¹ tn Heb “Get up, change yourself.”

² tn Or perhaps, “change my mind.”

² tn Here there is a slight change: “in whose heart Yahweh had put skill.”

¹ tn The verb means “change,” perhaps expressed in reversing decisions or removing rights.

¹ tn Grk “baptism I am baptized with.” This same change has been made in v. 39.

⁴ sn The percentage of reduction may not be as great because of the change in material.

¹ tn Grk “of necessity a change in the law comes to pass.”

¹ tc Many commentators accept the change of “his eyes” to “his right” (reading דִּינוֹ [dino] for עֵינָיו [’enayv]). There is no compelling reason for the change; it makes the line commonplace.

² sn The word translated change your minds is the same verb used in v. 29 (there translated had a change of heart). Jesus is making an obvious comparison here, in which the religious leaders are viewed as the disobedient son.

⁵ sn This linkage of the change in priesthood with a change in the law or the covenant goes back to Heb 7:12, 22 and is picked up again in Heb 9:6-15 and 10:1-18.

² tc The Greek version adds “which is Mount Nebo.” This is a typical scribal change to harmonize two passages.

² tc The LXX reads this verb as “you scourged/whipped me.” But there is no reason to adopt this change.

¹ tn Heb “he grew up with me.” Several commentators have decided to change the pronoun to “I,” and make it causative.

¹ tn Heb “do not change.” This refers to God’s ongoing commitment to his covenant promises to Israel.

¹ sn The difference in the names is slight, a change from “he saves” to “the Lord saves.” The Greek text of the OT used Iesoun for Hebrew Yeshua.

² tn The same verb שִׂים (sim, “set”) is used this way in Isa 5:20: “…who change darkness into light.”

¹ tn The word “wrath” probably refers to divine wrath for the wicked. Many commentators change this word to read “they,” or more precisely, “these things.”

¹ tn The words “The Lord says” have been moved up from the end of the verse to make clear that a change in speaker has occurred.

³ sn Apparently Jonah hoped that he might have persuaded the Lord to “change his mind” again (see 3:8-10) and to judge Nineveh after all.

¹ sn Fruit worthy of repentance refers to the deeds that indicate a change of attitude (heart) on the part of John’s hearers.