Acts 13:7

13:7 who was with the proconsul ¹  Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul ²  summoned ³  Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear ⁴  the word of God.

Acts 25:5

25:5 “So,” he said, “let your leaders ⁵  go down there ⁶  with me, and if this man has done anything wrong, ⁷  they may bring charges ⁸  against him.”

Acts 10:28

10:28 He said to them, “You know that ⁹  it is unlawful ¹⁰  for a Jew ¹¹  to associate with or visit a Gentile, ¹²  yet God has shown me that I should call no person ¹³  defiled or ritually unclean. ¹⁴ 

Acts 17:31

17:31 because he has set ¹⁵  a day on which he is going to judge the world ¹⁶  in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, ¹⁷  having provided proof to everyone by raising ¹⁸  him from the dead.”

¹ sn The proconsul was the Roman official who ruled over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate.

² tn Grk “This one”; the referent (the proconsul) is specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “summoning Barnabas and Saul, wanted to hear.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesameno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁴ sn The proconsul…wanted to hear the word of God. This description of Sergius Paulus portrays him as a sensitive, secular Gentile leader.

⁵ tn Grk “let those who are influential among you” (i.e., the powerful).

⁶ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

⁷ tn Grk “and if there is anything wrong with this man,” but this could be misunderstood in English to mean a moral or physical defect, while the issue in context is the commission of some crime, something legally improper (BDAG 149 s.v. ἄτοπος 2).

⁸ tn BDAG 533 s.v. κατηγορέω 1 states, “nearly always as legal t.t.: bring charges in court.” L&N 33.427 states for κατηγορέω, “to bring serious charges or accusations against someone, with the possible connotation of a legal or court context – ‘to accuse, to bring charges.”

⁹ tn Here ὡς (Jws) is used like ὅτι (Joti) to introduce indirect discourse (cf. BDAG 1105 s.v. ὡς 5).

¹⁰ tn This term is used of wanton or callously lawless acts (BDAG 24 s.v. ἀθέμιτος).

¹¹ tn Grk “a Jewish man” (ἀνδρὶ ᾿Ιουδαίῳ, andri Ioudaiw).

¹² tn Grk “a foreigner,” but in this context, “a non-Jew,” that is, a Gentile. This term speaks of intimate association (BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.b.α). On this Jewish view, see John 18:28, where a visit to a Gentile residence makes a Jewish person unclean.

¹³ tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo").

¹⁴ tn Possibly there is a subtle distinction in meaning between κοινός (koinos) and ἀκάθαρτος (akaqartos) here, but according to L&N 53.39 it is difficult to determine precise differences in meaning based on existing contexts.

¹³ tn Or “fixed.”

¹⁴ sn The world refers to the whole inhabited earth.

¹⁵ tn Or “appointed.” BDAG 723 s.v. ὁρίζω 2.b has “of persons appoint, designate, declare: God judges the world ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν through a man whom he has appointed Ac 17:31.”

¹⁶ tn The participle ἀναστήσας (anasthsa") indicates means here.