Acts 23:25

23:25 He wrote ¹  a letter that went like this: ² 

Acts 15:30

15:30 So when they were dismissed, ³  they went down to Antioch, ⁴  and after gathering the entire group ⁵  together, they delivered the letter.

Acts 23:33

23:33 When the horsemen ⁶  came to Caesarea ⁷  and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented ⁸  Paul to him.

¹ tn Grk “writing.” Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun here in the translation, supplying “he” (referring to the commanding officer, Claudius Lysias) as subject. The participle γράψας (grayas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

² tn Grk “having this form,” “having this content.” L&N 33.48 has “γράψσς ἐπιστολὴν ἔχουσαν τὸν τύπον τοῦτον ‘then he wrote a letter that went like this’ Ac 23:25. It is also possible to understand ἐπιστολή in Ac 23:25 not as a content or message, but as an object (see 6.63).”

³ tn Or “sent away.”

⁴ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).

⁵ tn Or “congregation” (referring to the group of believers).

⁵ tn Grk “who, coming to Caesarea.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek construction, a new sentence was begun here in the translation. The relative pronoun (“who”) has been replaced with the referent (the horsemen) in the translation for clarity.

⁶ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. It was about 30 mi (50 km) from Antipatris.

⁷ tn BDAG 778 s.v. παρίστημι/παριστάνω 1.b has “present, represent – α. lit. τινά τινι someone to someone παρέστησαν τὸν Παῦλον αὐτῷ Ac 23:33.”