[8:21] 1 tn Grk “answering, he said.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “he replied.”
[8:21] 2 tn There is some discussion about the grammar of this verse in Greek. If “these” is the subject, then it reads, “These are my mother and brothers, those who.” If “these” is a nominative absolute, which is slightly more likely, then the verse more literally reads, “So my mother and brothers, they are those who.” The sense in either case is the same.
[8:21] 3 sn Hearing and doing the word of God is another important NT theme: Luke 6:47-49; Jas 1:22-25.
[22:70] 4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ pronouncement.
[22:70] 5 sn The members of the council understood the force of the claim and asked Jesus about another title, Son of God.
[22:70] 6 tn Grk “He said to them.”
[22:70] 7 sn Jesus’ reply, “You say that I am,” was not a denial, but a way of giving a qualified positive response: “You have said it, but I do not quite mean what you think.”
