Acts 18:2

18:2 There he ¹  found ²  a Jew named Aquila, ³  a native of Pontus, ⁴  who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius ⁵  had ordered all the Jews to depart from ⁶  Rome. ⁷  Paul approached ⁸  them,

Acts 19:12

19:12 so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body ⁹  were brought ¹⁰  to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. ¹¹ 

Acts 20:9

20:9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, ¹²  was sinking ¹³  into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak ¹⁴  for a long time. Fast asleep, ¹⁵  he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

Acts 20:18

20:18 When they arrived, he said to them, “You yourselves know how I lived ¹⁶  the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot ¹⁷  in the province of Asia, ¹⁸ 

¹ tn Grk “And he.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here. The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

² tn Grk “finding.” The participle εὑρών (Jeurwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

³ sn On Aquila and his wife Priscilla see also Acts 18:18, 26; Rom 16:3-4; 1 Cor 16:19; 2 Tim 4:19. In the NT “Priscilla” and “Prisca” are the same person. This author uses the full name Priscilla, while Paul uses the diminutive form Prisca.

⁴ sn Pontus was a region in the northeastern part of Asia Minor. It was a Roman province.

⁵ sn Claudius refers to the Roman emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, known as Claudius, who ruled from a.d. 41-54. The edict expelling the Jews from Rome was issued in a.d. 49 (Suetonius, Claudius 25.4).

⁶ tn Or “to leave.”

⁷ map For location see JP4-A1.

⁸ tn Or “went to.”

⁹ tn Or “skin” (the outer surface of the body).

¹⁰ tn Or “were taken.” It might be that as word went out into the region that since the sick could not come to Paul, healing was brought to them this way. The “handkerchiefs” are probably face cloths for wiping perspiration (see BDAG 934 s.v. σουδάριον) while the “aprons” might be material worn by workmen (BDAG 923-24 s.v. σιμικίνθιον).

¹¹ tn The words “of them” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

¹⁷ tn This window was probably a simple opening in the wall (see also BDAG 462 s.v. θυρίς).

¹⁸ tn Grk “sinking into a deep sleep.” BDAG 529 s.v. καταφέρω 3 has “ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ sink into a deep sleep…Ac 20:9a.” The participle καταφερόμενος (kataferomeno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁹ tn The participle διαλεγομένου (dialegomenou) has been taken temporally.

²⁰ tn BDAG 529 s.v. καταφέρω 3 has “κατενεχθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὔπνου overwhelmed by sleep vs. 9b,” but this expression is less common in contemporary English than phrases like “fast asleep” or “sound asleep.”

²⁵ tn Grk “You yourselves know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time.” This could be understood to mean “how I stayed with you the whole time,” but the following verses make it clear that Paul’s lifestyle while with the Ephesians is in view here. Thus the translation “how I lived the whole time I was with you” makes this clear.

²⁶ tn Or “I arrived.” BDAG 367 s.v. ἐπιβαίνω 2, “set foot in…εἰς τ. ᾿Ασίαν set foot in Asia Ac 20:18.” However, L&N 15.83 removes the idiom: “you know that since the first day that I came to Asia.”

²⁷ tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 16.