Acts 20:9

20:9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window,¹ was sinking² into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak³ for a long time. Fast asleep,⁴ he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

Acts 20:11

20:11 Then Paul⁵ went back upstairs,⁶ and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them⁷ a long time, until dawn. Then he left.

Acts 20:31

20:31 Therefore be alert,⁸ remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning⁹ each one of you with tears.

Acts 28:23

28:23 They set¹⁰ a day to meet with him,¹¹ and they came to him where he was staying¹² in even greater numbers.¹³ From morning until evening he explained things¹⁴ to them,¹⁵ testifying¹⁶ about the kingdom of God¹⁷ and trying to convince¹⁸ them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.

Nehemiah 8:3

8:3 So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon¹⁹ before the men and women and those children who could understand.²⁰ All the people were eager to hear²¹ the book of the law.

Nehemiah 9:3

9:3 For one-fourth of the day they stood in their place and read from the book of the law of the LORD their God, and for another fourth they were confessing their sins²² and worshiping the LORD their God.

Nehemiah 9:1

The People Acknowledge Their Sin before God

9:1 On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.

Colossians 1:10

1:10 so that you may live²³ worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects²⁴ – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

Colossians 1:2

1:2 to the saints, the faithful²⁵ brothers and sisters²⁶ in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you²⁷ from God our Father!²⁸

Colossians 4:2

Exhortation to Pray for the Success of Paul’s Mission

4:2 Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.

¹tn This window was probably a simple opening in the wall (see also BDAG 462 s.v. θυρίς).

²tn 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.

³tn The participle διαλεγομένου (dialegomenou) has been taken temporally.

⁴tn 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.”

⁵tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶tn Grk “going back upstairs.” The participle ἀναβάς (anabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁷tn Grk “talking with them.” The participle ὁμιλήσας (Jomilhsas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁸tn Or “be watchful.”

⁹tn Or “admonishing.”

¹⁰tn Grk “Having set.” The participle ταξάμενοι (taxamenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹¹tn Grk “Having set a day with him”; the words “to meet” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

¹²tn Or “came to him in his rented quarters.”

¹³tn BDAG 848 s.v. πολύς 1.b.β.ב states, “(even) more πλείονες in even greater numbers Ac 28:23.”

¹⁴tn The word “things” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

¹⁵tn Grk “to whom he explained.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“whom”) has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) and a new sentence begun at this point in the translation.

¹⁶tn BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 1 has “to make a solemn declaration about the truth of someth. testify of, bear witness to (orig. under oath)…God’s kingdom 28:23.”

¹⁷sn Testifying about the kingdom of God. The topic is important. Paul’s preaching was about the rule of God and his promise in Jesus. Paul’s text was the Jewish scriptures.

¹⁸tn Or “persuade.”

¹⁹tn Heb “from the light till the noon of the day.”

²⁰tn Heb “all who could hear with understanding.” The word “children” is understood to be implied here by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, TEV, NLT).

²¹tn Heb “the ears of all the people were toward.”

²²tn Heb “confessing.” The words “their sins” are not present in the Hebrew text of v. 3, but are clearly implied here because they are explicitly stated in v. 2.

²³tn The infinitive περιπατῆσαι (peripathsai, “to walk, to live, to live one’s life”) is best taken as an infinitive of purpose related to “praying” (προσευχόμενοι, proseucomenoi) and “asking” (αἰτούμενοι, aitoumenoi) in v. 9 and is thus translated as “that you may live.”

²⁴tn BDAG 129 s.v. ἀρεσκεία states that ἀρεσκείαν (areskeian) refers to a “desire to please εἰς πᾶσαν ἀ. to please (the Lord) in all respects Col 1:10.”

²⁵tn Grk “and faithful.” The construction in Greek (as well as Paul’s style) suggests that the saints are identical to the faithful; hence, the καί (kai) is best left untranslated (cf. Eph 1:1). See ExSyn 281-82.

²⁶tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).

²⁷tn Or “Grace to you and peace.”

²⁸tc Most witnesses, including some important ones (א A C F G I [P] 075 Ï it bo), read “and the Lord Jesus Christ” at the end of this verse, no doubt to conform the wording to the typical Pauline salutation. However, excellent and early witnesses (B D K L Ψ 33 81 1175 1505 1739 1881 al sa) lack this phrase. Since the omission is inexplicable as arising from the longer reading (otherwise, these mss would surely have deleted the phrase in the rest of the corpus Paulinum), it is surely authentic.