Acts 11:20

11:20 But there were some men from Cyprus ¹  and Cyrene ²  among them who came ³  to Antioch ⁴  and began to speak to the Greeks ⁵  too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 13:14

13:14 Moving on from ⁶  Perga, ⁷  they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, ⁸  and on the Sabbath day they went into ⁹  the synagogue ¹⁰  and sat down.

Acts 16:7

16:7 When they came to ¹¹  Mysia, ¹²  they attempted to go into Bithynia, ¹³  but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow ¹⁴  them to do this, ¹⁵ 

¹ sn Cyprus was a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.

² sn Cyrene was a city on the northern African coast west of Egypt.

³ tn Grk “among them, coming to Antioch began to speak.” The participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁴ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.

⁵ sn The statement that some men from Cyprus and Cyrene…began to speak to the Greeks shows that Peter’s experience of reaching out to the Gentiles was not unique.

⁶ tn Or “Passing by.”

⁷ sn Perga was a city in Pamphylia near the southern coast of Asia Minor.

⁸ tn Or “at Antioch in Pisidia.”

⁹ tn Grk “going into the synagogue they sat down.” The participle εἰσελθόντες (eiselqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁰ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

¹¹ tn BDAG 511 s.v. κατά B.1.b has “to Mysia” here.

¹² sn Mysia was a province in northwest Asia Minor.

¹³ sn Bithynia was a province in northern Asia Minor northeast of Mysia.

¹⁴ tn Or “permit”; see BDAG 269 s.v. ἐάω 1.

¹⁵ tn The words “do this” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons, since English handles ellipses differently than Greek.