Acts 11:11

11:11 At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.

Acts 21:32

21:32 He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer 10  and the soldiers, they stopped beating 11  Paul.

Acts 23:30

23:30 When I was informed 12  there would be a plot 13  against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges 14  against him before you.

Acts 10:33

10:33 Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. 15  So now we are all here in the presence of God 16  to listen 17  to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.” 18 


tn Grk “And behold.”

sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.

tn See BDAG 418 s.v. ἐφίστημι 1 for this meaning for ἐπέστησαν (epesthsan) here.

tn The word “staying” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

tn Grk “who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, the relative pronoun (“who”) was translated as a pronoun (“he”) and a new sentence was begun here in the translation.

tn Grk “taking…ran down.” The participle κατέδραμεν (katedramen) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Grk “seeing.” The participle ἰδόντες (idonte") has been taken temporally.

10 tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 31.

11 sn The mob stopped beating Paul because they feared the Romans would arrest them for disturbing the peace and for mob violence. They would let the Roman officials take care of the matter from this point on.

tn Grk “It being revealed to me.” The participle μηνυθείσης (mhnuqeish") has been taken temporally.

10 tn The term translated “plot” here is a different one than the one in Acts 23:16 (see BDAG 368 s.v. ἐπιβουλή).

11 tn Grk “the things against him.” This could be rendered as “accusations,” “grievances,” or “charges,” but since “ordered his accusers to state their accusations” sounds redundant in English, “charges” was used instead.

13 tn Grk “you have done well by coming.” The idiom καλῶς ποιεῖν (kalw" poiein) is translated “be kind enough to do someth.” by BDAG 505-6 s.v. καλῶς 4.a. The participle παραγενόμενος (paragenomeno") has been translated as an English infinitive due to the nature of the English idiom (“kind enough to” + infinitive).

14 tn The translation “we are here in the presence of God” for ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ πάρεσμεν (enwpion tou qeou paresmen) is given by BDAG 773 s.v. πάρειμι 1.a.

15 tn Or “to hear everything.”

16 tn The words “to say to us” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Cornelius knows Peter is God’s representative, bringing God’s message.