Acts 26:3

26:3 because you are especially ¹  familiar with all the customs and controversial issues ²  of the Jews. Therefore I ask ³  you to listen to me patiently.

Acts 8:34

8:34 Then the eunuch said ⁴  to Philip, “Please tell me, ⁵  who is the prophet saying this about – himself or someone else?” ⁶ 

Acts 21:39

21:39 Paul answered, ⁷  “I am a Jew ⁸  from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. ⁹  Please ¹⁰  allow me to speak to the people.”

¹ tn BDAG 613 s.v. μάλιστα 1 states, “μ. γνώστην ὄντα σε since you are outstandingly familiar Ac 26:3.”

² tn Grk “several controversial issues.” BDAG 428 s.v. ζήτημα states, “in our lit. only in Ac, w. the mng. it still has in Mod. Gk. (controversial) question, issue, argument…Ac 15:2; 26:3. ζ. περί τινος questions about someth.…18:15; 25:19.”

³ tn BDAG 218 s.v. δέομαι states, “In our lit. only w. the mng. to ask for something pleadingly, ask, request,” and then in section a.α states, “w. inf. foll.…Ac 26:3.”

⁴ tn Grk “answered and said.” The redundant participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqei") has not been translated.

⁵ tn Grk “I beg you,” “I ask you.”

⁶ sn About himself, or about someone else? It is likely in 1st century Judaism this would have been understood as either Israel or Isaiah.

⁷ tn Grk “said.”

⁸ tn Grk “a Jewish man.”

⁹ tn Grk “of a not insignificant city.” The double negative, common in Greek, is awkward in English and has been replaced by a corresponding positive expression (BDAG 142 s.v. ἄσημος 1).

¹⁰ tn Grk “I beg you.”