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Ephesians 1

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^{Ephesians 1:3 [1]} Luke may have been a Gentile. If so, he is the only Gentile author whose work is included in the NT. In addition to The Gospel of Luke, he wrote The Acts of the Apostles, and is thought by some scholars to have been the author of The Letter to the Hebrews.

^{Ephesians 1:4 [2]} Or orally instructed.

^{Ephesians 1:5 [3]} I.e. Zechariah. The spelling is different because a Greek word cannot end with an "h," and in place of "ah" the common Greek ending "-as" was substituted.

^{Ephesians 1:5 [4]} King David organized the priests into 24 groups or divisions, each headed by a president. A division served twice a year for a week at a time (1CH 24:1-19).

^{Ephesians 1:5 [5]} Lit from the daughters of.

^{Ephesians 1:9 [6]} I.e. normally a once-in-a-lifetime privilege for a priest.

^{Ephesians 1:13 [7]} John the Baptist is considered the last of the Old Testament prophets. His mother, Elizabeth, and Mary the mother of Jesus, were related ( 1:36), and Mary may have been with Elizabeth at the time John was born ( 1:56). John the Baptist is not to be confused with John the Apostle who, along with his brother James, was among the twelve disciples of Jesus. John and James were the sons of Zebedee and Salome. John the Apostle authored the Gospel of John, three brief letters (1 John, 2 John, 3 John), and Revelation.

^{Ephesians 1:20 [8]} Lit behold.

^{Ephesians 1:25 [9]} At this time childlessness was a social stigma.

^{Ephesians 1:27 [10]} The first stage of marriage (called shiddukin in Hebrew) in Jewish tradition and law, usually lasting for a year before the wedding night; unlike an engagement, it was legally binding and required a divorce to nullify it. The woman remained with her parents during the betrothal year and was referred to as a "wife" even though the marriage was not consummated during this period of time.

^{Ephesians 1:38 [11]} Mary's response was significantly different from Zacharias' (v 18). Zacharias would not take Gabriel's word, and instead wanted some kind of miraculous sign as proof.

^{Ephesians 1:69 [12]} In the OT a symbol of strength.

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