Ezra 5:7

5:7 The report they sent to him was written as follows: ¹ 

“To King Darius: All greetings! ² 

Ezra 7:12

7:12 ³ “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:

Lukas 10:5

10:5 Whenever ⁴  you enter a house, ⁵  first say, ‘May peace ⁶  be on this house!’

Kisah Para Rasul 23:26

23:26 Claudius Lysias to His Excellency Governor ⁷  Felix, ⁸  greetings.

Roma 1:7

1:7 To all those loved by God in Rome, ⁹  called to be saints: ¹⁰  Grace and peace to you ¹¹  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

[5:7]  ¹ tn Aram “and it was written in its midst.”

[5:7]  ² tn Aram “all peace.”

[7:12]  ³ sn Ezra 7:12-26 is written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew.

[10:5]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “Into whatever house you enter.” This acts as a distributive, meaning every house they enter; this is expressed more naturally in English as “whenever you enter a house.”

[10:5]  ⁶ sn The statement ‘May peace be on this house!’ is really a benediction, asking for God’s blessing. The requested shalom (peace) is understood as coming from God.

[23:26]  ⁷ tn Grk “Procurator.” The official Roman title has been translated as “governor” (BDAG 433 s.v. ἡγεμών 2).

[23:26]  ⁸ sn Governor Felix. See the note on Felix in v. 24.

[1:7]  ⁹ map For location see JP4 A1.

[1:7]  ¹⁰ tn Although the first part of v. 7 is not a complete English sentence, it maintains the “From…to” pattern used in all the Pauline letters to indicate the sender and the recipients. Here, however, there are several intervening verses (vv. 2-6), which makes the first half of v. 7 appear as an isolated sentence fragment.

[1:7]  ¹¹ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”