Acts 13:14

13:14 Moving on from ¹  Perga, ²  they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, ³  and on the Sabbath day they went into ⁴  the synagogue ⁵  and sat down.

Acts 13:42

13:42 As Paul and Barnabas ⁶  were going out, ⁷  the people ⁸  were urging ⁹  them to speak about these things ¹⁰  on the next Sabbath.

Acts 17:2

17:2 Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, ¹¹  as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed ¹²  them from the scriptures,

Acts 18:4

18:4 He addressed ¹³  both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue ¹⁴  every Sabbath, attempting to persuade ¹⁵  them.

Acts 20:7

20:7 On the first day ¹⁶  of the week, when we met ¹⁷  to break bread, Paul began to speak ¹⁸  to the people, and because he intended ¹⁹  to leave the next day, he extended ²⁰  his message until midnight.

¹ tn Or “Passing by.”

² sn Perga was a city in Pamphylia near the southern coast of Asia Minor.

³ tn Or “at Antioch in Pisidia.”

⁴ 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.

⁵ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

⁶ tn Grk “they”; the referents (Paul and Barnabas) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Or “were leaving.” The participle ἐξιόντων (exiontwn) is taken temporally.

⁸ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Or “begging,” “inviting.”

¹⁰ tn Or “matters.”

¹¹ tn Grk “he went in to them”; the referent (the Jews in the synagogue) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Although the word διελέξατο (dielexato; from διαλέγομαι, dialegomai) is frequently translated “reasoned,” “disputed,” or “argued,” this sense comes from its classical meaning where it was used of philosophical disputation, including the Socratic method of questions and answers. However, there does not seem to be contextual evidence for this kind of debate in Acts 17:2. As G. Schrenk (TDNT 2:94-95) points out, “What is at issue is the address which any qualified member of a synagogue might give.” Other examples of this may be found in the NT in Matt 4:23 and Mark 1:21.

¹³ tn Although the word διελέξατο (dielexato; from διαλέγομαι, dialegomai) is frequently translated “reasoned,” “disputed,” or “argued,” this sense comes from its classical meaning where it was used of philosophical disputation, including the Socratic method of questions and answers. However, there does not seem to be contextual evidence for this kind of debate in Acts 18:4. As G. Schrenk (TDNT 2:94-95) points out, “What is at issue is the address which any qualified member of a synagogue might give.” Other examples of this may be found in the NT in Matt 4:23 and Mark 1:21.

¹⁴ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

¹⁵ tn Grk “Addressing in the synagogue every Sabbath, he was attempting to persuade both Jews and Greeks.” Because in English the verb “address” is not used absolutely but normally has an object specified, the direct objects of the verb ἔπειθεν (epeiqen) have been moved forward as the objects of the English verb “addressed,” and the pronoun “them” repeated in the translation as the object of ἔπειθεν. The verb ἔπειθεν has been translated as a conative imperfect.

¹⁶ sn On the first day. This is the first mention of a Sunday gathering (1 Cor 16:2).

¹⁷ tn Or “assembled.”

¹⁸ tn The verb διαλέγομαι (dialegomai) is frequently used of Paul addressing Jews in the synagogue. As G. Schrenk (TDNT 2:94-95) points out, “What is at issue is the address which any qualified member of a synagogue might give.” Other examples of this may be found in the NT in Matt 4:23 and Mark 1:21. In the context of a Christian gathering, it is preferable to translate διελέγετο (dielegeto) simply as “speak” here. The imperfect verb διελέγετο has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

¹⁹ tn BDAG 628 s.v. μέλλω 1.c.γ has “denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind…Ac 17:31; 20:3, 7, 13ab; 23:15; 26:2; 27:30.”

²⁰ tn Or “prolonged.”