15:36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return 7 and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord 8 to see how they are doing.” 9
1 tn Or “uninhabited” or “empty.”
2 sn A quotation from Ps 69:25.
3 tn Or “Let another take his office.”
4 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Grk “saw them”; the context makes clear that two individuals were involved (v. 27).
6 tn Or “tried to reconcile” (BDAG 964-65 s.v. συναλλάσσω).
7 tn Grk “Returning let us visit.” The participle ἐπιστρέψαντες (epistreyante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
8 tn See the note on the phrase “word of the Lord” in v. 35.
9 tn BDAG 422 s.v. ἔχω 10.b has “how they are” for this phrase.