28:11 After three months we put out to sea 3 in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island and had the “Heavenly Twins” 4 as its figurehead. 5
1 tn BDAG 142 s.v. ἀσθένεια 1 states, “ἔχειν ἀ. be ill Ac 28:9.”
2 sn Many…also came and were healed. Again, here is irony. Paul, though imprisoned, “frees” others of their diseases.
3 tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”
4 tn Or “the ‘Twin Gods’”; Grk “the Dioscuri” (a joint name for the pagan deities Castor and Pollux).
5 tn Or “as its emblem.”