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37. 14:19 Lit. oxen
38. 15:8 Lit. woman who has ten silver coins
39. 16:18 Deuteronomy 24:1; Matthew 5:31
40. 17:14 Leviticus 14:2-32
41. 17:36-37 The same word for “eagle” can also be translated “vulture.”
42. 18:20 Deuteronomy 5:16-20
43. 18:24-25 Lit. camel
44. 18:32 Lit. Gentiles
45. 19:38 Psalm 118:26
46. 19:46 Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11
47. 20:4 Baptism
48. 20:18 Psalm 118:22
49. 20:28 Deuteronomy 25:5-6
50. 20:37 Exodus 3:6
51. 20:43 Psalm 110:1
52. 21:18 Lit. Not one hair on your head will perish
53. 21:20 Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14
54. 21:27 Daniel 7:13
55. 22:37 Isaiah 53:12
56. 22:66 The Sanhedrin, the council of seventy that served as supreme court for Israel
57. 22:69 Psalm 110:1
58. 23:30 Hosea 10:8
59. 23:34 Psalm 22:18
60. 23:43 Paradise
61. 23:44 Lit. the sixth hour
62. 23:44 Lit. the ninth hour
63. 23:46 Psalm 31:5
HE SHOWS GOODWILL TELLS THE GOOD STORY
1. 1:21 Deuteronomy 18:15
2. 1:25, 26 Baptism
3. 1:28 See Exodus 12.
4. 1:31, 33 Baptism
5. 1:41 Lit. Anointed One
6. 1:51 Genesis 28:12
7. 2:17 Psalm 69:9
8. 3:6 Or more literally: Flesh gives birth to flesh, and spirit to spirit
9. 3:14-15 Numbers 21:9
10. 3:22 Baptism
11. 3:23, 25, 26 Baptism
12. 4:1-3 Baptism
13. 6:18-19 About three and a half miles
14. 6:31 Exodus 16:15
15. 6:45 Isaiah 54:13
16. 6:63 Lit. flesh
17. 6:70 Lit. devil or adversary
18. 7:37 Isaiah 12:3
19. 7:38 Jeremiah 2:13
20. 8:21 Lit. me
21. 8:58 A possible reference to the name of the Great Spirit. See Exodus 3:14.
22. 10:22 Also called Hanukkah and Festival of Lights
23. 10:34 Lit. You are gods. See Psalm 82:6.
24. 10:40 Baptism
25. 11:1-2 See Mark 14:3; John 12:1-8.
26. 11:18 About two miles
27. 12:15 Zechariah 9:9-10
28. 12:32 Colossians 1:19-20
29. 12:38-39 Isaiah 53:1
30. 12:40 Isaiah 6:10
31. 13:18 Psalm 41:9
32. 15:25 Psalm 69:4
33. 18:9 John 6:39
34. 18:14 John 11:49-50
35. 18:15 John, the author, is speaking of himself.
36. 19:24 Psalm 22:18
37. 19:36 Psalm 34:20
38. 19:37 Zechariah 12:10
THE GOOD STORY CONTINUES
1. 1:5 Baptism
2. 1:13 John 14:22
3. 1:15 Matthew 12:28
4. 1:18 Matthew 27:5
5. 1:20 Psalm 69:25
6. 1:20 Psalm 109:8
7. 1:22 Baptism
8. 2:21 Joel 2:28-32
9. 2:23-24 Lit. those outside the law
10. 2:28 Psalm 16:8-11
11. 2:35 Psalm 110:1
12. 2:38, 41 Baptism
13. 3:23 Deuteronomy 18:15, 18-19
14. 4:11 Psalm 118:22
15. 4:26 Psalm 2:1-2
16. 7:3 Genesis 12:1
17. 7:7 Genesis 15:13-14
18. 7:32 Exodus 3:6
19. 7:34 Exodus 3:5,7,8,10
20. 7:43 Amos 5:25-27
21. 7:50 Isaiah 66:1, 2
22. 8:9 Lit. magic or sorcery
23. 8:12, 16 Baptism
24. 8:27-28 These trusted officials, called eunuchs, were men who could not physically father children. They were often given positions of trust by ancient rulers.
25. 8:27-28 Lit. chariot
26. 8:33 Isaiah 53:7-8
27. 8:35 Lit. Scripture
28. 8:36, 38 Baptism
29. 8:37 Most ancient manuscripts leave out verse 37.
30. 9:18 Baptism
31. 10:25 Lit. worship him
32. 10:37, 47, 48 Baptism
33. 11:16 Baptism
34. 12:1 This is the great-grandson of Herod the Great, who tried to kill Jesus when he was a baby.
35. 13:1 Lit. Herod the tetrarch, meaning ruler of one of four parts of a territory
36. 13:13 This is where Saul takes on the name Paul. Paul is the Greek form of Saul.
37. 13:20 Lit. judges
38. 13:24 Baptism
39. 13:33 Psalm 2:7
40. 13:34 Isaiah 55:3
41. 13:35 Psalm 16:10
42. 13:41 Habakkuk 1:5
43. 13:47 Isaiah 49:6
44. 14:11 Lit. gods
45. 15:18 Some ancient manuscripts read For the Great Spirit knew long ago what he would do.
46. 15:20 Lit. idols
47. 15:34 Most manuscripts do not include verse 34.
48. 16:1, 3 Greek
49. 16:15 Baptism
50. 16:16 Lit. spirit of python
51. 16:33 Baptism
52. 17:18 Epicureans and Stoics
53. 18:8 Baptism
54. 18:25; 19:3, 4, 5 Baptism
55. 19:19 Each coin was worth a day’s wages.
56. 19:34 Lit. for about two hours
57. 20:7 Lit. break bread
58. 20:16 See the glossary of biblical terms.
59. 21:9 See Acts chapters 6 and 8.
60. 21:11 Lit. Gentiles
61. 21:24 Numbers 6:1-21
62. 21:25 Lit. idols
63. 22:16 Baptism
64. 23:5 Exodus 22:28
65. 24:6 The remainder of verse 6 along with verse 7 are not included in many ancient manuscripts.
66. 27:9 Day of Atonement, a festival of the Jews
67. 27:28 About 120 feet
68. 27:28 About 90 feet
69. 27:40 Lit. They put up the sails into the wind
70. 28:27 Isaiah 6:9-10
71. 28:29 Some ancient manuscripts do not include verse 29.
SMALL MAN TO THE SACRED FAMILY IN VILLAGE OF IRON
1. 1:16 Lit. Greeks
2. 1:17 Habakkuk 2:4
3. 1:20 Lit. divinity or divine nature
4. 2:7 Spiritual purity is our translation for a word that could mean immortality, incorruptibility, or integrity.
5. 2:9 Greeks
6. 2:24 Ezekiel 36:21
7. 3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20
8. 3:13 Psalm 5:9
9. 3:13 Psalm 140:3
10. 3:14 Psalm 10:7
11. 3:17 Isaiah 59:7-8
12. 3:18 Psalm 36:1
13. 3:22 Lit. Jew
14. 3:31 See Matthew 5:17.
15. 4:3 Genesis 15:6
16. 4:8 Psalm 32:1-2
17. 4:17 Genesis 17:5
18. 4:18 Genesis 15:5
19. 6:3 Baptism
20. 7:5 Lit. the flesh
21. 7:6 See 2 Corinthians 3:3, 7.
22. 7:18 Lit. my flesh
23. 7:23 Lit. flesh
24. 8:3 Lit. flesh
25. 9:6 Lit. word
26. 9:7 Genesis 21:12
27. 9:9 Genesis 18:10
28. 9:10-12 Genesis 25:23
29. 9:15 Exodus 33:19
30. 9:17 Exodus 9:16
31. 9:25 Hosea 2:23
32. 9:26 Lit. sons
33. 9:26 Hosea 1:10
34. 9:28 Isaiah 10:22-23
35. 9:32 Isaiah 8:14
36. 9:33 Isaiah 8:14 and 28:16
37. 10:5 Leviticus
18:5
38. 10:6 Deuteronomy 30:12
39. 10:7 Deuteronomy 30:13
40. 10:8 Deuteronomy 30:14
41. 10:11 Isaiah 28:16 (Septuagint)
42. 10:12 Jew
43. 10:12 Greek
44. 10:13 Joel 2:32
45. 10:15 Isaiah 52:7
46. 10:16 Isaiah 53:1
47. 10:18 Psalm 19:4
48. 10:19 Deuteronomy 32:21
49. 10:20 Isaiah 65:1
50. 10:21 Isaiah 65:2
51. 11:3 1 Kings 19:10, 14
52. 11:4 1 Kings 19:18
53. 11:8 Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10
54. 11:9 Lit. table
55. 11:10 Psalm 69:22-23
56. 11:27 Covenant
57. 11:27 Isaiah 59:20-21
58. 11:33 Job 11:7
59. 11:34 Isaiah 40:13
60. 11:35 Job 41:11
61. 12:3 Romans 1:5
62. 12:13 Lit. holy ones
63. 12:19 Deuteronomy 32:35
64. 12:20 Proverbs 25:21
65. 13:9 Exodus 20:13-17
66. 13:9 Leviticus 19:18
67. 14:11 Isaiah 45:23
68. 15:3 Psalm 69:9
69. 15:9 Psalm 18:49
70. 15:10 Deuteronomy 32:43
71. 15:11 Psalm 117:1
72. 15:12 Isaiah 11:10
73. 15:21 Isaiah 52:15
74. 15:25 Lit. holy ones
75. 16:1 Lit. a deaconess, meaning servant
76. 16:3 Lit. Prisca, which was probably a nickname for Priscilla. See Acts 18:1-3.
77. 16:20 Genesis 3:15
78. 16:24 Some manuscripts do not have verse 24.
FIRST LETTER FROM SMALL MAN TO THE SACRED FAMILY IN VILLAGE OF PLEASURE
1. 1:12 Cephas is Aramaic for Peter.
2. 1:13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Baptism
3. 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
4. 1:31 Jeremiah 9:24
5. 2:9 Isaiah 64:4
6. 2:16 Isaiah 40:13
7. 3:19 Job 5:13
8. 3:20 Psalm 94:11
9. 5:5 Romans 8:12-13
10. 5:7 Yeast puffs up bread dough. Pride, in this case, means to be puffed up.
11. 5:7 Mark 14:12
12. 6:9 Ephesians 5:3-5
13. 6:16 Genesis 2:24
14. 6:17 John 17:21
15. 7:19 Galatians 5:6
16. 7:28 Matthew 24:19
17. 7:36 1 Corinthians 7:9
18. 7:39 Romans 7:2
19. 9:9 Deuteronomy 25:4
20. 9:14 Matthew 10:10; Luke 10:7
21. 10:2 Baptism
22. 10:7 Exodus 32:19
23. 10:8 Numbers 25:9
24. 10:9 Numbers 21:5
25. 10:10 Numbers 11
26. 10:11 Lit. those upon whom the ends of the ages has come
27. 10:26 Psalm 24:1; 1 Timothy 4:4
28. 11:4 Hebrews 4:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18
29. 11:5 Deuteronomy 21:12
30. 11:10 Or possibly human messengers. See glossary of biblical terms.
31. 11:10 Revelation 2:1
32. 11:30 John 11:11-13; Acts 7:60
33. 12:3 Romans 10:9-10
34. 12:13 Baptism
35. 12:28 Ephesians 4:11-13
36. 13:1 Lit. like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal
37. 14:8 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”
38. 14:22 Lit. the ones who do not believe
39. 14:22 Lit. for those who believe
40. 15:3 Isaiah 53:5-12
41. 15:4 Psalm 16:8-11
42. 15:25 Psalm 110:1
43. 15:27 Psalm 8:9
44. 15:28 Lit. the Great Spirit will be all in all
45. 15:29 Baptism
46. 15:32 Isaiah 22:13; Luke 12:19
47. 15:45 Genesis 2:7
48. 15:45 The name Red Clay is similar in the Hebrew language to the word man.
49. 15:48 See John 3:3-7.
50. 15:52 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”
51. 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
52. 15:55 Hosea 13:14
53. 16:9 See “Festival of Weeks” in the glossary of biblical terms.
54. 16:9 See “Passover Festival” in the glossary of biblical terms.
55. 16:19 Lit. Prisca, which was probably a nickname for Priscilla. See Acts 18:1-3.
56. 16:22 Lit. anathema, a word meaning “cursed”
57. 16:22 See Romans 9:3.
58. 16:22 An Aramaic word that was used in the early church as a prayer for the return of the Chosen One
SECOND LETTER FROM SMALL MAN TO THE SACRED FAMILY IN VILLAGE OF PLEASURE
1. 2:10 Matthew 18:20
2. 2:13 2 Corinthians 7:5-7
3. 4:13 Possibly Psalm 116:10
4. 4:14 Ephesians 2:6
5. 5:3 1 Corinthians 15:52
6. 5:3 Lit. be found naked
7. 6:2 Isaiah 49:8
8. 6:10 1 Corinthians 3:21-23
9. 6:15 Belial is another name for Satan.
10. 6:16 Ezekiel 37:27; Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 31:33
11. 6:17 Isaiah 52:11
12. 8:15 Exodus 16:18
13. 10:17 Jeremiah 9:24; 1 Corinthians 1:31
14. 11:3 Genesis 3:4, 13
15. 12:2-3 Often translated in other English translations as “the third heaven”
16. 12:4 Lit. paradise
17. 13:1 Deuteronomy 19:15
SMALL MAN TO THE SACRED FAMILIES IN LAND OF PALE SKINS
1. 1:8 Lit. anathema, a word meaning “cursed” or “cut off.” See Romans 9:3.
2. 1:15 Acts 22:6
3. 2:7 Lit. uncircumcised, a way to speak of one who is a Gentile outsider
4. 2:7 Lit. circumcised, a way to speak of one who is Jewish
5. 2:9 Lit. pillars
6. 2:12 See Acts 10:28.
7. 3:6 Genesis 15:6; Romans 4:3
8. 3:8 Genesis 12:3
9. 3:10 Deuteronomy 27:26; 31:26
10. 3:11 Habakkuk 2:4
11. 3:12 Leviticus 18:5
12. 3:13 Deuteronomy 21:23
13. 3:16 Genesis 12:7
14. 3:22 Romans 11:32
15. 3:27 Baptism