Kisah Para Rasul 17:32

17:32 Now when they heard about ¹  the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, ²  but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

Amos 6:6

6:6 They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, ³ 

and pour the very best oils on themselves. ⁴ 

Yet they are not concerned over ⁵  the ruin ⁶  of Joseph.

Amos 6:1

The Party is over for the Rich

6:1 Woe ⁷  to those who live in ease in Zion, ⁸ 

to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria.

They think of themselves as ⁹  the elite class of the best nation.

The family ¹⁰  of Israel looks to them for leadership. ¹¹ 

Kolose 1:23

1:23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, ¹²  without shifting ¹³  from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

[17:32]  ¹ tn The participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally.

[17:32]  ² tn L&N 33.408 has “some scoffed (at him) Ac 17:32” for ἐχλεύαζον (ecleuazon) here; the imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect (“began to scoff”).

[6:6]  ³ sn Perhaps some religious rite is in view, or the size of the bowls is emphasized (i.e., bowls as large as sacrificial bowls).

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “with the best of oils they anoint [themselves].”

[6:6]  ⁵ tn Or “not sickened by.”

[6:6]  ⁶ sn The ruin of Joseph may refer to the societal disintegration in Israel, or to the effects of the impending judgment.

[6:1]  ⁷ tn On the Hebrew term הוֹי (hoy; “ah, woe”) as a term of mourning, see the notes in 5:16, 18.

[6:1]  ⁸ sn Zion is a reference to Jerusalem.

[6:1]  ⁹ tn The words “They think of themselves as” are supplied in the translation for clarification. In the Hebrew text the term נְקֻבֵי (nÿquvey; “distinguished ones, elite”) is in apposition to the substantival participles in the first line.

[6:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “house.”

[6:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “comes to them.”

[1:23]  ¹² tn BDAG 276 s.v. ἑδραῖος suggests “firm, steadfast.”

[1:23]  ¹³ tn BDAG 639 s.v. μετακινέω suggests “without shifting from the hope” here.