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Isaiah 36:22
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Isaiah 36:22
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22 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn[a] and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.
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- Isaiah 36:22 sn As a sign of grief and mourning.
Isaiah 37:1
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Isaiah 37:1
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37 When King Hezekiah heard this,[a] he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.
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- Isaiah 37:1 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
Acts 14:14
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Acts 14:14
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14 But when the apostles[a] Barnabas and Paul heard about[b] it, they tore[c] their clothes and rushed out[d] into the crowd, shouting,[e]
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- Acts 14:14 sn The apostles Barnabas and Paul. This is one of only two places where Luke calls Paul an apostle, and the description here is shared with Barnabas. This is a nontechnical use here, referring to a commissioned messenger.
- Acts 14:14 tn The participle ἀκούσαντες (akousantes) is taken temporally.
- Acts 14:14 tn Grk “tearing their clothes they rushed out.” The participle διαρρήξαντες (diarrēxantes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. This action is a Jewish response to blasphemy (m. Sanhedrin 7.5; Jdt 14:16-17).
- Acts 14:14 tn So BDAG 307 s.v. ἐκπηδάω 1, “rush (lit. ‘leap’) out…εἰς τὸν ὄχλον into the crowd Ac 14:14.”
- Acts 14:14 tn Grk “shouting and saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes, in v. 15) has not been translated because it is redundant.sn What follows is one of two speeches in Acts to a purely pagan audience (Acts 17 in Athens is the other). So Paul focused on God as Creator, a common link.
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