The Living Bible (523 page)
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11:13
Use it to buy a field from the pottery makers,
literally, “Throw it to the pottery makers.”
12:11
King Josiah,
implied in 2 Chronicles 35:24-25; literally, “like the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddo.”
13:6
these scars on your chest and your back.
Evidently self-inflicted cuts, as practiced by false prophets; see 1 Kings 18:28.
I got into a brawl at the home of a friend,
literally, “[These are] wounds I received in the house of my friends.” Some think this refers to Christ; others believe this refers to a false prophet who is lying about the reasons for his scars.
13:8
Two-thirds of all the nation of Israel will be cut off and die.
Something of this sort has already happened twice: 2 million Jews perished in the Roman wars, and 6 million under Hitler. Is a yet future disaster predicted here?
14:5
for it will reach across to the city gate,
literally, “for the valley of my mountain shall touch Azel”—apparently a hamlet on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem.
all his saints and angels,
literally, “his holy ones.”
14:6
The sun and moon and stars will no longer shine.
The Hebrew is uncertain.
14:14
at Jerusalem,
or “against Jerusalem.”
14:16
to celebrate a time of thanksgiving,
literally, “to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles,” or “Booths.”
14:20
These Are Holy Property,
literally, “Holy to the Lord.”
3:1
the One,
literally, “the Lord.”
3:6
for my mercy endures forever,
implied.
4:5
another prophet like Elijah,
literally, “the prophet Elijah.” Compare Matthew 17:10-12 and Luke 1:17.
1:17
These are fourteen,
literally, “So all the generations from Abraham unto David are fourteen.”
1:19
her fiancé,
literally, “her husband.”
a man of stern principle,
literally, “a just man.”
1:20
As he lay awake,
implied in remainder of verse.
2:3
and all Jerusalem was filled with rumors,
literally, “and all Jerusalem with him.”
2:5
Micah,
implied; see Micah 5:2.
2:9
appeared to them again, standing over Bethlehem,
literally, “went before them until it came and stood over where the baby lay.”
2:14
same,
implied.
2:15
Compare Hosea 11:1.
2:18
Ramah,
or “the region of Ramah.”
3:1
While they were living in Nazareth,
literally, “In those days.”
3:2
is coming soon,
or “has arrived”; literally, “is at hand.”
3:3
I hear,
implied. See Isaiah 40:3.
3:7
Pharisees,
Jewish religious leaders who strictly followed the letter of the law but often violated its intent.
Sadducees,
Jewish political leaders.
3:9
God can change these stones here into Jews,
literally, “God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.”
3:11
With water . . . with the Holy Spirit,
or “In water . . . in the Holy Spirit.”
3:15
do all that is right,
literally, “fulfill all righteousness.”
4:12-13
returned home,
implied.
4:15-16
broke through upon them,
see Isaiah 9:1-2.
4:17
is near,
or “is at hand,” or “has arrived.”
4:18
out in a boat,
implied.
5:18
until its purpose is achieved,
literally, “until all things be accomplished.”
5:20
goodness,
literally, “righteousness.”
5:22
But I have added to that rule and tell you,
literally, “But I say.”
even in your own home,
literally, “with your brother.”
the fires of hell,
literally, “the hell of fire.”
5:29
your best eye,
literally, “your right eye.”
5:38
pay with his own eye . . . knock out the tooth,
literally, “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.”
6:13
from the Evil One,
or “from evil.” Some manuscripts add here, “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, Amen.”
6:34
Live one day at a time,
literally, “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”
7:12
This is the teaching of the laws of Moses in a nutshell,
literally, “This is the law and the prophets.”
7:13
The highway to hell,
literally, “The way that leads to destruction.”
7:20
or a person,
implied.
7:22
At the Judgment,
literally, “In that day.”
7:23
You have never been mine,
literally, “I never knew you.”
7:29
not as their Jewish leaders,
literally, “not as the scribes.” These leaders only quoted others, and did not presume to present any fresh revelation.
8:4
Don’t stop to talk to anyone,
literally, “See you tell no man.”
8:8-9
and it isn’t necessary for you to come,
implied.
8:11
like this Roman officer,
implied.
8:15
prepared a meal for them,
literally, “ministered unto them.”
8:17
He took our sicknesses and bore our diseases,
see Isaiah 53:4.
8:19
Just then,
implied.
one of the Jewish religious teachers,
literally, “a scribe.”
8:20
the Messiah,
literally, “the Son of Man.”
8:21
when my father is dead, then I will follow you,
or “let me first go and bury my father.”
8:22
now,
implied.
spiritually dead,
implied.
8:29
You have no right to torment us yet,
literally, “Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
9:1
his hometown,
literally, “his own city.”
9:5-6
the Messiah,
literally, “the Son of Man.”
9:9
Matthew,
the Matthew who wrote this book.
9:10
at Matthew’s house,
implied.
9:13
I want you to be merciful,
see Hosea 6:6.
9:15
I,
literally, “the Bridegroom.”
9:17
old wineskins.
These were leather bags for storing wine.
9:31
all over the town,
literally, “in all that land.”
10:7
is near,
or “at hand” or “has arrived.”
10:23
I,
literally, “The Son of Man.”
10:25
have been called ‘Satan’;
see 9:34 where they call him this.
11:1
preaching in the cities where they were scheduled to go,
literally, “to teach and preach in their cities.” Luke remarks, “The Lord now chose seventy other disciples and sent them on ahead in pairs to all the towns and villages he planned to visit later” (10:1).
11:10
prepare people to receive me,
literally, “prepare your way before you.”
11:12
ardent multitudes have been crowding toward the Kingdom of Heaven,
literally, “the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence and men of violence take it by force.”
11:13
to the Messiah,
implied.
11:14
at the time the Kingdom begins,
implied.
11:18
He’s crazy,
literally, “He has a demon.”
11:19
the Messiah,
literally, “the Son of Man.”
brilliant men like you can justify your every inconsistency,
literally, “wisdom is justified by her children.”
11:21
Tyre and Sidon,
cities destroyed by God for their wickedness. Also
Sodom
in v. 23.