Acts 16:30

16:30 Then he brought them outside ¹  and asked, “Sirs, what must ²  I do to be saved?”

Acts 16:19

16:19 But when her owners ³  saw their hope of profit ⁴  was gone, they seized ⁵  Paul and Silas and dragged ⁶  them into the marketplace before the authorities.

¹ tn Grk “And bringing them outside, he asked.” The participle προαγαγών (proagagwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun by supplying the conjunction “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

² tn The Greek term (δεῖ, dei) is used by Luke to represent divine necessity.

³ tn Or “masters.”

⁴ tn On this use of ἐργασία (ergasia), see BDAG 390 s.v. 4. It is often the case that destructive practices and commerce are closely tied together.

⁵ tn Grk “was gone, seizing.” The participle ἐπιλαβόμενοι (epilabomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁶ tn On the term ἕλκω ({elkw) see BDAG 318 s.v. 1.