2 Samuel 20:9-10

20:9 Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard as if to greet him with a kiss. 20:10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab ¹  stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s ²  intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. ³  Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

Ulangan 27:24

27:24 ‘Cursed is the one who kills ⁴  his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Ulangan 27:1

The Assembly at Shechem

27:1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Pay attention to all the commandments ⁵  I am giving ⁶  you today.

Kisah Para Rasul 2:5

2:5 Now there were devout Jews ⁷  from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem. ⁸ 

Kisah Para Rasul 2:32

2:32 This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it. ⁹ 

[20:10]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:10]  ² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:10]  ³ tn Heb “and he did not repeat concerning him, and he died.”

[27:24]  ⁴ tn Or “strikes down” (so NRSV).

[27:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “the whole commandment.” See note at 5:31.

[27:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 10).

[2:5]  ⁷ tn Grk “Jews, devout men.” It is possible that only men are in view here in light of OT commands for Jewish men to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem at various times during the year (cf. Exod 23:17, 34:23; Deut 16:16). However, other evidence seems to indicate that both men and women might be in view. Luke 2:41-52 shows that whole families would make the temporary trip to Jerusalem. In addition, it is probable that the audience consisted of families who had taken up permanent residence in Jerusalem. The verb κατοικέω (katoikew) normally means “reside” or “dwell,” and archaeological evidence from tombs in Jerusalem does indicate that many families immigrated to Jerusalem permanently (see B. Witherington, Acts, 135); this would naturally include women. Also, the word ἀνήρ (ajnhr), which usually does mean “male” or “man” (as opposed to woman), sometimes is used generically to mean “a person” (BDAG 79 s.v. 2; cf. Matt 12:41). Given this evidence, then, it is conceivable that the audience in view here is not individual male pilgrims but a mixed group of men and women.

[2:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “Now there were residing in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.”

[2:5]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:32]  ⁹ tn Or “of him”; Grk “of which [or whom] we are all witnesses” (Acts 1:8).