Text -- Acts 9:29 (NET)

9:29 He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 9:29

¹ tn Or “arguing.” BDAG 954 s.v. συζητέω 2 gives “dispute, debate, argue…τινί ‘w. someone’” for συνεζήτει (sunezhtei).

² tn Grk “the Hellenists,” but this descriptive term is largely unknown to the modern English reader. The translation “Greek-speaking Jews” attempts to convey something of who these were, but it was more than a matter of language spoken; it involved a degree of adoption of Greek culture as well.