Acts 2:10

2:10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, ¹  and visitors from Rome, ² 

Acts 17:21

17:21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time ³  in nothing else than telling ⁴  or listening to something new.) ⁵ 

¹ tn According to BDAG 595 s.v. Λιβύη, the western part of Libya, Libya Cyrenaica, is referred to here (see also Josephus, Ant. 16.6.1 [16.160] for a similar phrase).

² map For location see JP4-A1.

³ tn The imperfect verb ηὐκαίρουν (hukairoun) has been translated as a customary or habitual imperfect.

⁴ tn BDAG 406-7 s.v. εὐκαιρέω has “used to spend their time in nothing else than telling Ac 17:21.”

⁵ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The reference to newness may be pejorative.