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5Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;Observe that slavery is not condemned. The owners are not commanded to free their slaves, just to treat them right. The slaves are not told to run away, but to be even better slaves.
1Then on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb carrying the spices they had prepared, along with some others.A mere handful (0.5%) of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, omit "along with some others" (as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.).
2(It was the Mary who [later]John is writing many years after the fact. Mary became identified by her famous deed, which actually took place several weeks after the raising of Lazarus, and is recorded in chapter 12. anointed the Lord with myrrh and wiped His feet with her hair whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
2And having bound Him they went and handed Him over to PontiusPerhaps 0.5% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, omit "Pontius" (as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.). Pilate, the governor.
1Paul and Timothy,Paul gives recognition to his junior partner. slavesThat is right, slaves. of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ JesusPaul goes back and forth between "Jesus Christ" and "Christ Jesus" with apparently no difference in meaning. who are at Philippi, together with the overseersThis term is often translated ‘bishop’; along with ‘elder’ and ‘pastor’ it refers to a single office in the church. Note that there is a plurality of both overseers and deacons. and deacons:
4Again he sent another slave to them, and that one they wounded in the head by stoning,Perhaps 3% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, omit ‘by stoning’ (to be followed by NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.). and sent him away shamefully treated.
3(We give no occasion for offense in anything, that the ministry not be faulted;
1Now upon assuming the province, after three days Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2to the churchSince there were probably several local congregations meeting in homes in Corinth, not to mention "everywhere", I have rendered ‘church’. Note that Paul obviously intended that his letter have a wide circulation, very wide. of God that is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus,If your life style is still that of the world, you have not been ‘sanctified’. called saints,Called by God. along with all those everywhereClearly Paul knows that he is not writing just for the Corinthians. But just how is this letter going to get to believers "everywhere"? If Paul himself did not make copies, presumably the congregation that received the ‘original’ would set about making certified copies. who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord —yes, theirs and yours:"Yours" is the reading of the best line of transmission, as I see it, being part of 25% of the total of manuscripts. But the idea is a bit awkward, and the change of one letter solved the ‘problem’, as in the 75%—‘theirs and ours’ is straightforward.
3and Joanna the wife of Chuza, an official of Herod; and Susanna, and many others—these were providing for HimThe Greek manuscripts are divided between ‘him’ and ‘them’ (I follow the best line of transmission), which in practice would amount to the same thing—since He would not eat alone, any providing would have to include the twelve. from their substance.
4with reference to which, when you read,Whatever writing Paul is referring to, evidently the Ephesians had not seen it yet, but he figures they have heard about it. Paul probably wrote a variety of things that were not preserved in the New Testament canon. you can understand my insight into Christ’s secret),
3Then Mary, bringing a pound of pure oil of nard, very costly, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped His feet with her hair!She has obviously forgiven Him for letting her brother die, and might even have been making amends for having doubted Him. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
2"The kingdom of the heavens is like a certain king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.
4For if someone comes and preaches another ‘Jesus’ whom we did not preach, or you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you easily put up with it.The impression one gets is that the Corinthian believers were lacking in discernment, or commitment, or both.
4And they were all filled with Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages,These are human languages, spoken somewhere on earth, as the following context makes clear. as the Spirit was granting to them to speak out."Speak out" translates a different word than the "speak" in the middle of the verse; the idea is to proclaim or project the voice. Notice that the speaking was controlled by the Spirit. The Text is emphatic that they were all filled, but they did not all start spouting languages; the languages were directed to specific hearers, as the following context makes clear. As the crowd began to gather the Spirit presumably sent the disciples (probably the same 120, at least) out to mingle with the people, and the Spirit proclaimed ‘the great works of God’ to each one in his mother tongue, using the mouths of the disciples. But there would also need to be a miracle in the ear of each hearer, to filter his own language out from the welter of sound (many languages being proclaimed at the same time). I would imagine that this activity lasted at least 10 or 15 minutes.
1A beginningThere is no definite article with ‘beginning’; and of course the other three Gospels have different ‘beginnings’. of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God!There is no definite article with ‘Son’, which in this case emphasizes the inherent quality of the noun.
3Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the ear behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.When you think about that does it make you feel uncomfortable?
2in which you once walked, according to the Aeon of this world, the ruler of the domain of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of the disobedience;Strictly speaking the Text has "according to the Aeon of this world, according to the ruler of the domain of the air"—the phrases are parallel, so ‘Aeon’ and ‘ruler’ have the same referent, a specific person or being. This spirit is presently at work (present tense) in ‘the sons of the disobedience’. ‘Sons’ of something are characterized by that something, and the something in this case is ‘the’ disobedience (the Text has the definite article)—a continuation of the original rebellion against the Sovereign of the universe. Anyone in rebellion against the Creator is under satanic influence, direct or indirect (in most cases a demon acts as Satan’s agent, when something more than the influence of the surrounding culture is required). Anyone in rebellion against the Creator will also have strongholds of Satan in his mind.
3Also, I was with you in weakness, in fear, and with much trembling.
1Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world He loved them to the end.This appears to be a cover statement, introducing the rest of the book. What Jesus would do in the upper room, in the garden, on the cross, after the resurrection, were expressions of His love for His own. His love took Him through to ‘the end’, the last consequence—nothing was left undone. How could He return to the Father if He didn’t do all that had to be done? He had been sent to recover all that the first Adam had lost, and He did!