translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ACT

label: NET study note

text: After his suffering is a reference to Jesus’ crucifixion and the abuse which preceded it.


text: The Mount of Olives is the traditional name for this mountain, also called Olivet. The Mount of Olives is really a ridge running north to south about 1.8 mi (3 km) long, east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley. Its central elevation is about 100 ft (30 m) higher than Jerusalem. It was named for the large number of olive trees which grew on it.


text: The phrase a Sabbath day ’ s journey refers to the distance the rabbis permitted a person to travel on the Sabbath without breaking the Sabbath, specified in tractate Sotah 5:3 of the Mishnah as 2,000 cubits (a cubit was about 18 inches). In this case the distance was about half a mile (1 km).


text: In the various lists of the twelve, Peter (also called Simon) is always mentioned first (see also Matt 10:1-4 ; Mark 3:16-19 ; Luke 6:13-16 ) and the first four are always the same, though not in the same order after Peter.


text: Jesus’ brothers are mentioned in Matt 13:55 and John 7:3 .


text: Their own language refers to Aramaic, the primary language spoken in Palestine in Jesus’ day.


text: A quotation from Ps 69:25 .


text: To go to his own place. This may well be a euphemism for Judas’ judged fate. He separated himself from them, and thus separated he would remain.