10:1 For I do not want you to be unaware, 2 brothers and sisters, 3 that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,
1 tn Grk “by the destroyer.” BDAG 703 s.v. ὀλοθρευτῆς mentions the corresponding OT references and notes, “the one meant is the destroying angel as the one who carries out the divine sentence of punishment, or perh. Satan.”
2 tn Grk “ignorant.”
3 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.
3 tn There is no main verb in this verse (“showing hospitality” translates the adjective φιλόξενοι [filoxenoi]), but it continues the sense of command from v. 7.