Ratapan 3:48

3:48 Streams ¹  of tears flow from my eyes ² 

because my people ³  are destroyed. ⁴ 

Ulangan 28:56-57

28:56 Likewise, the most ⁵  tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, ⁶  will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters, 28:57 and will secretly eat her afterbirth ⁷  and her newborn children ⁸  (since she has nothing else), ⁹  because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

Ulangan 28:2

28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance ¹⁰  if you obey the Lord your God:

Kisah Para Rasul 6:1

The Appointment of the First Seven Deacons

6:1 Now in those ¹¹  days, when the disciples were growing in number, ¹²  a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews ¹³  against the native Hebraic Jews, ¹⁴  because their widows ¹⁵  were being overlooked ¹⁶  in the daily distribution of food. ¹⁷ 

[3:48]  ¹ tn Heb “canals.” The phrase “canals of water” (eye water = tears) is an example of hyperbole. The English idiom “streams of tears” is also hyperbolic.

[3:48]  ² tn Heb “my eyes flow down with canals of water.”

[3:48]  ³ tn Heb “the daughter of my people,” or “the Daughter, my people.”

[3:48]  ⁴ tn Heb “because of the destruction of [the daughter of my people].”

[28:56]  ⁵ tc The LXX adds σφόδρα (sfodra, “very”) to bring the description into line with v. 54.

[28:56]  ⁶ tn Heb “delicateness and tenderness.”

[28:57]  ⁷ tn Heb includes “that which comes out from between her feet.”

[28:57]  ⁸ tn Heb “her sons that she will bear.”

[28:57]  ⁹ tn Heb includes “in her need for everything.”

[28:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”

[6:1]  ¹¹ tn Grk “these.” The translation uses “those” for stylistic reasons.

[6:1]  ¹² tn Grk “were multiplying.”

[6:1]  ¹³ tn Grk “the Hellenists,” but this descriptive term is largely unknown to the modern English reader. The translation “Greek-speaking Jews” attempts to convey something of who these were, but it was more than a matter of language spoken; it involved a degree of adoption of Greek culture as well.

[6:1]  sn The Greek-speaking Jews were the Hellenists, Jews who to a greater or lesser extent had adopted Greek thought, customs, and lifestyle, as well as the Greek language. The city of Alexandria in Egypt was a focal point for them, but they were scattered throughout the Roman Empire.

[6:1]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “against the Hebrews,” but as with “Hellenists” this needs further explanation for the modern reader.

[6:1]  ¹⁵ sn The care of widows is a major biblical theme: Deut 10:18; 16:11, 14; 24:17, 19-21; 26:12-13; 27:19; Isa 1:17-23; Jer 7:6; Mal 3:5.

[6:1]  ¹⁶ tn Or “neglected.”

[6:1]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “in the daily serving.”

[6:1]  sn The daily distribution of food. The early church saw it as a responsibility to meet the basic needs of people in their group.