1 tn The participle προσδραμών (prosdramwn) is regarded as attendant circumstance.
2 tn The words “to it” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
3 tn Grk “heard him”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.
5 tn Grk “he said”; but since what follows is a question, it is better English style to translate the introduction to the question “he asked him.”
6 tn Or “the headquarters.” BDAG 775 s.v. παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Roman troops in Jerusalem Ac 21:34, 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.”
7 tn Grk “says” (a historical present).
8 tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers) See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 31.
9 tn Grk “Is it permitted for me to say” (an idiom).
10 tn Grk “He”; the referent (the officer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 tn Grk “said.”
12 sn “Do you know Greek?” Paul as an educated rabbi was bilingual. Paul’s request in Greek allowed the officer to recognize that Paul was not the violent insurrectionist he thought he had arrested (see following verse). The confusion of identities reveals the degree of confusion dominating these events.