18:1 After this 1 Paul 2 departed from 3 Athens 4 and went to Corinth. 5
18:1 After this 6 Paul 7 departed from 8 Athens 9 and went to Corinth. 10
3:1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time 11 for prayer, 12 at three o’clock in the afternoon. 13
1 tn Grk “After these things.”
2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Or “Paul left.”
4 map For location see JP1-C2; JP2-C2; JP3-C2; JP4-C2.
5 sn Corinth was the capital city of the senatorial province of Achaia and the seat of the Roman proconsul. It was located 55 mi (88 km) west of Athens. Corinth was a major rival to Athens and was the largest city in Greece at the time.
6 tn Grk “After these things.”
7 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Or “Paul left.”
9 map For location see JP1-C2; JP2-C2; JP3-C2; JP4-C2.
10 sn Corinth was the capital city of the senatorial province of Achaia and the seat of the Roman proconsul. It was located 55 mi (88 km) west of Athens. Corinth was a major rival to Athens and was the largest city in Greece at the time.
11 tn Grk “hour.”
12 sn Going up to the temple at the time for prayer. The earliest Christians, being of Jewish roots, were still participating in the institutions of Judaism at this point. Their faith in Christ did not make them non-Jewish in their practices.
13 tn Grk “at the ninth hour.” This is calculated from sunrise (Josephus, Ant. 14.4.3 [14.65]; Dan 9:21).