Part 1

^[1] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had επι το αυτο (KJV: together) preceding Peter. The Net parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[2] Acts 3:1 (NET)

^[3] The Net parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had αὐτόν here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[4] The Net parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had σφυδρά here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had σφυρα (KJV: ankle bones).

^[5] 1 Corinthians 4:20 (NET)

^[6] The Net parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had μὲν (not translated in the NET) here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus did not.

^[7] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αυτον (KJV: him) here. The Net parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[8] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἀφίενται σου here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus had αφεωνται σοι (KJV: be forgiven thee) and the Byzantine Majority Text had αφεωνται σου.

^[9] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἔγειρε here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had εγειραι (KJV: Arise).

^[10] Mark 2:9 (NET)

^[11] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had οὐθὲν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ουδεν (KJV: no).

^[12] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἀνέπεμψεν γὰρ αὐτὸν πρὸς ἡμᾶς here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ανεπεμψα γαρ υμας προς αυτον (KJV: for I sent you to him).

^[13] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αναγκην δε ειχεν απολυειν αυτοις κατα εορτην ενα (KJV: For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[14] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had Ἰησοῦν here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[15] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ὃν παρῃτοῦντο here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ονπερ ητουντο (KJV: whomsoever they desired).

^[16] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had στασιαστῶν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had συστασιαστων (KJV: them that had made insurrection with him).

^[17] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἀναβὰς here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αναβοησας (KJV: crying aloud).

^[18] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αει (KJV: he had ever) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[19] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had Ἰησοῦν here and the article τὸν preceding Barabbas. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[20] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had εἶπαν here and the article τὸν preceding Barabbas, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ειπον and no article preceding Barabbas.

^[21] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had Ἀνέκραγον here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ανεκραξαν (KJV: they cried out).

^[22] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Stephanus Textus Receptus had the article τὸν preceding Barabbas. The Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[23] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had βληθεὶς ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had βεβλημενος εις φυλακην (KJV: was cast into prison).

^[24] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had καὶ ἤρχοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[25] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had καὶ (not translated in the NET), where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ουν (KJV: therefore).

^[26] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἔλεγεν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ειπεν (KJV: and said).

^[27] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had δὲ (not translated in the NET), where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ουν (KJV: therefore).

^[28] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had αὐτοῖς here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[29] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἰδοὺ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ιδε (KJV: Behold).

^[30] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had the article τὸν preceding king. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[31] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αυτω (KJV: unto him) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[32] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had σταύρου here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had σταυρωσον.

^[33] The Byzantine Majority Text had αυτον here. The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Stephanus Textus Receptus did not.

^[34] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ημων here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[35] The Stephanus Textus Receptus had the article ο preceding Jesus. The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[36] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had αὐτῷ (not translated in the NET) here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[37] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had παραδούς here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had παραδιδους (KJV: he that delivered).

^[38] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐκραύγασαν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had εκραζον (KJV: cried out).

^[39] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had ἑαυτὸν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus had αυτον (KJV: himself).

^[40] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had τῶν λόγων τούτων here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had τουτον τον λογον (KJV: that saying).

^[41] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had the article του preceding judgment seat. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[42] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἦν ὡς here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had δε ωσει (KJV: and about).

^[43] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had οὖν ἐκεῖνοι here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had οι δε (KJV: But they).

^[44] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ηγεμων (KJV: governor) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[45] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had περισσῶς here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had περισσοτερως (KJV: the more exceedingly).

^[46] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had και των αρχιερεων (KJV: and of the chief priests) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[47] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had του δικαιου (KJV: just person) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[48] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had και here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ο δε (KJV: And).

^[49] The Stephanus Textus Receptus had αυτοις (KJV: unto them) here. The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[50] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had the article την preceding prison. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[51] 1 Timothy 1:13b (NET) Table

^[52] Romans 11:32 (NET)

Peter’s First Gospel Proclamation Revisited, Part 3

Posted on July 17, 2020 by admin

You study^[1] the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, Jesus said, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me.^[2] For David says about him, Peter continued his first Gospel proclamation on Pentecost (Acts 2:25-28 NET):

‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope, because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay [Table]. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’

Peter quoted Psalm 16:8-11a from the Septuagint.

Acts 2:25b (NET Parallel Greek)	Psalm 16:8 (Septuagint BLB)	Psalm 15:8 (Septuagint Elpenor)
προορώμην τὸν κύριον ἐνώπιον μου διὰ παντός, ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μού ἐστιν ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ	προωρώμην τὸν κύριον ἐνώπιόν μου διὰ παντός ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μού ἐστιν ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ	προωρώμην τὸν Κύριον ἐνώπιόν μου διαπαντός, ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μού ἐστιν, ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ
Acts 2:25b (NET)	Psalm 15:8 (NETS)	Psalm 15:8 (English Elpenor)
I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.	I kept seeing the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, that I might not be shaken.	I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

Where the NET parallel Greek text had προορώμην (a form of προορίζω) the Septuagint had προωρώμην (a form of προοράω). The Stephanus Textus Receptus is identical to the Septuagint here.

Acts 2:25b (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Psalm 16:8 (Septuagint BLB)	Psalm 15:8 (Septuagint Elpenor)
προωρωμην τον κυριον ενωπιον μου δια παντος οτι εκ δεξιων μου εστιν ινα μη σαλευθω	προωρώμην τὸν κύριον ἐνώπιόν μου διὰ παντός ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μού ἐστιν ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ	προωρώμην τὸν Κύριον ἐνώπιόν μου διαπαντός, ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μού ἐστιν, ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ
Acts 2:25b (KJV)	Psalm 15:8 (NETS)	Psalm 15:8 (English Elpenor)
I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:	I kept seeing the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, that I might not be shaken.	I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

The Masoretic text was somewhat different.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Psalm 16:8 (Tanakh)	Psalm 16:8 (NET)	Psalm 15:8 (NETS)	Psalm 15:8 (English Elpenor)
I have set (שִׁוִּ֬יתִי) the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.	I constantly trust (shâvâh, שויתי) in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.	I kept seeing (προωρώμην) the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, that I might not be shaken.	I foresaw (προωρώμην) the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

Given that שִׁוִּ֬יתִ (shâvâh) was translated by a different Greek word (Table below) every time it occurred in the Psalms, I can’t say whether the Septuagint or the Masoretic text was closer to the original Hebrew.

Form of שָׁוָה (shâvâh)	Reference	Tanakh	Septuagint BLB	NETS	Septuagint Elpenor	English Elpenor
שִׁוִּ֬יתִי שויתי	Psalm 16:8	I have set	προωρώμην	I kept seeing	προωρώμην	I foresaw
מְשַׁוֶּ֣ה משוה	Psalm 18:33 (34)	He maketh	καταρτιζόμενος	refitting	καταρτιζόμενος	who strengthens
תְּשַׁוֶּ֥ה תשוה	Psalm 21:5 (6)	laid	ἐπιθήσεις	you will bestow	ἐπιθήσεις	thou wilt crown
שִׁוִּ֣יתִי שויתי	Psalm 89:19 (20)	I have laid	ἐθέμην	I added	ἐθέμην	I have laid
שִׁוִּֽיתִי שויתי	Psalm 119:30	have I laid	ἐπελαθόμην	I did…forget	ἐπελαθόμην	have…forgotten
שִׁוִּ֨יתִי שויתי	Psalm 131:2	I have behaved	ἐταπεινοφρόνουν	I was…humble-minded	ἐταπεινοφρόνουν	I have…been humble

The Holy Spirit was satisfied with προωρώμην (or was it προορώμην?) on Pentecost. The Greek of Peter’s quotation is identical to the Septuagint in the next verse.

Acts 2:26 (NET Parallel Greek)	Psalm 16:9 (Septuagint BLB)	Psalm 15:9 (Septuagint Elpenor)
διὰ τοῦτο ἠυφράνθη ἡ καρδία \|μου\| καὶ ἠγαλλιάσατο ἡ γλῶσσα μου, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου κατασκηνώσει ἐπ᾿ ἐλπίδι	διὰ τοῦτο ηὐφράνθη ἡ καρδία μου καὶ ἠγαλλιάσατο ἡ γλῶσσά μου ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου κατασκηνώσει ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι	διὰ τοῦτο ηὐφράνθη ἡ καρδία μου, καὶ ἠγαλλιάσατο ἡ γλῶσσά μου, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου κατασκηνώσει ἐπ᾿ ἐλπίδι
Acts 2:26 (NET)	Psalm 15:9 (NETS)	Psalm 15:9 (English Elpenor)
Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope,	Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover, my flesh will encamp in hope,	Therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

Here is a comparison how the Masoretic text and Septuagint have been translated into English.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Psalm 16:9 (Tanakh)	Psalm 16:9 (NET)	Psalm 15:9 (NETS)	Psalm 15:9 (English Elpenor)
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.	So my heart rejoices and I am happy; my life is safe.	Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover, my flesh will encamp in hope,	Therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

The next verse is also identical with the Septuagint.

Acts 2:27 (NET Parallel Greek)	Psalm 16:10 (Septuagint BLB)	Psalm 15:10 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ᾅδην οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιον σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν	ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ᾅδην οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῗν διαφθοράν	ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ᾅδην, οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν
Acts 2:27 (NET)	Psalm 15:10 (NETS)	Psalm 15:10 (English Elpenor)
because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.	because you will not abandon my soul to Hades or give your devout to see corruption.	because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

I’ve considered the Hebrew word translated corruption (Tanakh) or Pit (NET) below elsewhere.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Psalm 16:10 (Tanakh)	Psalm 16:10 (NET)	Psalm 15:10 (NETS)	Psalm 15:10 (English Elpenor)
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.	You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.	because you will not abandon my soul to Hades or give your devout to see corruption.	because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

The final verse is identical with the Septuagint as well.

Acts 2:28 (NET Parallel Greek)	Psalm 16:11a (Septuagint BLB)	Psalm 15:11a (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐγνώρισας μοι ὁδοὺς ζωῆς, πληρώσεις με εὐφροσύνης μετὰ τοῦ προσώπου σου	ἐγνώρισάς μοι ὁδοὺς ζωῆς πληρώσεις με εὐφροσύνης μετὰ τοῦ προσώπου σου	ἐγνώρισάς μοι ὁδοὺς ζωῆς· πληρώσεις με εὐφροσύνης μετὰ τοῦ προσώπου σου
Acts 2:28 (NET)	Psalm 15:11a (NETS)	Psalm 15:11a (English Elpenor)
You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’	You made known to me the ways of life. You will fill me with gladness along with your face;	Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance:

The Masoretic text and Septuagint are similar.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Psalm 16: 11a (Tanakh)	Psalm 16: 11a (NET)	Psalm 15: 11a (NETS)	Psalm 15: 11a (English Elpenor)
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy;	You lead me in the path of life. I experience absolute joy in your presence;	You made known to me the ways of life. You will fill me with gladness along with your face;	Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance:

Brothers, Peter continued, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day (Acts 2:29-33 NET).

So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne, David by foreseeing (προιδὼν, a form of προείδω) this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay [Table]. This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it. So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear [Table].

A note (60) in the NET described Acts 2:30b as an allusion to Psalm 132:11 and 2 Samuel 7:12, 13. Peter didn’t quote the Septuagint.

Acts 2:30b (NET Parallel Greek)	Psalm 132:11 (Septuagint BLB)	Psalm 131:11 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ καθίσαι ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ	ὤμοσεν κύριος τῷ Δαυιδ ἀλήθειαν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθετήσει αὐτήν ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς κοιλίας σου θήσομαι ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον σου	ὤμοσε Κύριος τῷ Δαυΐδ ἀλήθειαν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθετήσει αὐτήν· ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς κοιλίας σου θήσομαι ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου σου
Acts 2:30b (NET)	Psalm 131:11 (NETS)	Psalm 131:11 (English Elpenor)
God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne	The Lord swore to Dauid the truth, and he will never annul it: “Of your belly’s fruit I will set on your throne.	The Lord sware [in] truth to David, and he will not annul it, [saying], Of the fruit of thy body will I set [a king] upon thy throne.

Acts 2:30b (NET Parallel Greek)	2 Samuel 7:12b (Septuagint BLB)	2 Kings 7:12b (Septuagint Elpenor)
ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ καθίσαι ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ	καὶ ἀναστήσω τὸ σπέρμα σου μετὰ σέ ὃς ἔσται ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας σου καὶ ἑτοιμάσω τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ	καὶ ἀναστήσω τὸ σπέρμα σου μετὰ σέ, ὃς ἔσται ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας σου, καὶ ἑτοιμάσω τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ
Acts 2:30b (NET)	2 Reigns 7:12b (NETS)	2 Kings 7:12b (English Elpenor)
God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne	that I will raise up your offspring after you who shall be from your belly, and I will prepare his kingdom	that I will raise up thy seed after thee, even thine own issue, and I will establish his kingdom

For David did not ascend into heaven, Peter continued (Acts 2:34-36 NET),

but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand [Table] until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’ Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.”

This was a direct quote from Psalm 110:1 (109:1) [Table] in the Septuagint.

Acts 2:34b, 35 (NET Parallel Greek)	Psalm 110:1 (Septuagint BLB)	Psalm 109:1 (Septuagint Elpenor)
κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου	κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου	κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου
ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου.
Acts 2:34b, 35 (NET)	Psalm 109:1 (NETS)	Psalm 109:1 (English Elpenor)
“Sit at my right hand	“Sit on my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”	Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’

I connect this with Jesus’ saying: And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.^[3] And I connect this with his teaching about the Holy Spirit: And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment.^[4] This describes the ongoing activity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I am a beneficiary of this ongoing activity. So who will have an exaggerated influence on my socially constructed reality now that I am sequestered at home again?

Will it be those who fear that their schemes are coming to nothing? Or will I rest in the Lord Jesus’ confidence in the scriptures that terrified his disciples before each was strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person?^[5] (Matthew 26:51-56 NET).

But one of those with Jesus grabbed his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his ear. Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.^[6] Or do you think that I cannot call^[7] on my Father, and that he would send me more^[8] than twelve legions of angels right now?^[9] How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?” At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out^[10] with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat^[11] teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Tables comparing Psalm 16:8; 16:9; 16:10; 16:11; 132:11 and 2 Samuel 7:12 in the Tanakh, KJV and NET; and tables comparing Psalm 16:8 (15:8); 16:9 (15:9); 16:10 (15:10); 16:11 (15:11); 132:11 (131:11) and 2 Samuel (Reigns, Kings) 7:12 in the BLB and Elpenor versions of the Septuagint with the English translations from Hebrew and Greek follow. Tables comparing John 5:39; Matthew 26:52, 53 and 26:55 in the NET and KJV follow those.

Psalm 16:8 (Tanakh)	Psalm 16:8 (KJV)	Psalm 16:8 (NET)
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.	I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.	I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Psalm 16:8 (Septuagint BLB)	Psalm 15:8 (Septuagint Elpenor)
προωρώμην τὸν κύριον ἐνώπιόν μου διὰ παντός ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μού ἐστιν ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ	προωρώμην τὸν Κύριον ἐνώπιόν μου διαπαντός, ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μού ἐστιν, ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ
Psalm 15:8 (NETS)	Psalm 15:8 (English Elpenor)
I kept seeing the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, that I might not be shaken.	I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

Psalm 16:9 (Tanakh)	Psalm 16:9 (KJV)	Psalm 16:9 (NET)
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.	Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.	So my heart rejoices and I am happy; my life is safe.

Psalm 16:9 (Septuagint BLB)	Psalm 15:9 (Septuagint Elpenor)
διὰ τοῦτο ηὐφράνθη ἡ καρδία μου καὶ ἠγαλλιάσατο ἡ γλῶσσά μου ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου κατασκηνώσει ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι	διὰ τοῦτο ηὐφράνθη ἡ καρδία μου, καὶ ἠγαλλιάσατο ἡ γλῶσσά μου, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου κατασκηνώσει ἐπ᾿ ἐλπίδι
Psalm 15:9 (NETS)	Psalm 15:9 (English Elpenor)
Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover, my flesh will encamp in hope,	Therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

Psalm 16:10 (Tanakh)	Psalm 16:10 (KJV)	Psalm 16:10 (NET)
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.	For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.	You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.

Psalm 16:10 (Septuagint BLB)	Psalm 15:10 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ᾅδην οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῗν διαφθοράν	ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ᾅδην, οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν
Psalm 15:10 (NETS)	Psalm 15:10 (English Elpenor)
because you will not abandon my soul to Hades or give your devout to see corruption.	because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Psalm 16:11 (Tanakh)	Psalm 16:11 (KJV)	Psalm 16:11 (NET)
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.	Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.	You lead me in the path of life. I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

Psalm 16:11 (Septuagint BLB)	Psalm 15:11 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐγνώρισάς μοι ὁδοὺς ζωῆς πληρώσεις με εὐφροσύνης μετὰ τοῦ προσώπου σου τερπνότητες ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ σου εἰς τέλος	ἐγνώρισάς μοι ὁδοὺς ζωῆς· πληρώσεις με εὐφροσύνης μετὰ τοῦ προσώπου σου, τερπνότητες ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ σου εἰς τέλος
Psalm 15:11 (NETS)	Psalm 15:11 (English Elpenor)
You made known to me the ways of life. You will fill me with gladness along with your face; in your right hand are delights completely.	Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand [there are] delights for ever.

Psalm 132:11 (Tanakh)	Psalm 132:11 (KJV)	Psalm 132:11 (NET)
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.	The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.	The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

Psalm 132:11 (Septuagint BLB)	Psalm 131:11 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ὤμοσεν κύριος τῷ Δαυιδ ἀλήθειαν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθετήσει αὐτήν ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς κοιλίας σου θήσομαι ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον σου	ὤμοσε Κύριος τῷ Δαυΐδ ἀλήθειαν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθετήσει αὐτήν· ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς κοιλίας σου θήσομαι ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου σου
Psalm 131:11 (NETS)	Psalm 131:11 (English Elpenor)
The Lord swore to Dauid the truth, and he will never annul it: “Of your belly’s fruit I will set on your throne.	The Lord sware [in] truth to David, and he will not annul it, [saying], Of the fruit of thy body will I set [a king] upon thy throne.

2 Samuel 7:12 (Tanakh)	2 Samuel 7:12 (KJV)	2 Samuel 7:12 (NET)
When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy body, and I will establish his kingdom.	And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.	When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 7:12 (Septuagint BLB)	2 Kings 7:12 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν πληρωθῶσιν αἱ ἡμέραι σου καὶ κοιμηθήσῃ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων σου καὶ ἀναστήσω τὸ σπέρμα σου μετὰ σέ ὃς ἔσται ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας σου καὶ ἑτοιμάσω τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ	καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν πληρωθῶσιν αἱ ἡμέραι σου καὶ κοιμηθήσῃ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων σου, καὶ ἀναστήσω τὸ σπέρμα σου μετὰ σέ, ὃς ἔσται ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας σου, καὶ ἑτοιμάσω τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ
2 Reigns 7:12 (NETS)	2 Kings 7:12 (English Elpenor)
And it will be if your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, that I will raise up your offspring after you who shall be from your belly, and I will prepare his kingdom;	And it shall come to pass when thy days shall have been fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, even thine own issue, and I will establish his kingdom.

John 5:39 (NET)	John 5:39 (KJV)
You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,	Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἐραυνᾶτε τὰς γραφάς, ὅτι ὑμεῖς δοκεῖτε ἐν αὐταῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔχειν· καὶ ἐκεῖναι εἰσιν αἱ μαρτυροῦσαι περὶ ἐμοῦ	ερευνατε τας γραφας οτι υμεις δοκειτε εν αυταις ζωην αιωνιον εχειν και εκειναι εισιν αι μαρτυρουσαι περι εμου	ερευνατε τας γραφας οτι υμεις δοκειτε εν αυταις ζωην αιωνιον εχειν και εκειναι εισιν αι μαρτυρουσαι περι εμου

Matthew 26:52, 53 (NET)	Matthew 26:52, 53 (KJV)
Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.	Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
τότε λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἀπόστρεψον τὴν μάχαιραν σου εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς· πάντες γὰρ οἱ λαβόντες μάχαιραν ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀπολοῦνται	τοτε λεγει αυτω ο ιησους αποστρεψον σου την μαχαιραν εις τον τοπον αυτης παντες γαρ οι λαβοντες μαχαιραν εν μαχαιρα απολουνται	τοτε λεγει αυτω ο ιησους αποστρεψον σου την μαχαιραν εις τον τοπον αυτης παντες γαρ οι λαβοντες μαχαιραν εν μαχαιρα αποθανουνται

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?

Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἢ δοκεῖς ὅτι οὐ δύναμαι παρακαλέσαι τὸν πατέρα μου, καὶ παραστήσει μοι ἄρτι πλείω δώδεκα λεγιῶνας ἀγγέλων	η δοκεις οτι ου δυναμαι αρτι παρακαλεσαι τον πατερα μου και παραστησει μοι πλειους η δωδεκα λεγεωνας αγγελων	η δοκεις οτι ου δυναμαι αρτι παρακαλεσαι τον πατερα μου και παραστησει μοι πλειους η δωδεκα λεγεωνας αγγελων

Matthew 26:55 (NET)	Matthew 26:55 (KJV)
At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.	In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς ὄχλοις· ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν ἐξήλθατε μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων συλλαβεῖν με; καθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἐκαθεζόμην διδάσκων καὶ οὐκ ἐκρατήσατε με	εν εκεινη τη ωρα ειπεν ο ιησους τοις οχλοις ως επι ληστην εξηλθετε μετα μαχαιρων και ξυλων συλλαβειν με καθ ημεραν προς υμας εκαθεζομην διδασκων εν τω ιερω και ουκ εκρατησατε με	εν εκεινη τη ωρα ειπεν ο ιησους τοις οχλοις ως επι ληστην εξηλθετε μετα μαχαιρων και ξυλων συλλαβειν με καθ ημεραν προς υμας εκαθεζομην διδασκων εν τω ιερω και ουκ εκρατησατε με

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^[1] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐραυνᾶτε here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ερευνατε (KJV: Search).

^[2] John 5:39 (NET)

^[3] John 12:32 (NET)

^[4] John 16:8 (NET)

^[5] Ephesians 3:16b (NET) Table

^[6] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had μαχαίρῃ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had μαχαιρα.

^[7] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ἄρτι (KJV: now) preceding call. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[8] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had πλείω here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had πλειους.

^[9] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἄρτι here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[10] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐξήλθατε here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had εξηλθετε.

^[11] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had προς υμας (KJV: with you) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

Peter’s First Gospel Proclamation Revisited, Part 2

Posted on January 4, 2020 by admin

On Pentecost Peter continued his quotation from the prophet Joel (Acts 2:20 NET Table):

The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

He may have had Jesus’ crucifixion in mind for ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος (The sun will be changed to darkness). Now from noon until three,^[1] darkness (σκότος) came over all the land.^[2] Mark also recorded: Now^[3] when it was noon, darkness (σκότος) came over the whole land until three^[4] in the afternoon.^[5] Luke mentioned the sun as well as the darkness (Luke 23:44, 45a NET):

It^[6] was now^[7] about noon, and darkness (σκότος) came over the whole land until three^[8] in the afternoon, because^[9] the sun’s light^[10] failed.^[11]

The English translations in the KJV are quite similar: The sun shall be turned into darkness; And the sun was darkened. But the Greek seems different (Table25 below).

ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος	τοῦ ἡλίου \|ἐκλιπόντος\|	και εσκοτισθη ο ηλιος
The sun will be changed to darkness	because the sun’s light failed	And the sun was darkened

None of them mentioned the moon at all. The difference in the description of that day in the Septuagint caught my attention.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Joel 3:4 (Tanakh)	Joel 2:31 (NET)	Joel 2:31 (NETS)	Joel 3:4 (English Elpenor)
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible (וְהַנּוֹרָֽא) day of HaShem come.	The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the Lord comes—that great and terrible (yârêʼ, והנורא) day!	The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and notable (ἐπιφανῆ) day of the Lord comes.	The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious (ἐπιφανῆ) day of the Lord come.

The Hebrew word וְהַנּוֹרָֽא is a form of the word I’ve been tracking through the essays categorized under The Fear of the Lord. Morfix came up with: נוֹרָא “terrible, terrifying, horrible, awful; (colloquial) very bad, insufferable; awe-inspiring, awesome (God).” But the rabbis chose ἐπιφανῆ, a form of ἐπιφανής: “notable, distinguished, famous, splendid, glorious, remarkable; evident, visually manifest, conspicuous; renowned.” The only other occurrence^[12] of ἐπιφανῆ was near the end of Malachi. I’ll consider the passage verse by verse.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Malachi 3:16 (Tanakh)	Malachi 3:16 (NET)	Malachi 3:16 (NETS)	Malachi 3:16 (English Elpenor)
Then they that feared (יִרְאֵ֥י) the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared (לְיִרְאֵ֣י) the LORD, and that thought upon his name.	Then those who respected (yârêʼ, יראי) the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected (yârêʼ, ליראי) the Lord and honored his name.	Those who fear (φοβούμενοι) the Lord spoke against these things, each to his neighbor. And the Lord took note and listened and wrote a book of remembrance before him for those who fear (φοβουμένοις) the Lord and reverence his name.	Thus spoke they that feared (φοβούμενοι) the Lord, every one to his neighbour: and the Lord gave heed, and hearkened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared (φοβουμένοις) the Lord and reverenced his name.

Here are the definitions of both forms translated feared from Morfix.

Malachi 3:16
Hebrew	Tanakh	Homographs	English Definitions
יִרְאֵ֥י	feared	יָרֵא	(literary) God-fearing person
יִרְאֵ֥י	feared	יָרֵא	to fear; to stand in awe of, to respect
לְיִרְאֵ֣י	feared	יָרֵא	(literary) God-fearing person

The rabbis chose φοβούμενοι for יִרְאֵ֥י and φοβουμένοις for לְיִרְאֵ֣י. Both are forms of φοβέω: “to be afraid, fear, become frightened; to fear (something, someone); to respect, have reverence (for God); to respect (a man, authority).”

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Malachi 3:17, 18 (Tanakh)	Malachi 3:17, 18 (NET)	Malachi 3:17, 18 (NETS)	Malachi 3:17, 18 (English Elpenor)
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.	“They will belong to me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.	And they shall be mine, says the Lord Almighty, in the day when I make them my acquisition, and I will choose them as a person chooses his son who is subject to him.	And they shall be mine, saith the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.	Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.	And you shall turn and discern between the just and between the lawless and between the one who is subject to God and the one who is not subject.	Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, and between him that serves God, and him that serves [him] not.

I understand this discerning between the righteous—the new man (e.g., new human, καινὸν ἄνθρωπον) who has been created in God’s image—and the wicked—the old man (e.g., old human, παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον) who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires—differently than some perhaps (Ephesians 4:22-24 NET):

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted (φθειρόμενον, a form of φθείρω) in accordance with deceitful desires, to be renewed in the spirit of your (plural, ὑμῶν) mind (singular, νοὸς), and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image—in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.

A day is coming when this new human will be more “evident,” more “visually manifest,” more “conspicuous” than a renewing in the spirit of the old humans’ mind.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Malachi 4:1 (Tanakh)	Malachi 4:1 (NET)	Malachi 4:1 (NETS)	Malachi 4:1 (English Elpenor)
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.	“For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “It will not leave them even a root or branch.	For behold, a day is coming, burning like an oven, and it will set them ablaze, and all the aliens and all those who do lawless things will be stubble, and the day that comes shall kindle them, says the Lord Almighty, and there shall be left of them neither root nor branch.	For, behold, a day comes burning as an oven, and it shall consume them; and all the aliens, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that is coming shall set them on fire, saith the Lord Almighty, and there shall not be left of them root or branch.

I understand the day that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up as something other than a promise of Zionism über alles. John the Baptist introduced Jesus, saying (Matthew 3:11, 12 NET):

I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am—I am not worthy to carry his sandals! He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire [Table]. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire!

Peter wrote, by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water. Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water. But by the same^[13] word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.^[14]

I understand the ἀπωλείας τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων (NET: destruction of the ungodly) as the destruction of the old human (παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον), equivalent to the day…that shall burn as an oven when the new human is freed from the prickly tendrils entangling it with the old.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Malachi 4:2 (Tanakh)	Malachi 4:2 (NET)	Malachi 4:2 (NETS)	Malachi 4:2 (English Elpenor)
But unto you that fear (יִרְאֵ֚י) my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.	But for you who respect (yârêʼ, יראי) my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.	And for you who fear (φοβουμένοις) my name a sun of justice shall rise, and healing is in its wings. And you shall go out and leap (σκιρτήσετε) like calves let loose from tethers.	But to you that fear (φοβουμένοις) my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise, and healing [shall be] in his wings: and ye shall go forth, and bound (σκιρτήσετε) as young calves let loose from bonds.

Here again the rabbis chose φοβουμένοις for יִרְאֵ֚י. I want to consider and grow up as calves of the stall in more detail using Morfix.

Malachi 4:2 (3:20)
Hebrew	Tanakh	Homographs	English Definitions
וִֽיצָאתֶ֥ם	and ye shall go forth	יָצָא	to go outside, to exit; to leave (esp. country, state); to leave for; to emanate from, to emerge from; to depart; to break out, to come forth; to appear (sun, moon); to terminate (Sabbath, Festival); (literary) to pass (time); to escape from, to overcome; to originate from, to be derived from; to be based on; it follows, the result is, the upshot is; to be published; to announce, to come out in public; to so happen, to turn out that
וִֽיצָאתֶ֥ם	and ye shall go forth	יִצֵּא	to export
וּפִשְׁתֶּ֖ם ופשתם	and grow up	N/A	N/A
כְּעֶגְלֵ֥י	as calves	עֵגֶל	calf (male)
כְּעֶגְלֵ֥י	as calves	עָגֹל	round, circular, spherical
מַרְבֵּֽק	of the stall	מַרְבֵּק	(flowery) fattened calf

Morfix didn’t recognize וּפִשְׁתֶּ֖ם, translated and grow up in the Tanakh, but the rabbis chose σκιρτήσετε, a form of σκιρτάω: “to jump, leap (for joy); to kick (i.e., fetus quickening)”, translated leap or bound in the Septuagint.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,^[15] Peter continued in his letter (2 Peter 3:10-13 NET):

when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away^[16] in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare (KJV: shall be burned up).^[17] Since all these things are to melt away in this manner,^[18] what sort of people must you^[19] be, conducting your lives in holiness and godliness, while waiting for and hastening (2 Peter 3:8, 9) the coming of the day of God? Because of this day, the heavens will be burned up and dissolve, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze! But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.

Depending on their proximity to others the new humans may well tread down the wicked others. But in [that] day as the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings, as they go forth, and bound as young calves let loose from bonds the first steps the new humans take will be out from and upon their own ashes under the soles of [their] feet.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Malachi 4:3 (Tanakh)	Malachi 4:3 (NET)	Malachi 4:3 (NETS)	Malachi 4:3 (English Elpenor)
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.	You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I am preparing,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.	And you shall tread down the lawless, for they will be ashes under your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord Almighty.	And ye shall trample the wicked; for they shall be ashes underneath your feet in the day which I appoint, saith the Lord Almighty.

I’ll quote the rest of Malachi in the order it appears in the Septuagint.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Malachi 4:5 (Tanakh)	Malachi 4:5 (NET)	Malachi 4:4 (NETS)	Malachi 4:4 (English Elpenor)
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful (וְהַנּוֹרָֽא) day of the LORD:	Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible (yârêʼ, והנורא) day of the Lord arrives.	And behold I am sending to you Elias the Thesbite before the great and notable (ἐπιφανῆ) day of the Lord comes,	And, behold, I will send to you Elias the Thesbite, before the great and glorious (ἐπιφανῆ) day of the Lord comes;

Here the rabbis chose ἐπιφανῆ for וְהַנּוֹרָֽא.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Malachi 4:6, 4 (Tanakh)	Malachi 4:6, 4 (NET)	Malachi 4:5, 6 (NETS)	Malachi 4:5, 6 (English Elpenor)
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.	He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment.”	who will restore the heart of the father to the son and the heart of a person to his neighbor so that I will not come and utterly strike the land.	who shall turn again the heart of the father to the son, and the heart of a man to his neighbour, lest I come and smite the earth grievously.
Remember (זִכְר֕וּ) ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.	“Remember (זכרו) the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey.	Remember (μνήσθητε) the law of Moyses my slave, as I commanded him at Choreb with ordinances and statutes for all Israel.	Remember (μνήσθητε) the law of my servant Moses, accordingly as I charged him [with it] in Choreb for all Israel, [even] the commandments and ordinances.

Here the rabbis chose μνήσθητε, a form of μιμνήσκω, “to be mentioned, be called to remembrance,” for זִכְר֕וּ. A table of this clause run through Morfix follows.

Malachi 4:4 (3:22)
Hebrew	Tanakh	Homographs	English Definitions
זִכְר֕וּ	Remember ye	זָכָר	male; man; (grammar) masculine gender
		זָכַר	to remember; to recall (memory); to keep in mind; to remember as; to take into account
		זֵכֶר	memory (of someone or something); remnant, trace, vestige; in memory of
תּוֹרַ֖ת תורת	the law	תּוֹרָה	Torah, Pentateuch, Five Books of Moses; (Judaism) the Mosaic laws; Jewish biblical and rabbinic literature; theory, dogma; doctrine

In a footnote (8) the translators of the NET tacitly acknowledged that they added to obey to the text . I don’t have any particular issue with the attempt to obey the law. It may well help one remember, but remember is the command. Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb, remember the fear, remember your failure to obey, remember the ministry that produced death as it is recorded in the Scriptures, not as the religious mind imagines that it should be, so you can hear Jesus say, Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must all be born from above.’^[20]

And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved,^[21] Peter concluded his quotation from the prophet Joel. Then he went on to describe how Jesus brought the ministry that produced death (Romans 7:7-22) to a fitting conclusion (Hebrews 8-10) for righteousness’ sake^[22] (Acts 2:22-24 NET).

Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know—this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles [Table]. But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

I’ll pick this up in another essay. Tables comparing Joel 2:31 (3:4); Malachi 3:16; 3:17; 3:18; 4:1; 4:2; 4:3; 4:5; 4:6; 4:4 and Joel 2:32 (3:5) in the Tanakh, KJV and NET; and tables comparing Joel 2:31 (3:4); Malachi 3:16; 3:17; 3:18; 4:1; 4:2; 4:3; 4:5 (4:4); 4:6 (4:5); 4:4 (4:6) and Joel 2:32 (3:5) in the BLB and Elpenor versions of the Septuagint follow. Tables comparing Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44, 45; 2 Peter 3:7 and 3:10, 11 in the NET and KJV follow those.

Joel 3:4 (Tanakh)	Joel 2:31 (KJV)	Joel 2:31 (NET)
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of HaShem come.	The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.	The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the Lord comes—that great and terrible day!

Joel 2:31 (Septuagint BLB)	Joel 3:4 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρὶν ἐλθεῗν ἡμέραν κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ	ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρὶν ἐλθεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ
Joel 2:31 (NETS)	Joel 3:4 (English Elpenor)
The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord comes.	The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord come.

Malachi 3:16 (Tanakh)	Malachi 3:16 (KJV)	Malachi 3:16 (NET)
Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.	Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.	Then those who respected the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.

Malachi 3:16 (Septuagint BLB)	Malachi 3:16 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ταῦτα κατελάλησαν οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν κύριον ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ καὶ προσέσχεν κύριος καὶ εἰσήκουσεν καὶ ἔγραψεν βιβλίον μνημοσύνου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ τοῗς φοβουμένοις τὸν κύριον καὶ εὐλαβουμένοις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ	ταῦτα κατελάλησαν οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον, ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ· καὶ προσέσχε Κύριος καὶ εἰσήκουσε καὶ ἔγραψε βιβλίον μνημοσύνου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ τοῖς φοβουμένοις τὸν Κύριον καὶ εὐλαβουμένοις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ
Malachi 3:16 (NETS)	Malachi 3:16 (English Elpenor)
Those who fear the Lord spoke against these things, each to his neighbor. And the Lord took note and listened and wrote a book of remembrance before him for those who fear the Lord and reverence his name.	Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbour: and the Lord gave heed, and hearkened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name.

Malachi 3:17 (Tanakh)	Malachi 3:17 (KJV)	Malachi 3:17 (NET)
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.	And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.	“They will belong to me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

Malachi 3:17 (Septuagint BLB)	Malachi 3:17 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἔσονταί μοι λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ εἰς ἡμέραν ἣν ἐγὼ ποιῶ εἰς περιποίησιν καὶ αἱρετιῶ αὐτοὺς ὃν τρόπον αἱρετίζει ἄνθρωπος τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν δουλεύοντα αὐτῷ	καὶ ἔσονταί μοι, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, εἰς ἡμέραν, ἣν ἐγὼ ποιῶ εἰς περιποίησιν, καὶ αἱρετιῶ αὐτοὺς ὃν τρόπον αἱρετίζει ἄνθρωπος τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν δουλεύοντα αὐτῷ
Malachi 3:17 (NETS)	Malachi 3:17 (English Elpenor)
And they shall be mine, says the Lord Almighty, in the day when I make them my acquisition, and I will choose them as a person chooses his son who is subject to him.	And they shall be mine, saith the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.

Malachi 3:18 (Tanakh)	Malachi 3:18 (KJV)	Malachi 3:18 (NET)
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.	Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.	Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.

Malachi 3:18 (Septuagint BLB)	Malachi 3:18 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἐπιστραφήσεσθε καὶ ὄψεσθε ἀνὰ μέσον δικαίου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον ἀνόμου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ δουλεύοντος θεῷ καὶ τοῦ μὴ δουλεύοντος	καὶ ἐπιστραφήσεσθε καὶ ὄψεσθε ἀναμέσον δικαίου καὶ ἀναμέσον ἀνόμου καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ δουλεύοντος Θεῷ καὶ τοῦ μὴ δουλεύοντος
Malachi 3:18 (NETS)	Malachi 3:18 (English Elpenor)
And you shall turn and discern between the just and between the lawless and between the one who is subject to God and the one who is not subject.	Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, and between him that serves God, and him that serves [him] not.

Malachi 4:1 (Tanakh)	Malachi 4:1 (KJV)	Malachi 4:1 (NET)
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.	For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.	“For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “It will not leave them even a root or branch.

Malachi 4:1 (Septuagint BLB)	Malachi 4:1 (Septuagint Elpenor)
διότι ἰδοὺ ἡμέρα κυρίου ἔρχεται καιομένη ὡς κλίβανος καὶ φλέξει αὐτούς καὶ ἔσονται πάντες οἱ ἀλλογενεῗς καὶ πάντες οἱ ποιοῦντες ἄνομα καλάμη καὶ ἀνάψει αὐτοὺς ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ ἐρχομένη λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑπολειφθῇ ἐξ αὐτῶν ῥίζα οὐδὲ κλῆμα	ΔΙΟΤΙ ἰδοὺ ἡμέρα Κυρίου ἔρχεται καιομένη ὡς κλίβανος καὶ φλέξει αὐτούς, καὶ ἔσονται πάντες οἱ ἀλλογενεῖς καὶ πάντες οἱ ποιοῦντες ἄνομα καλάμη, καὶ ἀνάψει αὐτοὺς ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ ἐρχομένη, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑπολειφθῇ ἐξ αὐτῶν ῥίζα οὐδὲ κλῆμα
Malachi 4:1 (NETS)	Malachi 4:1 (English Elpenor)
For behold, a day is coming, burning like an oven, and it will set them ablaze, and all the aliens and all those who do lawless things will be stubble, and the day that comes shall kindle them, says the Lord Almighty, and there shall be left of them neither root nor branch.	For, behold, a day comes burning as an oven, and it shall consume them; and all the aliens, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that is coming shall set them on fire, saith the Lord Almighty, and there shall not be left of them root or branch.

Malachi 4:2 (Tanakh)	Malachi 4:2 (KJV)	Malachi 4:2 (NET)
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.	But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.	But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.

Malachi 4:2 (Septuagint BLB)	Malachi 4:2 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἀνατελεῗ ὑμῗν τοῗς φοβουμένοις τὸ ὄνομά μου ἥλιος δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἴασις ἐν ταῗς πτέρυξιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξελεύσεσθε καὶ σκιρτήσετε ὡς μοσχάρια ἐκ δεσμῶν ἀνειμένα	καὶ ἀνατελεῖ ὑμῖν τοῖς φοβουμένοις τὸ ὄνομά μου ἥλιος δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἴασις ἐν ταῖς πτέρυξιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξελεύσεσθε καὶ σκιρτήσετε ὡς μοσχάρια ἐκ δεσμῶν ἀνειμένα
Malachi 4:2 (NETS)	Malachi 4:2 (English Elpenor)
And for you who fear my name a sun of justice shall rise, and healing is in its wings. And you shall go out and leap like calves let loose from tethers.	But to you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise, and healing [shall be] in his wings: and ye shall go forth, and bound as young calves let loose from bonds.

Malachi 4:3 (Tanakh)	Malachi 4:3 (KJV)	Malachi 4:3 (NET)
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.	And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.	You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I am preparing,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Malachi 4:3 (Septuagint BLB)	Malachi 4:3 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ καταπατήσετε ἀνόμους διότι ἔσονται σποδὸς ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ ἐγὼ ποιῶ λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ	καὶ καταπατήσετε ἀνόμους, διότι ἔσονται σποδὸς ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ᾗ ἐγὼ ποιῶ, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ
Malachi 4:3 (NETS)	Malachi 4:3 (English Elpenor)
And you shall tread down the lawless, for they will be ashes under your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord Almighty.	And ye shall trample the wicked; for they shall be ashes underneath your feet in the day which I appoint, saith the Lord Almighty.

Malachi 4:5 (Tanakh)	Malachi 4:5 (KJV)	Malachi 4:5 (NET)
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:	Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:	Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord arrives.

Malachi 4:5 (Septuagint BLB)	Malachi 4:4 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω ὑμῗν Ηλιαν τὸν Θεσβίτην πρὶν ἐλθεῗν ἡμέραν κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ	καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστελῶ ὑμῖν ᾿Ηλίαν τὸν Θεσβίτην, πρὶν ἢ ἐλθεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ
Malachi 4:4 (NETS)	Malachi 4:4 (English Elpenor)
And behold I am sending to you Elias the Thesbite before the great and notable day of the Lord comes,	And, behold, I will send to you Elias the Thesbite, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes;

Malachi 4:6 (Tanakh)	Malachi 4:6 (KJV)	Malachi 4:6 (NET)
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.	And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.	He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment.”

Malachi 4:6 (Septuagint BLB)	Malachi 4:5 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ὃς ἀποκαταστήσει καρδίαν πατρὸς πρὸς υἱὸν καὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ μὴ ἔλθω καὶ πατάξω τὴν γῆν ἄρδην	ὃς ἀποκαταστήσει καρδίαν πατρὸς πρὸς υἱὸν καὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ, μὴ ἐλθὼν πατάξω τὴν γῆν ἄρδην
Malachi 4:5 (NETS)	Malachi 4:5 (English Elpenor)
who will restore the heart of the father to the son and the heart of a person to his neighbor so that I will not come and utterly strike the land.	who shall turn again the heart of the father to the son, and the heart of a man to his neighbour, lest I come and smite the earth grievously.

Malachi 4:4 (Tanakh)	Malachi 4:4 (KJV)	Malachi 4:4 (NET)
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.	Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.	“Remember the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey.

Malachi 4:4 (Septuagint BLB)	Malachi 4:6 (Septuagint Elpenor)
μνήσθητε νόμου Μωυσῆ τοῦ δούλου μου καθότι ἐνετειλάμην αὐτῷ ἐν Χωρηβ πρὸς πάντα τὸν Ισραηλ προστάγματα καὶ δικαιώματα	μνήσθητι νόμου Μωσῆ τοῦ δούλου μου, καθότι ἐνετειλάμην αὐτῷ ἐν Χωρὴβ πρὸς πάντα τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ προστάγματα καὶ δικαιώματα
Malachi 4:6 (NETS)	Malachi 4:6 (English Elpenor)
Remember the law of Moyses my slave, as I commanded him at Choreb with ordinances and statutes for all Israel.	Remember the law of my servant Moses, accordingly as I charged him [with it] in Choreb for all Israel, [even] the commandments and ordinances.

Joel 3:5 (Tanakh)	Joel 2:32 (KJV)	Joel 2:32 (NET)
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of HaShem shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as HaShem hath said, and among the remnant those whom HaShem shall call.	And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.	It will so happen that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be delivered. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who survive, just as the Lord has promised; the remnant will be those whom the Lord will call.

Joel 2:32 (Septuagint BLB)	Joel 3:5 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἔσται πᾶς ὃς ἂν ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου σωθήσεται ὅτι ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σιων καὶ ἐν Ιερουσαλημ ἔσται ἀνασῳζόμενος καθότι εἶπεν κύριος καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι οὓς κύριος προσκέκληται	καὶ ἔσται, πᾶς, ὃς ἂν ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου, σωθήσεται· ὅτι ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σιὼν καὶ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἔσται ἀνασῳζόμενος, καθότι εἶπε Κύριος, καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι, οὓς Κύριος προσκέκληται
Joel 2:32 (NETS)	Joel 3:5 (English Elpenor)
And it shall be, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved, because in Mount Sion and in Ierousalem there shall be one who escapes, as the Lord has said, and people who have good news announced to them, whom the Lord has called.	And it shall come to pass [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved: for in mount Sion and in Jerusalem shall the saved one be as the Lord has said, and they that have glad tidings preached to them, whom the Lord has called.

Matthew 27:45 (NET)	Matthew 27:45 (KJV)
Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.	Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Ἀπὸ δὲ ἕκτης ὥρας σκότος ἐγένετο ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης	απο δε εκτης ωρας σκοτος εγενετο επι πασαν την γην εως ωρας εννατης	απο δε εκτης ωρας σκοτος εγενετο επι πασαν την γην εως ωρας ενατης

Mark 15:33 (NET)	Mark 15:33 (KJV)
Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.	And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Καὶ γενομένης ὥρας ἕκτης σκότος ἐγένετο ἐφ᾿ ὅλην τὴν γῆν ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης	γενομενης δε ωρας εκτης σκοτος εγενετο εφ ολην την γην εως ωρας εννατης	γενομενης δε ωρας εκτης σκοτος εγενετο εφ ολην την γην εως ωρας ενατης

Luke 23:44, 45 (NET)	Luke 23:44, 45 (KJV)
It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,	And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Καὶ ἦν ἤδη ὡσεὶ ὥρα ἕκτη καὶ σκότος ἐγένετο ἐφ᾿ ὅλην τὴν γῆν ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης	ην δε ωσει ωρα εκτη και σκοτος εγενετο εφ ολην την γην εως ωρας εννατης	ην δε ωσει ωρα εκτη και σκοτος εγενετο εφ ολην την γην εως ωρας ενατης

because the sun’s light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.

And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
τοῦ ἡλίου \|ἐκλιπόντος\|, ἐσχίσθη δὲ τὸ καταπέτασμα τοῦ ναοῦ μέσον	και εσκοτισθη ο ηλιος και εσχισθη το καταπετασμα του ναου μεσον	και εσκοτισθη ο ηλιος και εσχισθη το καταπετασμα του ναου μεσον

2 Peter 3:7 (NET)	2 Peter 3:7 (KJV)
But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.	But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
οἱ δὲ νῦν οὐρανοὶ καὶ ἡ γῆ τῷ αὐτῷ λόγῳ τεθησαυρισμένοι εἰσὶν πυρί τηρούμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως καὶ ἀπωλείας τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων	οι δε νυν ουρανοι και η γη αυτου λογω τεθησαυρισμενοι εισιν πυρι τηρουμενοι εις ημεραν κρισεως και απωλειας των ασεβων ανθρωπων	οι δε νυν ουρανοι και η γη τω αυτου λογω τεθησαυρισμενοι εισιν πυρι τηρουμενοι εις ημεραν κρισεως και απωλειας των ασεβων ανθρωπων

2 Peter 3:10, 11 (NET)	2 Peter 3:10, 11 (KJV)
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.	But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
῞Ηξει δὲ ἡμέρα κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης, ἐν ᾗ οἱ οὐρανοὶ ροιζηδὸν παρελεύσονται στοιχεῖα δὲ καυσούμενα λυθήσεται καὶ γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται	ηξει δε η ημερα κυριου ως κλεπτης εν νυκτι εν η οι ουρανοι ροιζηδον παρελευσονται στοιχεια δε καυσουμενα λυθησονται και γη και τα εν αυτη εργα κατακαησεται	ηξει δε η ημερα κυριου ως κλεπτης εν νυκτι εν η οι ουρανοι ροιζηδον παρελευσονται στοιχεια δε καυσουμενα λυθησονται και γη και τα εν αυτη εργα κατακαησεται

Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must you be, conducting your lives in holiness and godliness,

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Τούτων οὕτως πάντων λυομένων ποταποὺς δεῖ ὑπάρχειν ἐν ἁγίαις ἀναστροφαῖς καὶ εὐσεβείαις	τουτων ουν παντων λυομενων ποταπους δει υπαρχειν υμας εν αγιαις αναστροφαις και ευσεβειαις	τουτων ουν παντων λυομενων ποταπους δει υπαρχειν υμας εν αγιαις αναστροφαις και ευσεβειαις

Peter’s First Gospel Proclamation Revisited, Part 3

Back to Psalm 22, Part 1

Back to To Make Holy, Part 9

Back to Isaiah 53:10-12, Part 8

Back to Isaiah 53:10-12, Part 11

Peter’s First Gospel Proclamation Revisited, Part 2

^[1] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had ἐνάτης here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus had the alternate spelling: εννατης (KJV: ninth).

^[2] Matthew 27:45 (NET)

^[3] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had Καὶ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had δε (KJV: And).

^[4] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had ἐνάτης here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus had the alternate spelling: εννατης (KJV: ninth).

^[5] Mark 15:33 (NET)

^[6] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had Καὶ (not translated in the NET) at the beginning of this clause, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had δε (KJV: And).

^[7] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἤδη here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[8] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had ἐνάτης here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus had the alternate spelling: εννατης (KJV: ninth).

^[9] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had και at the beginning of this clause. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[10] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had τοῦ ἡλίου in the genitive case here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ο ηλιος (KJV: the sun) in the nominative case.

^[11] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐκλιπόντος here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had εσκοτισθη (KJV: was darkened).

^[12] There are two additional occurrences of ἐπιφανῆ in the Maccabees: 2 Maccabees 15:34 and 3 Maccabees 5:35.

^[13] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had τῷ αὐτῷ here, where the Byzantine Majority Text had τῷ αυτου and the Stephanus Textus Receptus had simply αυτου.

^[14] 2 Peter 3:5b-7 NET

^[15] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had εν νυκτι (KJV: in the night) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[16] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had λυθήσεται here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had λυθησονται (KJV: shall melt).

^[17] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had εὑρεθήσεται here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had κατακαησεται (KJV: shall be burned up).

^[18] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had οὕτως here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ουν (KJV: Seeing then).

^[19] The Stephanus Textus Receptus, Byzantine Majority Text and NA²⁸ had υμας here. The NET parallel Greek text did not.

^[20] John 3:7 (NETS)

^[21] Acts 2:21 (NETS)

^[22] For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes (Romans 10:4 NET). For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin (Romans 3:20 NET).

Peter’s First Gospel Proclamation Revisited, Part 1

Posted on November 20, 2018 by admin

Moses was burdened excessively, beyond [his] strength, so that [he] despaired even of living:^[1] I am not able to bear all this people myself alone, he said, because it is too heavy for me. And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in Thy sight; and let me not look upon my wretchedness.^[2]

I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, HaShem said unto Moses, and will put it upon [seventy elders of Israel]; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.^[3]

Moses said, would that all HaShem’S people were prophets, that HaShem would put His spirit upon them!^[4] The Hebrew word translated would was יתן (n^ethan), the same word translated would put later in the same verse. It was translated δῴη and δῷ (forms of δίδωμι) in the Septuagint (Table1). “And who might grant that all the Lord’s people be prophets, when the Lord grants his spirit upon them?”^[5]

The day the Holy Spirit was granted Peter preached from the prophet Joel: And in the last days it will be,’ God says, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.^[6] Peter, speaking from memory presumably, reversed the clauses (Table3) οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνυπνίοις ἐνυπνιασθήσονται (your old men will dream dreams) and οἱ νεανίσκοι ὑμῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται (your young men will see visions) relative to both the contemporary Hebrew and the Greek of the Septuagint (Table4).

Even on my servants, Peter qualified the all people on whom the Holy Spirit would be poured out, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.^[7] The Elpenor version of the Septuagint also had my (μου) here. The BLB version did not (Table5), like the Hebrew apparently (Table6). But this might be the Holy Spirit pointing to another day when all is more inclusive, even as He indicated that the day Peter preached this sermon was not yet that day. Today, only those who believe that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ,^[8] who Repent, and…be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins…will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.^[9]

Peter continued his quotation: And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.^[10] But it was by no means verbatim. He added (Table7 and Table8) the words ἄνω (above), κάτω (below) and σημεῖα (a form of σημεῖον; translated miraculous signs). I’ll consider some occurrences of forms of σημεῖον in the Gospel narratives in detail. I’ve grouped these first four together not because they recall the same event but because they reveal a similar attitude toward signs.

Matthew 12:38-42 (NET)	Mark 8:11, 12 (NET)	Luke 11:29-32 (NET)	John 4:46-48 (NET)
			Now he^[11] came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick.
Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him,^[12] “Teacher, we want to see a sign (σημεῖον) from you.”	Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign (σημεῖον) from heaven to test him.		When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him^[13] to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign (σημεῖον), but no sign (σημεῖον) will be given to it except the sign (σημεῖον) of the prophet Jonah.	Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, “Why does this generation look for^[14] a sign (σημεῖον)? I tell you the truth, no sign (σημεῖον) will be given to this generation.”	As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for^[15] a sign (σημεῖον), but no sign (σημεῖον) will be given to it except the sign (σημεῖον) of Jonah.^[16]	So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs (σημεῖα, a form of σημεῖον) and wonders you will never believe!”
For just as Jonah was *in the belly of the huge fish* for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.		For just as Jonah became a sign (σημεῖον) to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them – and now, something greater than Jonah is here!		The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon^[17] – and now, something greater than Solomon is here!
The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon^[18] – and now, something greater than Solomon is here!		The people of Nineveh^[19] will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them – and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

Despite this apparently negative attitude the royal official persisted in John’s Gospel narrative: “Sir (κύριε, a form of κύριος),” the official said to him, “come down before my child dies.”^[20] Despite his apparently negative attitude Jesus responded graciously to the royal official’s faith (John 4:50-54 NET):

“Go home; your son will live.”^[21] The man believed (ἐπίστευσεν, a form of πιστεύω) the word that^[22] Jesus^[23] spoke to him, and set off for home.

While he was on his way down, his slaves met him and told him^[24] that his son was going to live. So he asked them the time when his condition began to improve, and^[25] they told^[26] him, “Yesterday^[27] at one o’clock in the afternoon the fever left him.” Then the father realized that it was the very time Jesus had said to him,^[28] “Your son will live,” and he himself believed (ἐπίστευσεν, a form of πιστεύω) along with his entire household. Jesus did this^[29] as his second miraculous sign (σημεῖον) when he returned from Judea to Galilee.

The first^[30] of [Jesus’] miraculous signs (σημείων, another form of σημεῖον) was turning water to wine (John 2:1-10) in Cana of Galilee. In this way he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed (ἐπίστευσαν, another form of πιστεύω) in him.^[31] Jesus’ negative attitude seems to have been expressed when signs were sought as a reason to disbelieve (Matthew 16:1-4 NET):

Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test (πειράζοντες, a form of πειράζω) Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign (σημεῖον) from heaven. He said, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’^[32] You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs (σημεῖα, a form of σημεῖον) of the times. A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign (σημεῖον), but no sign (σημεῖον) will be given to it except the sign (σημεῖον) of Jonah.”^[33] Then he left them and went away.

Here is another example to clarify the point: Jesus was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed. But some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the^[34] ruler of demons, he casts out demons.” Others, to test (πειράζοντες, a form of πειράζω) him, began asking for a sign (σημεῖον) from heaven.^[35]

Though πειράζοντες (test) here was exactly the same word as the Pharisees’ and Sadducees’ test, Jesus didn’t respond to it as if it signified the same disbelief. In fact, He responded as if their πειράζοντες was the δοκιμάζετε John instructed believers to do (1 John 4:1-3 NET):

Dear friends, do not believe (πιστεύετε, another form of πιστεύω) every spirit, but test (δοκιμάζετε, a form of δοκιμάζω) the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know^[36] the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not confess Jesus^[37] is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world.

Recognizing the confusion the antichrists who claimed that Jesus cast out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons created, He clarified the meaning of the sign of casting out a demon rather than describing those who sought a sign from heaven as a wicked and adulterous generation (Luke 11:17-22 NET):

But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls. So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. Now if I^[38] cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you. When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe. But when a^[39] stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

John, who heard Jesus’ explanation as a young man and clearly understood it as an old man, continued (1 John 4:4-6 NET):

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them. We are from God; the person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

Though all four Gospel narratives recognized this tension with signs, John seemed to spend the most time explaining and resolving it in faith. Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem^[40] at the feast of the Passover, many people believed (ἐπίστευσαν, another form of πιστεύω) in his name because they saw the miraculous signs (σημεῖα, a form of σημεῖον) he was doing. But Jesus^[41] would not entrust (ἐπίστευεν, another form of πιστεύω) himself^[42] to them, because he knew (γινώσκειν, a form of γινώσκω) all people. He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew (ἐγίνωσκεν, another form of γινώσκω) what was in man.^[43]

Jesus’ knowledge of humanity (ἀνθρώπου and ἀνθρώπῳ, forms of ἄνθρωπος) was evident in his response to Nicodemus: Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council, came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs (σημεῖα, a form of σημεῖον) that you do unless God is with him [Table].” Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God [Table].”^[44] Though I wouldn’t call Jesus’ response “unconscionable rudeness” any more, it is still a long way from, “Thanks a lot, I’m glad you noticed.”

A^[45] large crowd was following him because they were observing^[46] the^[47] miraculous signs (σημεῖα, a form of σημεῖον) he was performing on the sick.^[48] While free healthcare could attract a crowd, it was a free lunch that almost incited a popular coup. Now when the people saw the miraculous sign (σημεῖον) that Jesus^[49] performed (John 6:3-13), they began to say to one another, “This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him^[50] king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.^[51]

Undeterred they chased Him back across the lake (John 6:26-40 NET):

Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs (σημεῖα, a form of σημεῖον), but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted. Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life – the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

So then they said to him, “What must we do^[52] to accomplish the deeds God requires?” Jesus^[53] replied, “This is the deed God requires – to believe^[54] in the one whom he sent.” So they said to him, “Then what miraculous sign (σημεῖον) will you perform, so that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses^[55] who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” So they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread all the time!”

Jesus^[56] said to them, “I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me^[57] will never go hungry, and the one who believes (πιστεύων, another form of πιστεύω) in me will never be thirsty.^[58] But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe (πιστεύετε, another form of πιστεύω). Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me^[59] I will never send away. For I have come down from^[60] heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. Now this is the^[61] will of the one who sent me – that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day. For^[62] this is the will of my Father^[63] – for everyone who looks on the Son and believes (πιστεύων, another form of πιστεύω) in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Yet many of the crowd believed (ἐπίστευσαν, another form of πιστεύω) in him and said, “Whenever the^[64] Christ comes, he won’t^[65] perform more miraculous signs^[66] (σημεῖα, a form of σημεῖον) than this man did, will he?”^[67] Then some of the Pharisees began to say, “This man is not from God,^[68] because he does not observe the Sabbath.” But^[69] others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs (σημεῖα, a form of σημεῖον)?” Thus there was a division among them.^[70]

Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there. Many came to him and began to say, “John performed no miraculous sign (σημεῖον), but everything John said about this man was true!” And many believed (ἐπίστευσαν, another form of πιστεύω) in Jesus there.^[71] Then many of the people, who had come with Mary^[72] and had seen the things Jesus^[73] did (John 11:17-44), believed (ἐπίστευσαν, another form of πιστεύω) in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and reported^[74] to them what Jesus^[75] had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs (σημεῖα, a form of σημεῖον). If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe (πιστεύσουσιν, another form of πιστεύω) in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation.”^[76]

So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it. Because they had heard^[77] that Jesus had performed this miraculous sign (σημεῖον), the crowd went out to meet him. Thus the Pharisees said^[78] to one another, “You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”^[79] Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs (σημεῖα, a form of σημεῖον) before them, they still refused to believe (ἐπίστευον, another form of πιστεύω) in him, so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, “Lord, who has believed (ἐπίστευσεν, a form of πιστεύω) our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” For this reason they could not believe (πιστεύειν, another form of πιστεύω), because again Isaiah said, “He has blinded their eyes and hardened^[80] their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn^[81] to me, and I would heal them.”^[82]

The implication is that under more normal circumstances, if they had not been hardened, they would have believed the σημεῖα. But they were hardened for my benefit. For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.^[83] Still, there was a remnant chosen by grace (χάριτος, a form of χάρις):^[84] even among the rulers many believed (ἐπίστευσαν, another form of πιστεύω) in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue. For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.^[85]

John concluded (John 20:30, 31 NET):

Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs (σημεῖα, a form of σημεῖον) in the presence of the^[86] disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are recorded so that you may believe (πιστεύητε, another form of πιστεύω) that Jesus^[87] is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing (πιστεύοντες, another form of πιστεύω) you may have life in his name.

I’ll pick this up in another essay. Tables comparing Numbers 11:29 in the BLB and Elpenor versions of the Septuagint with the English translations from Hebrew and Greek, the Greek of Acts 2:17; 2:18; 2:19 with the Septuagint and the English translations of Joel 3:1 (2:28); 3:2 (2:29); 3:3 (2:30) from Hebrew and Greek, and comparisons of the NET and KJV in Matthew 12:38; 12:42; Mark 8:12; Luke 11:29; 11:31, 32; John 4:46, 47; 4:50-54; 2:11; Matthew 16:3, 4; Luke 11:15; 1 John 4:2, 3; Luke 11:20; 11:22; John 2:23, 24; 6:2; 6:14, 15; 6:28, 29; 6:32; 6:35; 6:37-40; 7:31; 9:16; 11:45, 46; 12:18, 19; 12:40 and 20:30, 31 follow.

Numbers 11:29 (Septuagint BLB)	Numbers 11:29 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Μωυσῆς μὴ ζηλοῖς σύ μοι καὶ τίς δῴη πάντα τὸν λαὸν κυρίου προφήτας ὅταν δῷ κύριος τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς	καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆς αὐτῷ· μὴ ζηλοῖς ἐμέ; καὶ τίς δῴη πάντα τὸν λαὸν Κυρίου προφήτας, ὅταν δῷ Κύριος τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ αὐτούς

From Hebrew		From Greek
Numbers 11:29 (Tanakh)	Numbers 11:29 (KJV)	Numbers 11:29 (NETS)	Numbers 11:29 (Elpenor English)
And Moses said unto him: ‘Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all HaShem’S people were prophets, that HaShem would put His spirit upon them!’	And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord’S people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!	And Moyses said to him, “Are you really jealous for me? And who might grant that all the Lord’s people be prophets, when the Lord grants his spirit upon them?”	And Moses said to him, Art thou jealous on my account? and would that all the Lord’s people were prophets; whenever the Lord shall put his spirit upon them.

Acts 2:17 (NET parallel Greek)	Joel 2:28 (Septuagint BLB)	Joel 3:1 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις, λέγει ὁ θεός, ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα, καὶ προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ὑμῶν καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι ὑμῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνυπνίοις ἐνυπνιασθήσονται	καὶ ἔσται μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα καὶ προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ὑμῶν καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνύπνια ἐνυπνιασθήσονται καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι ὑμῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται	ΚΑΙ ἔσται μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα, καὶ προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ὑμῶν, καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνύπνια ἐνυπνιασθήσονται, καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι ὑμῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται

From Hebrew		From Greek
Joel 3:1 (Tanakh)	Joel 2:28 (KJV)	Joel 2:28 (NETS)	Joel 3:1 (Elpenor English)
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions;	And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:	And it shall be after these things, I will pour out my spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.	And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Acts 2:18 (NET parallel Greek)	Joel 2:29 (Septuagint BLB)	Joel 3:2 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καί γε ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους μου καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς δούλας μου ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος μου, καὶ προφητεύσουσιν	καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς δούλας ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου	καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους μου καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς δούλας μου ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου

From Hebrew		From Greek
Joel 3:2 (Tanakh)	Joel 2:29 (KJV)	Joel 2:29 (NETS)	Joel 3:2 (Elpenor English)
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My spirit.	And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.	Even on the male and female slaves, in those days I will pour out my spirit.	And on my servants and on [my] handmaids in those days will I pour out of my Spirit.

Acts 2:19 (NET parallel Greek)	Joel 2:30 (Septuagint BLB)	Joel 3:3 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ δώσω τέρατα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω καὶ σημεῖα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κάτω, αἷμα καὶ πῦρ καὶ ἀτμίδα καπνοῦ	καὶ δώσω τέρατα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αἷμα καὶ πῦρ καὶ ἀτμίδα καπνοῦ	καὶ δώσω τέρατα ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, αἷμα καὶ πῦρ καὶ ἀτμίδα καπνοῦ

From Hebrew		From Greek
Joel 3:3 (Tanakh)	Joel 2:30 (KJV)	Joel 2:30 (NETS)	Joel 3:3 (Elpenor English)
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.	And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.	I will give portents in the sky and on earth: blood and fire and the vapor of smoke.	And I will shew wonders in heaven, and upon the earth, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

Matthew 12:38 (NET)	Matthew 12:38 (KJV)
Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”	Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Τότε ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ τινες τῶν γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων λέγοντες· διδάσκαλε, θέλομεν ἀπὸ σοῦ σημεῖον ἰδεῖν	τοτε απεκριθησαν τινες των γραμματεων και φαρισαιων λεγοντες διδασκαλε θελομεν απο σου σημειον ιδειν	τοτε απεκριθησαν τινες των γραμματεων και φαρισαιων λεγοντες διδασκαλε θελομεν απο σου σημειον ιδειν

Matthew 12:42 (NET)	Matthew 12:42 (KJV)
The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, something greater than Solomon is here!	The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
βασίλισσα νότου ἐγερθήσεται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετὰ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καὶ κατακρινεῖ αὐτήν, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἐκ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς ἀκοῦσαι τὴν σοφίαν Σολομῶνος, καὶ ἰδοὺ πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε	βασιλισσα νοτου εγερθησεται εν τη κρισει μετα της γενεας ταυτης και κατακρινει αυτην οτι ηλθεν εκ των περατων της γης ακουσαι την σοφιαν σολομωντος και ιδου πλειον σολομωντος ωδε	βασιλισσα νοτου εγερθησεται εν τη κρισει μετα της γενεας ταυτης και κατακρινει αυτην οτι ηλθεν εκ των περατων της γης ακουσαι την σοφιαν σολομωνος και ιδου πλειον σολομωνος ωδε

Mark 8:12 (NET)	Mark 8:12 (KJV)
Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, “Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation.”	And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
καὶ ἀναστενάξας τῷ πνεύματι αὐτοῦ λέγει· τί ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη ζητεῖ σημεῖον; ἀμὴν λέγω \|ὑμῖν\|, εἰ δοθήσεται τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ σημεῖον	και αναστεναξας τω πνευματι αυτου λεγει τι η γενεα αυτη σημειον επιζητει αμην λεγω υμιν ει δοθησεται τη γενεα ταυτη σημειον	και αναστεναξας τω πνευματι αυτου λεγει τι η γενεα αυτη σημειον επιζητει αμην λεγω υμιν ει δοθησεται τη γενεα ταυτη σημειον

Luke 11:29 (NET)	Luke 11:29 (KJV)
As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.	And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Τῶν δὲ ὄχλων ἐπαθροιζομένων ἤρξατο λέγειν· ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη γενεὰ πονηρά ἐστιν· σημεῖον ζητεῖ, καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ	των δε οχλων επαθροιζομενων ηρξατο λεγειν η γενεα αυτη πονηρα εστιν σημειον επιζητει και σημειον ου δοθησεται αυτη ει μη το σημειον ιωνα του προφητου	των δε οχλων επαθροιζομενων ηρξατο λεγειν η γενεα αυτη πονηρα εστιν σημειον επιζητει και σημειον ου δοθησεται αυτη ει μη το σημειον ιωνα του προφητου

Luke 11:31, 32 (NET)	Luke 11:31, 32 (KJV)
The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, something greater than Solomon is here!	The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
βασίλισσα νότου ἐγερθήσεται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καὶ κατακρινεῖ αὐτούς, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἐκ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς ἀκοῦσαι τὴν σοφίαν Σολομῶνος, καὶ ἰδοὺ πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε	βασιλισσα νοτου εγερθησεται εν τη κρισει μετα των ανδρων της γενεας ταυτης και κατακρινει αυτους οτι ηλθεν εκ των περατων της γης ακουσαι την σοφιαν σολομωντος και ιδου πλειον σολομωντος ωδε	βασιλισσα νοτου εγερθησεται εν τη κρισει μετα των ανδρων της γενεας ταυτης και κατακρινει αυτους οτι ηλθεν εκ των περατων της γης ακουσαι την σοφιαν σολομωνος και ιδου πλειον σολομωνος ωδε

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them – and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἄνδρες Νινευῖται ἀναστήσονται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετὰ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτήν· ὅτι μετενόησαν εἰς τὸ κήρυγμα Ἰωνᾶ, καὶ ἰδοὺ πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε	ανδρες νινευι αναστησονται εν τη κρισει μετα της γενεας ταυτης και κατακρινουσιν αυτην οτι μετενοησαν εις το κηρυγμα ιωνα και ιδου πλειον ιωνα ωδε	ανδρες νινευι αναστησονται εν τη κρισει μετα της γενεας ταυτης και κατακρινουσιν αυτην οτι μετενοησαν εις το κηρυγμα ιωνα και ιδου πλειον ιωνα ωδε

John 4:46, 47 (NET)	John 4:46, 47 (KJV)
Now he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick.	So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
῏Ηλθεν οὖν πάλιν εἰς τὴν Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ὅπου ἐποίησεν τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον. Καὶ ἦν τις βασιλικὸς οὗ ὁ υἱὸς ἠσθένει ἐν Καφαρναούμ	ηλθεν ουν ο ιησους παλιν εις την κανα της γαλιλαιας οπου εποιησεν το υδωρ οινον και ην τις βασιλικος ου ο υιος ησθενει εν καπερναουμ	ηλθεν ουν παλιν ο ιησους εις την κανα της γαλιλαιας οπου εποιησεν το υδωρ οινον και ην τις βασιλικος ου ο υιος ησθενει εν καπερναουμ

When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
οὗτος ἀκούσας ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἥκει ἐκ τῆς Ἰουδαίας εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν ἀπῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ἠρώτα ἵνα καταβῇ καὶ ἰάσηται αὐτοῦ τὸν υἱόν, ἤμελλεν γὰρ ἀποθνῄσκειν	ουτος ακουσας οτι ιησους ηκει εκ της ιουδαιας εις την γαλιλαιαν απηλθεν προς αυτον και ηρωτα αυτον ινα καταβη και ιασηται αυτου τον υιον ημελλεν γαρ αποθνησκειν	ουτος ακουσας οτι ιησους ηκει εκ της ιουδαιας εις την γαλιλαιαν απηλθεν προς αυτον και ηρωτα αυτον ινα καταβη και ιασηται αυτου τον υιον εμελλεν γαρ αποθνησκειν

John 4:50-54 (NET)	John 4:50-54 (KJV)
Jesus told him, “Go home; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.	Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· πορεύου, ὁ υἱός σου ζῇ. ἐπίστευσεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῷ λόγῳ ὃν εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἐπορεύετο	λεγει αυτω ο ιησους πορευου ο υιος σου ζη και επιστευσεν ο ανθρωπος τω λογω ω ειπεν αυτω ιησους και επορευετο	λεγει αυτω ο ιησους πορευου ο υιος σου ζη και επιστευσεν ο ανθρωπος τω λογω ω ειπεν αυτω ο ιησους και επορευετο

While he was on his way down, his slaves met him and told him that his son was going to live.

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἤδη δὲ αὐτοῦ καταβαίνοντος οἱ δοῦλοι αὐτοῦ ὑπήντησαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες ὅτι ὁ παῖς αὐτοῦ ζῇ	ηδη δε αυτου καταβαινοντος οι δουλοι αυτου απηντησαν αυτω και απηγγειλαν λεγοντες οτι ο παις σου ζη	ηδη δε αυτου καταβαινοντος οι δουλοι αυτου απηντησαν αυτω και απηγγειλαν λεγοντες οτι ο παις σου ζη

So he asked them the time when his condition began to improve, and they told him, “Yesterday at one o’clock in the afternoon the fever left him.”

Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἐπύθετο οὖν τὴν ὥραν παρ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐν ᾗ κομψότερον ἔσχεν· εἶπαν οὖν αὐτῷ ὅτι ἐχθὲς ὥραν ἑβδόμην ἀφῆκεν αὐτὸν ὁ πυρετός	επυθετο ουν παρ αυτων την ωραν εν η κομψοτερον εσχεν και ειπον αυτω οτι χθες ωραν εβδομην αφηκεν αυτον ο πυρετος	επυθετο ουν παρ αυτων την ωραν εν η κομψοτερον εσχεν και ειπον αυτω οτι χθες ωραν εβδομην αφηκεν αυτον ο πυρετος

Then the father realized that it was the very time Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live,” and he himself believed along with his entire household.

So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἔγνω οὖν ὁ πατὴρ ὅτι [ἐν] ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἐν ᾗ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ὁ υἱός σου ζῇ, καὶ ἐπίστευσεν αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ οἰκία αὐτοῦ ὅλη	εγνω ουν ο πατηρ οτι εν εκεινη τη ωρα εν η ειπεν αυτω ο ιησους οτι ο υιος σου ζη και επιστευσεν αυτος και η οικια αυτου ολη	εγνω ουν ο πατηρ οτι εν εκεινη τη ωρα εν η ειπεν αυτω ο ιησους οτι ο υιος σου ζη και επιστευσεν αυτος και η οικια αυτου ολη

Jesus did this as his second miraculous sign when he returned from Judea to Galilee.

This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Τοῦτο [δὲ] πάλιν δεύτερον σημεῖον ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐλθὼν ἐκ τῆς Ἰουδαίας εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν	τουτο παλιν δευτερον σημειον εποιησεν ο ιησους ελθων εκ της ιουδαιας εις την γαλιλαιαν	τουτο παλιν δευτερον σημειον εποιησεν ο ιησους ελθων εκ της ιουδαιας εις την γαλιλαιαν

John 2:11 (NET)	John 2:11 (KJV)
Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, in Cana of Galilee. In this way he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.	This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Ταύτην ἐποίησεν ἀρχὴν τῶν σημείων ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ ἐφανέρωσεν τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ	ταυτην εποιησεν την αρχην των σημειων ο ιησους εν κανα της γαλιλαιας και εφανερωσεν την δοξαν αυτου και επιστευσαν εις αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου	ταυτην εποιησεν την αρχην των σημειων ο ιησους εν κανα της γαλιλαιας και εφανερωσεν την δοξαν αυτου και επιστευσαν εις αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου

Matthew 16:3, 4 (NET)	Matthew 16:3, 4 (KJV)
and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’ You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.	And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
καὶ πρωΐ· σήμερον χειμών, πυρράζει γὰρ στυγνάζων ὁ οὐρανός. τὸ μὲν πρόσωπον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ γινώσκετε διακρίνειν, τὰ δὲ σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν οὐ δύνασθε;]	και πρωι σημερον χειμων πυρραζει γαρ στυγναζων ο ουρανος υποκριται το μεν προσωπον του ουρανου γινωσκετε διακρινειν τα δε σημεια των καιρων ου δυνασθε	και πρωι σημερον χειμων πυρραζει γαρ στυγναζων ο ουρανος υποκριται το μεν προσωπον του ουρανου γινωσκετε διακρινειν τα δε σημεια των καιρων ου δυνασθε

A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
γενεὰ πονηρὰ καὶ μοιχαλὶς σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ, καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ. καὶ καταλιπὼν αὐτοὺς ἀπῆλθεν	γενεα πονηρα και μοιχαλις σημειον επιζητει και σημειον ου δοθησεται αυτη ει μη το σημειον ιωνα του προφητου και καταλιπων αυτους απηλθεν	γενεα πονηρα και μοιχαλις σημειον επιζητει και σημειον ου δοθησεται αυτη ει μη το σημειον ιωνα του προφητου και καταλιπων αυτους απηλθεν

Luke 11:15 (NET)	Luke 11:15 (KJV)
But some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons.”	But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
τινὲς δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν εἶπον· ἐν Βεελζεβοὺλ τῷ ἄρχοντι τῶν δαιμονίων ἐκβάλλει τὰ δαιμόνια	τινες δε εξ αυτων ειπον εν βεελζεβουλ αρχοντι των δαιμονιων εκβαλλει τα δαιμονια	τινες δε εξ αυτων ειπον εν βεελζεβουλ αρχοντι των δαιμονιων εκβαλλει τα δαιμονια

1 John 4:2, 3 (NET)	1 John 4:2, 3 (KJV)
By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh is from God,	Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκετε τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ· πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ ὁμολογεῖ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν	εν τουτω γινωσκετε το πνευμα του θεου παν πνευμα ο ομολογει ιησουν χριστον εν σαρκι εληλυθοτα εκ του θεου εστιν	εν τουτω γινωσκεται το πνευμα του θεου παν πνευμα ο ομολογει ιησουν χριστον εν σαρκι εληλυθοτα εκ του θεου εστιν

but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world.

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
καὶ πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ μὴ ὁμολογεῖ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν· καὶ τοῦτο ἐστιν τὸ τοῦ ἀντιχρίστου, ὃ ἀκηκόατε ὅτι ἔρχεται, καὶ νῦν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐστὶν ἤδη	και παν πνευμα ο μη ομολογει τον ιησουν χριστον εν σαρκι εληλυθοτα εκ του θεου ουκ εστιν και τουτο εστιν το του αντιχριστου ο ακηκοατε οτι ερχεται και νυν εν τω κοσμω εστιν ηδη	και παν πνευμα ο μη ομολογει ιησουν χριστον εν σαρκι εληλυθοτα εκ του θεου ουκ εστιν και τουτο εστιν το του αντιχριστου ο ακηκοατε οτι ερχεται και νυν εν τω κοσμω εστιν ηδη

Luke 11:20 (NET)	Luke 11:20 (KJV)
But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.	But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
εἰ δὲ ἐν δακτύλῳ θεοῦ [ἐγὼ] ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια, ἄρα ἔφθασεν ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ	ει δε εν δακτυλω θεου εκβαλλω τα δαιμονια αρα εφθασεν εφ υμας η βασιλεια του θεου	ει δε εν δακτυλω θεου εκβαλλω τα δαιμονια αρα εφθασεν εφ υμας η βασιλεια του θεου

Luke 11:22 (NET)	Luke 11:22 (KJV)
But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.	But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἐπὰν δὲ ἰσχυρότερος αὐτοῦ ἐπελθὼν νικήσῃ αὐτόν, τὴν πανοπλίαν αὐτοῦ αἴρει ἐφ᾿ ᾗ ἐπεποίθει καὶ τὰ σκῦλα αὐτοῦ διαδίδωσιν	επαν δε ο ισχυροτερος αυτου επελθων νικηση αυτον την πανοπλιαν αυτου αιρει εφ η επεποιθει και τα σκυλα αυτου διαδιδωσιν	επαν δε ο ισχυροτερος αυτου επελθων νικηση αυτον την πανοπλιαν αυτου αιρει εφ η επεποιθει και τα σκυλα αυτου διαδιδωσιν

John 2:23, 24 (NET)	John 2:23, 24 (KJV)
Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing.	Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Ὡς δὲ ἦν ἐν τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐν τῷ πάσχα ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ, πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ θεωροῦντες αὐτοῦ τὰ σημεῖα ἃ ἐποίει	ως δε ην εν ιεροσολυμοις εν τω πασχα εν τη εορτη πολλοι επιστευσαν εις το ονομα αυτου θεωρουντες αυτου τα σημεια α εποιει	ως δε ην εν τοις ιεροσολυμοις εν τω πασχα εν τη εορτη πολλοι επιστευσαν εις το ονομα αυτου θεωρουντες αυτου τα σημεια α εποιει

But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people.

But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
αὐτὸς δὲ Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἐπίστευεν αὐτὸν αὐτοῖς διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν γινώσκειν πάντας	αυτος δε ο ιησους ουκ επιστευεν εαυτον αυτοις δια το αυτον γινωσκειν παντας	αυτος δε ο ιησους ουκ επιστευεν εαυτον αυτοις δια το αυτον γινωσκειν παντας

John 6:2 (NET)	John 6:2 (KJV)
A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.	And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ ὄχλος πολύς, ὅτι ἐθεώρουν τὰ σημεῖα ἃ ἐποίει ἐπὶ τῶν ἀσθενούντων	και ηκολουθει αυτω οχλος πολυς οτι εωρων αυτου τα σημεια α εποιει επι των ασθενουντων	και ηκολουθει αυτω οχλος πολυς οτι εωρων αυτου τα σημεια α εποιει επι των ασθενουντων

John 6:14, 15 (NET)	John 6:14, 15 (KJV)
Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, “This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”	Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Οἱ οὖν ἄνθρωποι ἰδόντες \|ὃ\| ἐποίησεν \|σημεῖον\| ἔλεγον ὅτι οὗτος ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ προφήτης ὁ ἐρχόμενος εἰς τὸν κόσμον	οι ουν ανθρωποι ιδοντες ο εποιησεν σημειον ο ιησους ελεγον οτι ουτος εστιν αληθως ο προφητης ο ερχομενος εις τον κοσμον	οι ουν ανθρωποι ιδοντες ο εποιησεν σημειον ο ιησους ελεγον οτι ουτος εστιν αληθως ο προφητης ο ερχομενος εις τον κοσμον

Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.

When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Ἰησοῦς οὖν γνοὺς ὅτι μέλλουσιν ἔρχεσθαι καὶ ἁρπάζειν αὐτὸν ἵνα ποιήσωσιν βασιλέα, ἀνεχώρησεν πάλιν εἰς τὸ ὄρος αὐτὸς μόνος	ιησους ουν γνους οτι μελλουσιν ερχεσθαι και αρπαζειν αυτον ινα ποιησωσιν αυτον βασιλεα ανεχωρησεν παλιν εις το ορος αυτος μονος	ιησους ουν γνους οτι μελλουσιν ερχεσθαι και αρπαζειν αυτον ινα ποιησωσιν αυτον βασιλεα ανεχωρησεν εις το ορος αυτος μονος

John 6:28, 29 (NET)	John 6:28, 29 (KJV)
So then they said to him, “What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?”	Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
εἶπον οὖν πρὸς αὐτόν· τί ποιῶμεν ἵνα ἐργαζώμεθα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ	ειπον ουν προς αυτον τι ποιουμεν ινα εργαζωμεθα τα εργα του θεου	ειπον ουν προς αυτον τι ποιωμεν ινα εργαζωμεθα τα εργα του θεου

Jesus replied, “This is the deed God requires – to believe in the one whom he sent.”

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἀπεκρίθη [ὁ] Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τοῦτο ἐστιν τὸ ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα πιστεύητε εἰς ὃν ἀπέστειλεν ἐκεῖνος	απεκριθη ο ιησους και ειπεν αυτοις τουτο εστιν το εργον του θεου ινα πιστευσητε εις ον απεστειλεν εκεινος	απεκριθη ιησους και ειπεν αυτοις τουτο εστιν το εργον του θεου ινα πιστευσητε εις ον απεστειλεν εκεινος

John 6:32 (NET)	John 6:32 (KJV)
Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.	Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ Μωϋσῆς \|δέδωκεν\| ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ πατήρ μου δίδωσιν ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τὸν ἀληθινόν	ειπεν ουν αυτοις ο ιησους αμην αμην λεγω υμιν ου μωσης δεδωκεν υμιν τον αρτον εκ του ουρανου αλλ ο πατηρ μου διδωσιν υμιν τον αρτον εκ του ουρανου τον αληθινον	ειπεν ουν αυτοις ο ιησους αμην αμην λεγω υμιν ου μωυσης δεδωκεν υμιν τον αρτον εκ του ουρανου αλλ ο πατηρ μου διδωσιν υμιν τον αρτον εκ του ουρανου τον αληθινον

John 6:35 (NET)	John 6:35 (KJV)
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.	And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς· ὁ ἐρχόμενος πρὸς ἐμὲ οὐ μὴ πεινάσῃ, καὶ ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ οὐ μὴ διψήσει πώποτε	ειπεν δε αυτοις ο ιησους εγω ειμι ο αρτος της ζωης ο ερχομενος προς με ου μη πειναση και ο πιστευων εις εμε ου μη διψηση πωποτε	ειπεν δε αυτοις ο ιησους εγω ειμι ο αρτος της ζωης ο ερχομενος προς με ου μη πειναση και ο πιστευων εις εμε ου μη διψηση πωποτε

John 6:37-40 (NET)	John 6:37-40 (KJV)
Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.	All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
πᾶν ὃ δίδωσιν μοι ὁ πατὴρ πρὸς ἐμὲ ἥξει, καὶ τὸν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς \|ἐμὲ\| οὐ μὴ ἐκβάλω ἔξω	παν ο διδωσιν μοι ο πατηρ προς εμε ηξει και τον ερχομενον προς με ου μη εκβαλω εξω	παν ο διδωσιν μοι ο πατηρ προς εμε ηξει και τον ερχομενον προς με ου μη εκβαλω εξω

For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ὅτι καταβέβηκα ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οὐχ ἵνα ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμὸν ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντος με	οτι καταβεβηκα εκ του ουρανου ουχ ινα ποιω το θελημα το εμον αλλα το θελημα του πεμψαντος με	οτι καταβεβηκα εκ του ουρανου ουχ ινα ποιω το θελημα το εμον αλλα το θελημα του πεμψαντος με

Now this is the will of the one who sent me – that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day.

And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντος με, ἵνα πᾶν ὃ δέδωκεν μοι μὴ ἀπολέσω ἐξ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸ [ἐν] τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ	τουτο δε εστιν το θελημα του πεμψαντος με πατρος ινα παν ο δεδωκεν μοι μη απολεσω εξ αυτου αλλα αναστησω αυτο εν τη εσχατη ημερα	τουτο δε εστιν το θελημα του πεμψαντος με πατρος ινα παν ο δεδωκεν μοι μη απολεσω εξ αυτου αλλα αναστησω αυτο εν τη εσχατη ημερα

For this is the will of my Father – for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός μου, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ θεωρῶν τὸν υἱὸν καὶ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν ἐγὼ [ἐν] τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ	τουτο δε εστιν το θελημα του πεμψαντος με ινα πας ο θεωρων τον υιον και πιστευων εις αυτον εχη ζωην αιωνιον και αναστησω αυτον εγω τη εσχατη ημερα	τουτο δε εστιν το θελημα του πεμψαντος με ινα πας ο θεωρων τον υιον και πιστευων εις αυτον εχη ζωην αιωνιον και αναστησω αυτον εγω τη εσχατη ημερα

John 7:31 (NET)	John 7:31 (KJV)
Yet many of the crowd believed in him and said, “Whenever the Christ comes, he won’t perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?”	And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου δὲ πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλεγον· ὁ χριστὸς ὅταν ἔλθῃ μὴ πλείονα σημεῖα ποιήσει ὧν οὗτος ἐποίησεν	πολλοι δε εκ του οχλου επιστευσαν εις αυτον και ελεγον οτι ο χριστος οταν ελθη μητι πλειονα σημεια τουτων ποιησει ων ουτος εποιησεν	πολλοι δε εκ του οχλου επιστευσαν εις αυτον και ελεγον οτι ο χριστος οταν ελθη μητι πλειονα σημεια τουτων ποιησει ων ουτος εποιησεν

John 9:16 (NET)	John 9:16 (KJV)
Then some of the Pharisees began to say, “This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division among them.	Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἔλεγον οὖν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων τινές· οὐκ ἔστιν οὗτος παρὰ θεοῦ ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι τὸ σάββατον οὐ τηρεῖ. ἄλλοι [δὲ] ἔλεγον· πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος ἁμαρτωλὸς τοιαῦτα σημεῖα ποιεῖν; καὶ σχίσμα ἦν ἐν αὐτοῖς	ελεγον ουν εκ των φαρισαιων τινες ουτος ο ανθρωπος ουκ εστιν παρα του θεου οτι το σαββατον ου τηρει αλλοι ελεγον πως δυναται ανθρωπος αμαρτωλος τοιαυτα σημεια ποιειν και σχισμα ην εν αυτοις	ελεγον ουν εκ των φαρισαιων τινες ουτος ο ανθρωπος ουκ εστιν παρα του θεου οτι το σαββατον ου τηρει αλλοι ελεγον πως δυναται ανθρωπος αμαρτωλος τοιαυτα σημεια ποιειν και σχισμα ην εν αυτοις

John 11:45, 46 (NET)	John 11:45, 46 (KJV)
Then many of the people, who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in him.	Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Πολλοὶ οὖν ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων οἱ ἐλθόντες πρὸς τὴν Μαριὰμ καὶ θεασάμενοι \|ἃ\| ἐποίησεν ἐπίστευσαν εἰς αὐτόν	πολλοι ουν εκ των ιουδαιων οι ελθοντες προς την μαριαν και θεασαμενοι α εποιησεν ο ιησους επιστευσαν εις αυτον	πολλοι ουν εκ των ιουδαιων οι ελθοντες προς την μαριαν και θεασαμενοι α εποιησεν ο ιησους επιστευσαν εις αυτον

But some of them went to the Pharisees and reported to them what Jesus had done.

But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
τινὲς δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀπῆλθον πρὸς τοὺς Φαρισαίους καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς ἃ ἐποίησεν Ἰησοῦς	τινες δε εξ αυτων απηλθον προς τους φαρισαιους και ειπον αυτοις α εποιησεν ο ιησους	τινες δε εξ αυτων απηλθον προς τους φαρισαιους και ειπον αυτοις α εποιησεν ο ιησους

John 12:18, 19 (NET)	John 12:18, 19 (KJV)
Because they had heard that Jesus had performed this miraculous sign, the crowd went out to meet him.	For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
διὰ τοῦτο [καὶ] ὑπήντησεν αὐτῷ ὁ ὄχλος, ὅτι ἤκουσαν τοῦτο αὐτὸν πεποιηκέναι τὸ σημεῖον	δια τουτο και υπηντησεν αυτω ο οχλος οτι ηκουσεν τουτο αυτον πεποιηκεναι το σημειον	δια τουτο και υπηντησεν αυτω ο οχλος οτι ηκουσεν τουτο αυτον πεποιηκεναι το σημειον

Thus the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
οἱ οὖν Φαρισαῖοι εἶπαν πρὸς ἑαυτούς· θεωρεῖτε ὅτι οὐκ ὠφελεῖτε οὐδέν· ἴδε ὁ κόσμος ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθεν	οι ουν φαρισαιοι ειπον προς εαυτους θεωρειτε οτι ουκ ωφελειτε ουδεν ιδε ο κοσμος οπισω αυτου απηλθεν	οι ουν φαρισαιοι ειπον προς εαυτους θεωρειτε οτι ουκ ωφελειτε ουδεν ιδε ο κοσμος οπισω αυτου απηλθεν

John 12:40 (NET)	John 12:40 (KJV)
“*He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me,* and I would heal them.”	He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
τετύφλωκεν αὐτῶν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ ἐπώρωσεν αὐτῶν τὴν καρδίαν, ἵνα μὴ ἴδωσιν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ νοήσωσιν τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ στραφῶσιν, καὶ ἰάσομαι αὐτούς	τετυφλωκεν αυτων τους οφθαλμους και πεπωρωκεν αυτων την καρδιαν ινα μη ιδωσιν τοις οφθαλμοις και νοησωσιν τη καρδια και επιστραφωσιν και ιασωμαι αυτους	τετυφλωκεν αυτων τους οφθαλμους και πεπωρωκεν αυτων την καρδιαν ινα μη ιδωσιν τοις οφθαλμοις και νοησωσιν τη καρδια και επιστραφωσιν και ιασωμαι αυτους

John 20:30, 31 (NET)	John 20:30, 31 (KJV)
Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.	And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐνώπιον τῶν μαθητῶν , ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ	πολλα μεν ουν και αλλα σημεια εποιησεν ο ιησους ενωπιον των μαθητων αυτου α ουκ εστιν γεγραμμενα εν τω βιβλιω τουτω	πολλα μεν ουν και αλλα σημεια εποιησεν ο ιησους ενωπιον των μαθητων αυτου α ουκ εστιν γεγραμμενα εν τω βιβλιω τουτω

But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ταῦτα δὲ γέγραπται ἵνα \|πιστεύητε\| ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἵνα πιστεύοντες ζωὴν ἔχητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ	ταυτα δε γεγραπται ινα πιστευσητε οτι ο ιησους εστιν ο χριστος ο υιος του θεου και ινα πιστευοντες ζωην εχητε εν τω ονοματι αυτου	ταυτα δε γεγραπται ινα πιστευσητε οτι ιησους εστιν ο χριστος ο υιος του θεου και ινα πιστευοντες ζωην εχητε εν τω ονοματι αυτου

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^[1] 2 Corinthians 1:8b (NET)

^[2] Numbers 11:14, 15 (Tanakh)

^[3] Numbers 11:17b (Tanakh)

^[4] Numbers 11:29b (Tanakh)

^[5] Numbers 11:29b (NETS) Table2

^[6] Acts 2:17 (NET)

^[7] Acts 2:18 (NET)

^[8] Acts 2:36b (NET)

^[9] Acts 2:38b, 39 (NET)

^[10] Acts 2:19 (NET)

^[11] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ο ιησους (KJV: Jesus) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[12] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had αὐτῷ here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[13] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αυτον (KJV: him) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[14] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ζητεῖ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had επιζητει.

^[15] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ζητεῖ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had επιζητει.

^[16] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had του προφητου (KJV: the prophet) following Jonah. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[17] In the NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text Solomon was spelled Σολομῶνος, and σολομωντος in the Stephanus Textus Receptus.

^[18] In the NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text Solomon was spelled Σολομῶνος, and σολομωντος in the Stephanus Textus Receptus.

^[19] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had Νινευῖται here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had νινευι.

^[20] John 4:49 (NET)

^[21] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had και (KJV: And) following will live. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[22] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ὃν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ω.

^[23] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had the article ὁ preceding Jesus. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[24] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had και απηγγειλαν (KJV: and told him, saying,) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[25] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had και here, where the NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had οὖν.

^[26] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had εἶπαν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ειπον (KJV: they said).

^[27] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐχθὲς here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had χθες.

^[28] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had οτι here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[29] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had δὲ following this. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[30] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had the article την here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[31] John 2:11 (NET)

^[32] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had υποκριται (KJV: O ye hypocrites) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[33] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had του προφητου (KJV: of the prophet) following Jonah. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[34] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had the article τῷ preceding ruler. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[35] Luke 11:14-16 (NET)

^[36] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Stephanus Textus Receptus had γινώσκετε here, where the Byzantine Majority Text had γινωσκεται.

^[37] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had χριστον εν σαρκι εληλυθοτα (KJV: Christ is come in the flesh) following Jesus. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[38] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐγὼ here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[39] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had the article ο here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[40] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had the article τοῖς preceding Jerusalem. The Stephanus Textus Receptus did not.

^[41] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had the article ο preceding Jesus. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[42] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had αὐτὸν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had εαυτον.

^[43] John 2:23-25 (NET)

^[44] John 3:1-3 (NET)

^[45] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had δὲ (untranslated) where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had και (KJV: And).

^[46] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐθεώρουν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had εωρων (KJV: they saw).

^[47] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αυτου (KJV: his) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[48] John 6:2 (NET)

^[49] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ο ιησους (KJV: Jesus) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[50] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αυτον (KJV: him) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[51] John 6:14, 15 (NET)

^[52] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had ποιῶμεν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus had ποιουμεν.

^[53] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Stephanus Textus Receptus had the article ὁ preceding Jesus. The Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[54] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had πιστεύητε here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had πιστευσητε.

^[55] In the NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ Mose was spelled Μωϋσῆς, and μωσης in the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text.

^[56] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had δε (KJV: And) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[57] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐμὲ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had με.

^[58] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had διψήσει here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had διψηση (KJV: shall never thirst).

^[59] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐμὲ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had με.

^[60] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἀπὸ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had εκ.

^[61] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had πατρος (KJV: Father’s) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[62] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had γάρ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had δε (KJV: And).

^[63] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had πατρός μου here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had πεμψαντος με (KJV: of him that sent me).

^[64] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had οτι preceding the Christ. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[65] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had μὴ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had μητι (KJV: will he).

^[66] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had τουτων (KJV: than these) following signs. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[67] John 7:31 (NET)

^[68] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had the article του preceding God. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[69] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had δὲ here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[70] John 9:16 (NET)

^[71] John 10:40-42 (NET)

^[72] In the NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ Mary was spelled Μαριὰμ, and μαριαν in the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text.

^[73] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ο ιησους (KJV: Jesus) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[74] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had εἶπαν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ειπον (KJV: told).

^[75] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had the article ο preceding Jesus. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[76] John 11:45-48 (NET)

^[77] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἤκουσαν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ηκουσεν.

^[78] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had εἶπαν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ειπον.

^[79] John 12:17-19 (NET)

^[80] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐπώρωσεν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had πεπωρωκεν.

^[81] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had στραφῶσιν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had επιστραφωσιν (KJV: be converted).

^[82] John 12:37-40 (NET)

^[83] Romans 11:25 (NET) Table

^[84] Romans 11:5 (NET)

^[85] John 12:42, 43 (NET)

^[86] The Stephanus Textus Receptus, Byzantine Majority Text and NA²⁸ had αυτου (KJV: his) here. The NET parallel Greek text did not.

^[87] The Stephanus Textus Receptus had the article ο preceding Jesus. The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

Peter’s First Gospel Proclamation

Posted on May 13, 2012 by admin

Jesus’ disciples waited in Jerusalem as He instructed them. When the Holy Spirit came upon them, a crowd gathered (Acts 2:14-41 NET).

Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: “You men of Judea and all¹ you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say. In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel: ‘And in the last days it will be,’ God says, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.² Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke. The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day³ of the Lord comes.⁴ And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

“Men of Israel, listen (ἀκούσατε, a form of ἀκούω) to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds,⁵ wonders,⁶ and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves⁷ know (οἴδατε, a form of εἴδω) – this man, who was handed over by the predetermined (ὡρισμένῃ, a form of ὁρίζω) plan (βουλῇ) and foreknowledge (προγνώσει, a form of πρόγνωσις) of God,⁸ you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands⁹ of Gentiles. But God raised him up, having released (λύσας, a form λύω) him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power. For David¹⁰ says about him, ‘I saw¹¹ the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart was glad¹² and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope, because you will not leave my soul in Hades¹³, nor permit your Holy One to experience (ἰδεῖν, another form of εἴδω) decay. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’

“Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. So then, because he was a prophet and knew (εἰδὼς, another form of εἴδω) that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants¹⁴ on his throne, David by foreseeing (προιδὼν, a form of προείδω) this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he¹⁵ was neither¹⁶ abandoned¹⁷ to Hades, nor¹⁸ did his body experience (εἶδεν, a form of ὁράω) decay. This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses (μάρτυρες, a form of μάρτυς) of it. So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise (ἐπαγγελίαν, a form of ἐπαγγελία) of the Holy Spirit¹⁹ from the Father, he has poured out what you both²⁰ see (βλέπετε, a form βλέπω) and hear (ἀκούετε, a form of ἀκούω). For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’ Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made (ἐποίησεν, a form of ποιέω) this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.”

Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed²¹ and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do (ποιήσωμεν, another form of ποιέω), brothers?” Peter said²² to them, “Repent (μετανοήσατε, a form of μετανοέω), and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness (ἄφεσιν, a form of ἄφεσις) of your²³ sins²⁴ (ἁμαρτιῶν, a form of ἁμαρτία), and you will receive the gift (δωρεὰν) of the Holy Spirit. For the promise (ἐπαγγελία) is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.” With many other words he testified²⁵ and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!” So those who accepted²⁶ his message were baptized, and that²⁷ day about three thousand people were added.

Addendum: October 21, 2018
Tables of Acts 2:14; 2:17; 2:20; 2:22, 23; 2:25-27; 2:29-31; 2:33, 34; 2:37, 38 and 2:40, 41 comparing the NET and KJV follow.

Acts 2:14 (NET)	Acts 2:14 (KJV)
But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: “You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.	But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Σταθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος σὺν τοῖς ἕνδεκα ἐπῆρεν τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπεφθέγξατο αὐτοῖς, ἄνδρες Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες Ἰερουσαλὴμ πάντες, τοῦτο ὑμῖν γνωστὸν ἔστω καὶ ἐνωτίσασθε τὰ ρήματα μου	σταθεις δε πετρος συν τοις ενδεκα επηρεν την φωνην αυτου και απεφθεγξατο αυτοις ανδρες ιουδαιοι και οι κατοικουντες ιερουσαλημ απαντες τουτο υμιν γνωστον εστω και ενωτισασθε τα ρηματα μου	σταθεις δε πετρος συν τοις ενδεκα επηρεν την φωνην αυτου και απεφθεγξατο αυτοις ανδρες ιουδαιοι και οι κατοικουντες ιερουσαλημ απαντες τουτο υμιν γνωστον εστω και ενωτισασθε τα ρηματα μου

Acts 2:17 (NET)	Acts 2:17 (KJV)
‘*And* in the last days it will be,’ *God says,* ‘*that I will pour out my Spirit on all people,* *and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams*.	And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
καὶ ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις, λέγει ὁ θεός, ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα, καὶ προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ὑμῶν καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι ὑμῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνυπνίοις ἐνυπνιασθήσονται	και εσται εν ταις εσχαταις ημεραις λεγει ο θεος εκχεω απο του πνευματος μου επι πασαν σαρκα και προφητευσουσιν οι υιοι υμων και αι θυγατερες υμων και οι νεανισκοι υμων ορασεις οψονται και οι πρεσβυτεροι υμων ενυπνια ενυπνιασθησονται	και εσται εν ταις εσχαταις ημεραις λεγει ο θεος εκχεω απο του πνευματος μου επι πασαν σαρκα και προφητευσουσιν οι υιοι υμων και αι θυγατερες υμων και οι νεανισκοι υμων ορασεις οψονται και οι πρεσβυτεροι υμων ενυπνια ενυπνιασθησονται

Acts 2:20 (NET)	Acts 2:20 (KJV)
*The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious* day of the Lord comes.	The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα, πρὶν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ	ο ηλιος μεταστραφησεται εις σκοτος και η σεληνη εις αιμα πριν η ελθειν την ημεραν κυριου την μεγαλην και επιφανη	ο ηλιος μεταστραφησεται εις σκοτος και η σεληνη εις αιμα πριν η ελθειν την ημεραν κυριου την μεγαλην και επιφανη

Acts 2:22, 23 (NET)	Acts 2:22, 23 (KJV)
Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know –	Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
῎Ανδρες Ἰσραηλῖται, ἀκούσατε τοὺς λόγους τούτους· Ἰησοῦν τὸν Ναζωραῖον, ἄνδρα ἀποδεδειγμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς ὑμᾶς δυνάμεσι καὶ τέρασι καὶ σημείοις οἷς ἐποίησεν δι᾿ αὐτοῦ ὁ θεὸς ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν καθὼς αὐτοὶ οἴδατε	ανδρες ισραηλιται ακουσατε τους λογους τουτους ιησουν τον ναζωραιον ανδρα απο του θεου αποδεδειγμενον εις υμας δυναμεσιν και τερασιν και σημειοις οις εποιησεν δι αυτου ο θεος εν μεσω υμων καθως και αυτοι οιδατε	ανδρες ισραηλιται ακουσατε τους λογους τουτους ιησουν τον ναζωραιον ανδρα απο του θεου αποδεδειγμενον εις υμας δυναμεσιν και τερασιν και σημειοις οις εποιησεν δι αυτου ο θεος εν μεσω υμων καθως και αυτοι οιδατε

this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
τοῦτον τῇ ὡρισμένῃ βουλῇ καὶ προγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ ἔκδοτον διὰ χειρὸς ἀνόμων προσπήξαντες ἀνείλατε	τουτον τη ωρισμενη βουλη και προγνωσει του θεου εκδοτον λαβοντες δια χειρων ανομων προσπηξαντες ανειλετε	τουτον τη ωρισμενη βουλη και προγνωσει του θεου εκδοτον λαβοντες δια χειρων ανομων προσπηξαντες ανειλετε

Acts 2:25-27 (NET)	Acts 2:25-27 (KJV)
For David says about him, ‘*I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken*.	For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Δαυὶδ γὰρ λέγει εἰς αὐτόν προορώμην τὸν κύριον ἐνώπιον μου διὰ παντός, ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μού ἐστιν ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ	δαβιδ γαρ λεγει εις αυτον προωρωμην τον κυριον ενωπιον μου δια παντος οτι εκ δεξιων μου εστιν ινα μη σαλευθω	δαυιδ γαρ λεγει εις αυτον προωρωμην τον κυριον ενωπιον μου δια παντος οτι εκ δεξιων μου εστιν ινα μη σαλευθω

Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope,

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
διὰ τοῦτο ἠυφράνθη ἡ καρδία \|μου\| καὶ ἠγαλλιάσατο ἡ γλῶσσα μου, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου κατασκηνώσει ἐπ᾿ ἐλπίδι	δια τουτο ευφρανθη η καρδια μου και ηγαλλιασατο η γλωσσα μου ετι δε και η σαρξ μου κατασκηνωσει επ ελπιδι	δια τουτο ευφρανθη η καρδια μου και ηγαλλιασατο η γλωσσα μου ετι δε και η σαρξ μου κατασκηνωσει επ ελπιδι

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.

Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ᾅδην οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιον σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν	οτι ουκ εγκαταλειψεις την ψυχην μου εις αδου ουδε δωσεις τον οσιον σου ιδειν διαφθοραν	οτι ουκ εγκαταλειψεις την ψυχην μου εις αδου ουδε δωσεις τον οσιον σου ιδειν διαφθοραν

Acts 2:29-31 (NET)	Acts 2:29-31 (KJV)
“Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.	Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
῎Ανδρες ἀδελφοί, ἐξὸν εἰπεῖν μετὰ παρρησίας πρὸς ὑμᾶς περὶ τοῦ πατριάρχου Δαυὶδ ὅτι καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν καὶ ἐτάφη, καὶ τὸ μνῆμα αὐτοῦ ἔστιν ἐν ἡμῖν ἄχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης	ανδρες αδελφοι εξον ειπειν μετα παρρησιας προς υμας περι του πατριαρχου δαβιδ οτι και ετελευτησεν και εταφη και το μνημα αυτου εστιν εν ημιν αχρι της ημερας ταυτης	ανδρες αδελφοι εξον ειπειν μετα παρρησιας προς υμας περι του πατριαρχου δαυιδ οτι και ετελευτησεν και εταφη και το μνημα αυτου εστιν εν ημιν αχρι της ημερας ταυτης

So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
προφήτης οὖν ὑπάρχων καὶ εἰδὼς ὅτι ὅρκῳ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ καθίσαι ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ	προφητης ουν υπαρχων και ειδως οτι ορκω ωμοσεν αυτω ο θεος εκ καρπου της οσφυος αυτου το κατα σαρκα αναστησειν τον χριστον καθισαι επι του θρονου αυτου	προφητης ουν υπαρχων και ειδως οτι ορκω ωμοσεν αυτω ο θεος εκ καρπου της οσφυος αυτου το κατα σαρκα αναστησειν τον χριστον καθισαι επι του θρονου αυτου

David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay.

He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
προιδὼν ἐλάλησεν περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὅτι οὔτε ἐγκατελείφθη εἰς ᾅδην οὔτε ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦ εἶδεν διαφθοράν	προιδων ελαλησεν περι της αναστασεως του χριστου οτι ου κατελειφθη η ψυχη αυτου εις αδου ουδε η σαρξ αυτου ειδεν διαφθοραν	προιδων ελαλησεν περι της αναστασεως του χριστου οτι ου κατελειφθη η ψυχη αυτου εις αδου ουδε η σαρξ αυτου ειδεν διαφθοραν

Acts 2:33, 34 (NET)	Acts 2:33, 34 (KJV)
So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.	Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
τῇ δεξιᾷ οὖν τοῦ θεοῦ ὑψωθείς, τήν τε ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου λαβὼν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός, ἐξέχεεν τοῦτο ὃ ὑμεῖς [καὶ] βλέπετε καὶ ἀκούετε	τη δεξια ουν του θεου υψωθεις την τε επαγγελιαν του αγιου πνευματος λαβων παρα του πατρος εξεχεεν τουτο ο νυν υμεις βλεπετε και ακουετε	τη δεξια ουν του θεου υψωθεις την τε επαγγελιαν του αγιου πνευματος λαβων παρα του πατρος εξεχεεν τουτο ο νυν υμεις βλεπετε και ακουετε

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand

For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
οὐ γὰρ Δαυὶδ ἀνέβη εἰς τοὺς οὐρανούς, λέγει δὲ αὐτός εἶπεν [ὁ] κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου	ου γαρ δαβιδ ανεβη εις τους ουρανους λεγει δε αυτος ειπεν ο κυριος τω κυριω μου καθου εκ δεξιων μου	ου γαρ δαυιδ ανεβη εις τους ουρανους λεγει δε αυτος ειπεν ο κυριος τω κυριω μου καθου εκ δεξιων μου

Acts 2:37, 38 (NET)	Acts 2:37, 38 (KJV)
Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?”	Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Ἀκούσαντες δὲ κατενύγησαν τὴν καρδίαν εἶπον τε πρὸς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς ἀποστόλους· τί ποιήσωμεν, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί;	ακουσαντες δε κατενυγησαν τη καρδια ειπον τε προς τον πετρον και τους λοιπους αποστολους τι ποιησομεν ανδρες αδελφοι	ακουσαντες δε κατενυγησαν τη καρδια ειπον τε προς τον πετρον και τους λοιπους αποστολους τι ποιησομεν ανδρες αδελφοι

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Πέτρος δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς· μετανοήσατε, [φησίν,] καὶ βαπτισθήτω ἕκαστος ὑμῶν \|ἐπὶ\| τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ὑμῶν καὶ λήμψεσθε τὴν δωρεὰν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος	πετρος δε εφη προς αυτους μετανοησατε και βαπτισθητω εκαστος υμων επι τω ονοματι ιησου χριστου εις αφεσιν αμαρτιων και ληψεσθε την δωρεαν του αγιου πνευματος	πετρος δε εφη προς αυτους μετανοησατε και βαπτισθητω εκαστος υμων επι τω ονοματι ιησου χριστου εις αφεσιν αμαρτιων και ληψεσθε την δωρεαν του αγιου πνευματος

Acts 2:40, 41 (NET)	Acts 2:40, 41 (KJV)
With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”	And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἑτέροις τε λόγοις πλείοσιν διεμαρτύρατο καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτοὺς λέγων· σώθητε ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς τῆς σκολιᾶς ταύτης	ετεροις τε λογοις πλειοσιν διεμαρτυρετο και παρεκαλει λεγων σωθητε απο της γενεας της σκολιας ταυτης	ετεροις τε λογοις πλειοσιν διεμαρτυρετο και παρεκαλει λεγων σωθητε απο της γενεας της σκολιας ταυτης

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
οἱ μὲν οὖν ἀποδεξάμενοι τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐβαπτίσθησαν καὶ προσετέθησαν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ψυχαὶ ὡσεὶ τρισχίλιαι	οι μεν ουν ασμενως αποδεξαμενοι τον λογον αυτου εβαπτισθησαν και προσετεθησαν τη ημερα εκεινη ψυχαι ωσει τρισχιλιαι	οι μεν ουν ασμενως αποδεξαμενοι τον λογον αυτου εβαπτισθησαν και προσετεθησαν τη ημερα εκεινη ψυχαι ωσει τρισχιλιαι

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