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GIFT FROM CREATOR TELLS THE GOOD STORY

  • 1. 1:23 Isaiah 7:14

  • 2. 2:6 Micah 5:2

  • 3. 2:15 Hosea 11:1

  • 4. 2:18 Jeremiah 31:15

  • 5. 3:3 Isaiah 40:3

  • 6. 3:4 Lit. garments of camel’s hair and a leather belt

  • 7. 3:6, 11, 13 Baptism

  • 8. 4:4 Deuteronomy 8:3

  • 9. 4:6 Psalm 91:11-12

  • 10. 4:7 Deuteronomy 6:16

  • 11. 4:10 Deuteronomy 6:13

  • 12. 4:16 Isaiah 9:1-2

  • 13. 5:13 2 Kings 2:19-22

  • 14. 5:21 Exodus 20:13

  • 15. 5:21 Deuteronomy 16:18

  • 16. 5:26 Lit. until the debt is paid in full

  • 17. 5:27 Exodus 20:14

  • 18. 5:29, 30 Lit. offends you

  • 19. 5:31 Deuteronomy 24:1

  • 20. 5:33 Leviticus 19:12

  • 21. 5:38 Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20

  • 22. 5:43 Leviticus 19:18

  • 23. 7:3, 5 Lit. your brother

  • 24. 7:23 Lit. I never knew you

  • 25. 8:3 Leviticus 22:6

  • 26. 8:11 Lit. East and West

  • 27. 8:17 Isaiah 53:4

  • 28. 9:13 Hosea 6:6

  • 29. 10:18 Lit. Gentiles

  • 30. 10:25 Another name for Satan

  • 31. 10:28 Lit. both body and soul

  • 32. 11:10 Malachi 3:1

  • 33. 11:11 Baptism

  • 34. 11:14 Malachi 4:5

  • 35. 12:7 Hosea 6:6

  • 36. 12:21 Isaiah 42:1-4

  • 37. 13:13 Jeremiah 5:21

  • 38. 13:15 Isaiah 6:9-10

  • 39. 13:32 The mustard plant was used as an herbal medicine.

  • 40. 13:35 Psalm 78:2

  • 41. 13:45 Lit. pearls

  • 42. 14:2 Baptism

  • 43. 15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16

  • 44. 15:4 Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9

  • 45. 15:9 Isaiah 29:13

  • 46. 16:4 Jonah 1:17–2:10

  • 47. 16:14 Baptism

  • 48. 16:18 Greek petros, meaning a small rock or stone

  • 49. 16:18 Greek petra, meaning a huge rock

  • 50. 16:18 Lit. gates

  • 51. 16:19 Lit. keys

  • 52. 17:13 Baptism

  • 53. 17:21 Verse 21 is not found in most ancient manuscripts.

  • 54. 18:11 Verse 11 does not appear in most ancient manuscripts.

  • 55. 18:24 About sixteen years of wages

  • 56. 18:28 About a day’s wages

  • 57. 19:6 Genesis 2:24

  • 58. 19:24 Lit. camel

  • 59. 19:29 Lit. one hundred times as much

  • 60. 20:19 Lit. Gentiles

  • 61. 20:22 Baptism

  • 62. 21:5 Zechariah 9:9-10

  • 63. 21:9 Set us free!

  • 64. 21:13 Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11

  • 65. 21:15 Set us free!

  • 66. 21:16 Psalm 8:2

  • 67. 21:25 Baptism

  • 68. 21:42 Psalm 118:22-23

  • 69. 22:14 Lit. Few are chosen

  • 70. 22:32 Exodus 3:6

  • 71. 22:37 Deuteronomy 6:5

  • 72. 22:39 Leviticus 19:18

  • 73. 22:44 Psalm 110:1

  • 74. 23:14 Most manuscripts leave out verse 14.

  • 75. 23:24 Lit. camel

  • 76. 23:35 Abel was the second son of Adam and the first human to be killed by another. See Genesis 4:1-16 for the story.

  • 77. 23:35 Lit. between the altar and the sanctuary

  • 78. 24:15 Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11; Luke 21:20; Mark 13:14

  • 79. 24:27 See verse 30.

  • 80. 24:28 The word for “vulture” can also be translated “eagle.”

  • 81. 24:29 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4

  • 82. 24:31 Lit. loud trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”

  • 83. 25:15 Lit. five talents. A talent was worth at least fifteen years of wages.

  • 84. 25:40 Lit. my brothers

  • 85. 25:41 Lit. cursed ones

  • 86. 26:31 Zechariah 13:7

  • 87. 26:53 Lit. twelve legions, about sixty thousand

  • 88. 26:64 Daniel 7:13-14

  • 89. 27:10 Jeremiah 32:6-9

  • 90. 27:45 From noon until midafternoon

  • 91. 27:46 Psalm 22:1

  • 92. 28:19 Baptism

WAR CLUB TELLS THE GOOD STORY

  • 1. 1:3 Isaiah 40:3

  • 2. 1:4, 5, 8, 9 Baptism

  • 3. 1:6 Lit. camel’s hair

  • 4. 4:12 Jeremiah 5:21; Isaiah 6:9-10

  • 5. 4:31-32 The mustard plant was used as an herbal medicine.

  • 6. 5:9 Lit. Legion, a segment of the occupying Roman army of about five thousand soldiers

  • 7. 6:24 Baptism

  • 8. 7:7 Isaiah 29:13

  • 9. 7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16

  • 10. 7:10 Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9

  • 11. 7:15 Some ancient manuscripts add verse 16: The ones with ears to hear should listen and understand.

  • 12. 7:25-26 Lit. a Greek

  • 13. 7:25-26 Lit. a Syrophoenician by birth

  • 14. 8:28 Baptism

  • 15. 9:29 Some ancient manuscripts add “and fasting.”

  • 16. 9:48 Isaiah 66:24; Jeremiah 7:31-32

  • 17. 9:48 Some ancient manuscripts include this sentence in verse 44 or verse 46, which are omitted in this translation and in most other translations.

  • 18. 9:49 Most manuscripts omit the end of this verse.

  • 19. 9:49 Leviticus 2:13

  • 20. 10:6 Genesis 1:27

  • 21. 10:8 Genesis 2:24

  • 22. 10:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20

  • 23. 10:25 Lit. camel

  • 24. 10:30 Lit. one hundred times as much

  • 25. 10:38, 39 Baptism

  • 26. 11:17 Isaiah 56:7

  • 27. 11:17 Jeremiah 7:11

  • 28. 11:25 Some ancient manuscripts also add verse 26: “But if you fail to release others, then your Father from above will not release you.”

  • 29. 11:30 Baptism

  • 30. 12:11 Psalm 118:22-23

  • 31. 12:26 Exodus 3:6

  • 32. 12:30 Deuteronomy 6:4-5

  • 33. 12:36 Psalm 110:1

  • 34. 12:37 Lit. his son

  • 35. 12:42 Lit. two small coins

  • 36. 13:14 Matthew 24:15; Luke 21:20

  • 37. 13:25 Isaiah 13:10

  • 38. 14:4 Worth almost a year’s wages

  • 39. 14:27 Zechariah 13:7

  • 40. 15:28 Isaiah 53:12. Some less ancient manuscripts omit verse 28.

  • 41. 16:8 Most ancient manuscripts end at this verse. Some others include verses 9-20, as we have in this translation.

  • 42. 16:16 Baptism

  • 43. 16:16 Lit. believe

SHINING LIGHT TELLS THE GOOD STORY

  • 1. 1:17 Malachi 4:5-6

  • 2. 1:52 “Counting coup” was a Native American practice among some of the Plains tribes of touching an enemy with a coup stick as an act of courage during battle, to show he could have killed him but chose to spare him instead. Each time the coup stick was used in battle, a mark would be placed on it. It counted the number of victories won.

  • 3. 1:69-70 The coup stick was a stick with an eagle or hawk claw attached to its tip. It was used by some of the tribes of the Plains. A warrior in battle would scratch an enemy with it as an act of courage to show he could have killed him but chose to spare him instead.

  • 4. 2:21 Circumcision

  • 5. 3:2 The Apache and a few other Southwestern tribes have burden baskets. They are often used in a coming-of-age ceremony, symbolizing the transition from the old generation to the new. We use it here to show that John carries the burden of transition from the old covenant to the new covenant (peace treaty).

  • 6. 3:3 Baptism

  • 7. 3:6 Isaiah 40:3-5

  • 8. 3:7 Baptism

  • 9. 3:16 Baptism

  • 10. 4:4 Deuteronomy 8:3

  • 11. 4:8 Deuteronomy 6:13

  • 12. 4:11 Psalm 91:11-12

  • 13. 4:12 Deuteronomy 6:16

  • 14. 4:19 Jubilee (see Leviticus 25:8-17)

  • 15. 4:19 Isaiah 61:1-2

  • 16. 4:26 1 Kings 17:8-24

  • 17. 4:27 2 Kings 5:1-19

  • 18. 5:14 Leviticus 14:2-32

  • 19. 5:27 Later known as Matthew

  • 20. 6:15 Later known as Matthew

  • 21. 7:18 Baptism

  • 22. 7:27 Malachi 3:1

  • 23. 7:29 Baptism

  • 24. 8:10 Isaiah 6:9

  • 25. 8:30 Lit. legion, a segment of the occupying Roman army of about five thousand soldiers

  • 26. 8:31 Abyss or underworld

  • 27. 9:19 Baptism

  • 28. 10:27 Deuteronomy 6:5

  • 29. 10:27 Leviticus 19:18

  • 30. 10:33 The people of Samaria were mixed bloods who had changed the traditional ceremonial ways and were despised by the Jewish people of that day.

  • 31. 11:15 Beelzebul, another name for Satan

  • 32. 12:1 Lit. yeast

  • 33. 12:50 Baptism

  • 34. 12:53 Micah 7:6

  • 35. 13:19 The mustard plant was used as an herbal medicine.

  • 36. 13:35 Psalm 118:26

  • 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 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

  • 16. 4:1 Lit. no different from a household slave

  • 17. 4:5 Lit. purchase the freedom of

  • 18. 4:8 Lit. those who by nature are not gods

  • 19. 4:27 Isaiah 54:1

  • 20. 4:30 Genesis 21:10

  • 21. 5:14 Leviticus 19:18

  • 22. 6:5 The Apache and some of the other southwestern tribes have burden baskets. They are often used in a coming-of-age ceremony in which the new generation accepts the responsibility to carry the burden for its generation.

SMALL MAN TO THE SACRED FAMILY IN VILLAGE OF DESIRE

  • 1. 1:22 Lit. head

  • 2. 2:11 Lit. Gentiles in the flesh

  • 3. 2:11 Lit. the uncircumcision, a way to say non-Jews

  • 4. 2:11 Lit. the circumcision, a way to say Jews

  • 5. 4:5 Baptism

  • 6. 4:7 The headdress was worn among many tribes to represent victory in battle and good deeds accomplished. Here it is used as a metaphor of the Chosen One’s victory.

  • 7. 4:8 Psalm 68:18

  • 8. 4:13 The faith

  • 9. 4:27 Psalm 4:4

  • 10. 4:30 The day of redemption or restoration

  • 11. 5:31 Genesis 2:24

  • 12. 6:3 Deuteronomy 5:16

  • 13. 6:11 The devil

SMALL MAN TO THE SACRED FAMILY IN VILLAGE OF GIANTS

  • 1. 1:2 Lit. brothers

  • 2. 1:18 Lit. firstborn

  • 3. 1:24 Lit. flesh

  • 4. 2:8 Lit. elemental spirits or principles of this world

  • 5. 2:11 Lit. the flesh

  • 6. 2:12 Baptism

  • 7. 3:5 Lit. which is idolatry

  • 8. 3:11 Lit. Jews or Greeks

  • 9. 3:11 Lit. Scythian, a people group known to be barbaric and uncivilized

  • 10. 4:12 Lit. one of you

FIRST LETTER FROM SMALL MAN TO THE SACRED FAMILY IN VILLAGE OF FALSE VICTORY

  • 1. 3:2, 10 Lit. your faith

  • 2. 3:5, 6 Lit. our faith

  • 3. 4:16 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”

SECOND LETTER FROM SMALL MAN TO THE SACRED FAMILY IN VILLAGE OF FALSE VICTORY

  • 1. 3:2 Lit. the faith

FIRST LETTER FROM SMALL MAN TO HE GIVES HONOR

  • 1. 1:7 Luke 5:17; Acts 5:34

  • 2. 3:2 Lit. the husband of one wife

  • 3. 3:9 Lit. mystery of the faith

  • 4. 3:11 Or the women helpers

  • 5. 3:12 Lit. husbands of one wife

  • 6. 5:8 Lit. our faith

  • 7. 5:9 Lit. a wife of one man

  • 8. 5:10 John 13:14

  • 9. 5:18 Deuteronomy 25:4; 1 Corinthians 9:9

  • 10. 5:18 Leviticus 19:13

  • 11. 5:21 Lit. chosen

  • 12. 6:19 Matthew 6:19-21

SECOND LETTER FROM SMALL MAN TO HE GIVES HONOR

  • 1. 1:8 Lit. be ashamed

  • 2. 3:8 Exodus 7:11

  • 3. 3:8 Lit. the faith

  • 4. 4:7 Lit. the faith

  • 5. 4:17 “Mouth of the lion” is a possible reference to death at the hands of the Roman Empire.

  • 6. 4:19 Lit. Prisca, which was probably a nickname for Priscilla. See Acts 18:1-3.

SMALL MAN TO BIG MAN

  • 1. 1:4 Lit. the faith

  • 2. 1:6 Lit. the husband of one wife

  • 3. 1:13 Lit. the faith

  • 4. 3:15 Lit. the faith

TO THE PEOPLE OF THE TRIBES OF WRESTLES WITH CREATOR

  • 1. 1:5 Psalm 2:7

  • 2. 1:5 2 Samuel 7:14

  • 3. 1:6 Lit. firstborn Son. In the Jewish culture of that day, the firstborn son was honored as the head of the family.

  • 4. 1:7 Psalm 104:4

  • 5. 1:9 Psalm 45:6-7

  • 6. 1:11-12 Psalm 102:25-27

  • 7. 1:13 Psalm 110:1

  • 8. 2:8 Psalm 8:4-6

  • 9. 2:12 Psalm 22:22

  • 10. 2:13 Isaiah 8:17-18

  • 11. 2:17 Exodus 25:17-20

  • 12. 3:5 Hebrews 1:1-2

  • 13. 3:11 Psalm 95:7-11

  • 14. 4:3 Psalm 95:11, also in verse 5

  • 15. 5:5 Psalm 2:7

  • 16. 5:6 Psalm 110:4

  • 17. 6:14 Genesis 22:17

  • 18. 7:1 Genesis 14:17-20

  • 19. 7:17, 20-21 Psalm 110:4

  • 20. 8:5 Exodus 25:40

  • 21. 8:12 Jeremiah 31:34

  • 22. 9:4 The ark or box was made of acacia wood. We use cedar here because many Native Americans use a cedar box to hold ceremonial items.

  • 23. 9:4 Lit. manna, meaning “what is it?” A mysterious food. See Exodus 16:33; John 6:32-33, 48-51.

  • 24. 9:16-17 Similar to a last will and testament

  • 25. 9:19 An herbal plant with long stems. Used ceremonially to sprinkle the blood of a sacrifice. See Psalm 51:7.

  • 26. 9:20 Exodus 24:8

  • 27. 10:13 Psalm 110:1

  • 28. 10:16 Jeremiah 31:33

  • 29. 10:17 Jeremiah 31:34

  • 30. 10:30 Deuteronomy 32:35

  • 31. 10:30 Deuteronomy 32:36

  • 32. 10:38 Habakkuk 2:3-4

  • 33. 11:4 Genesis 4:4-5

  • 34. 11:5 Genesis 5:21-24

  • 35. 11:28 Exodus 12:21-30

  • 36. 11:29 Exodus 14:21-31

  • 37. 12:2 Lit. our faith

  • 38. 12:6 Proverbs 3:11-12

  • 39. 12:18 See Exodus 19.

  • 40. 12:19 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”

  • 41. 12:20 Exodus 19:12-13

  • 42. 12:26 Haggai 2:6

  • 43. 13:5 Deuteronomy 31:6

  • 44. 13:6 Psalm 118:6

  • 45. 13:10 Lit. eat from

  • 46. 13:14 Revelation 21:2

HE LEADS THE WAY TO THE SCATTERED TRIBES

  • 1. 2:8 Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:10

  • 2. 2:11 Exodus 20:13

  • 3. 2:11 Deuteronomy 5:17

  • 4. 2:18 Lit. You have faith and I have good deeds

  • 5. 2:21 See Genesis 22:1-15.

  • 6. 3:6 See glossary of biblical terms.

  • 7. 4:6 Proverbs 3:34

  • 8. 4:7 The devil

  • 9. 5:5 Lit. your hearts

  • 10. 5:12 Matthew 5:34-37

  • 11. 5:14 Lit. anoint them with oil

FIRST LETTER FROM STANDS ON THE ROCK

  • 1. 1:16 Leviticus 19:2

  • 2. 2:4 Lit. the living Stone

  • 3. 2:5 Lit. living stones

  • 4. 2:6 Isaiah 28:16

  • 5. 2:7 Psalm 118:22

  • 6. 2:8 Lit. rock

  • 7. 2:8 Isaiah 8:14

  • 8. 2:10 Hosea 1:10

  • 9. 2:22 Isaiah 53:9

  • 10. 3:12 Psalm 34:12-16

  • 11. 3:20 Genesis 6–9; Hebrews 11:7

  • 12. 3:21 Baptism

  • 13. 5:5 Proverbs 3:34

  • 14. 5:8 The devil

  • 15. 5:13 Lit. She

SECOND LETTER FROM STANDS ON THE ROCK

  • 1. 1:18 Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35

  • 2. 1:21 Lit. will

  • 3. 2:22 Proverbs 26:11

  • 4. 3:10 Some manuscripts read burned up.

FIRST LETTER FROM HE SHOWS GOODWILL

  • 1. 2:7 Instruction or commandment

  • 2. 2:9 Lit. brother. Also in verses 10-11.

  • 3. 2:18 Lit. the last hour

  • 4. 2:18 Lit. the last hour

  • 5. 3:9 Lit. seed. See Matthew 13:18-23.

  • 6. 4:4 Lit. one

THIRD LETTER FROM HE SHOWS GOODWILL

  • 1. 1:7 Lit. from the Gentiles

STRONG OF HEART

  • 1. 1:3 Ephesians 6:10-17

  • 2. 1:8 Jeremiah 23:25-27

  • 3. 1:11 Genesis 4:1-8

  • 4. 1:11 Numbers 22–24

  • 5. 1:11 Numbers 16:1-2

  • 6. 1:20 Lit. your most holy faith

BOOK OF THE GREAT REVEALING

  • 1. 1:7 Zechariah 12:10

  • 2. 1:8 Alpha and omega are the first and last letter of the Greek alphabet, the language of the New Testament.

  • 3. 1:10 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”

  • 4. 1:13 Daniel 7:13

  • 5. 1:14 Lit. white like wool

  • 6. 1:18 Lit. keys

  • 7. 2:17 Lit. manna, meaning “what is it?” A mysterious food. See Exodus 16:33; John 6:32-33, 48-51.

  • 8. 2:26-27 Psalm 2:9

  • 9. 3:7 Lit. key

  • 10. 4:1 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”

  • 11. 4:3 Lit. jasper and carnelian, which are crystalline jewels. Carnelian is clear and sometimes has a red cast. Jasper is red.

  • 12. 4:3 Lit. like an emerald, a clear, green-colored jewel

  • 13. 6:6 Lit. a liter of wheat

  • 14. 6:6 Lit. barley

  • 15. 7:1 Ezekiel 7:2

  • 16. 7:2 Lit. seal

  • 17. 7:3 Ezekiel 9:4

  • 18. 8:2 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”

  • 19. 8:6 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”

  • 20. 8:13 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”

  • 21. 9:1 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”

  • 22. 9:1 Lit. key

  • 23. 9:11 Hebrew

  • 24. 9:11 Greek

  • 25. 9:13 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”

  • 26. 10:7 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”

  • 27. 11:3 Lit. sackcloth

  • 28. 11:15 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn”

  • 29. 12:14 Meaning three and a half years, which is the same as 1,260 days or forty-two moons

  • 30. 13:8 1 Peter 1:19-20

  • 31. 13:10 Matthew 26:52

  • 32. 15:4 Psalm 86:9-10

  • 33. 15:5 Acts 7:44

  • 34. 16:15 Matthew 24:42-44; 1 Thessalonians 5:2

  • 35. 16:16 Hebrew

  • 36. 17:2 Isaiah 1:21

  • 37. 18:17, 19 Lit. one hour

  • 38. 18:21 Lit. a millstone

  • 39. 18:21 Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2

  • 40. 18:22 Lit. the sound of trumpeters

  • 41. 18:22 Lit. the sound of a millstone

  • 42. 18:24 Luke 11:49-50

  • 43. 19:8 Lit. fine linen

  • 44. 19:9 Revelation 17:1

  • 45. 19:13 John 1:1

  • 46. 20:1 Lit. key

  • 47. 20:8 Gog and Magog are enemy nations of Creator and his people. See Ezekiel 38–39.

  • 48. 21:6 Alpha and omega are the first and last letter of the Greek alphabet, the language of the New Testament.

  • 49. 21:16 A stadia is equal to about six hundred feet. Twelve thousand stadia would be about fourteen hundred miles.

  • 50. 21:17 A cubit is the distance from elbow to fingertip, or about eighteen inches. The wall would be about two hundred feet thick.

  • 51. 21:20 The identity of some of these stones is uncertain.

  • 52. 22:13 Alpha and omega are the first and last letter of the Greek alphabet, the language of the New Testament.

GLOSSARY OF BIBLICAL TERMS

  • 1. George E. Tinker, Spirit and Resistance (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004), 91-99.