Acts 17:30

17:30 Therefore, although God has overlooked ¹  such times of ignorance, ²  he now commands all people ³  everywhere to repent, ⁴ 

Acts 22:27-28

22:27 So the commanding officer ⁵  came and asked ⁶  Paul, ⁷  “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” ⁸  He replied, ⁹  “Yes.” 22:28 The commanding officer ¹⁰  answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” ¹¹  “But I was even ¹²  born a citizen,” ¹³  Paul replied. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Or “has deliberately paid no attention to.”

² tn Or “times when people did not know.”

³ tn Here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).

⁴ sn He now commands all people everywhere to repent. God was now asking all mankind to turn to him. No nation or race was excluded.

⁵ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 24.

⁶ tn Grk “and said to.”

⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn The word “citizen” is supplied here for emphasis and clarity.

⁹ tn Grk “He said.”

⁹ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 24.

¹⁰ sn Sometimes Roman citizenship was purchased through a bribe (Dio Cassius, Roman History 60.17.4-9). That may well have been the case here.

¹¹ tn BDAG 495-96 s.v. καί 2.b has “intensive: even…Ac 5:39; 22:28.”

¹² tn The word “citizen” is supplied here for emphasis and clarity.

¹³ tn Grk “Paul said.” This phrase has been placed at the end of the sentence in the translation for stylistic reasons.