Colossians 2:5

2:5 For though ¹  I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see ²  your morale ³  and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

Acts 20:25

20:25 “And now ⁴  I know that none ⁵  of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom ⁶  will see me ⁷  again.

Acts 20:38

20:38 especially saddened ⁸  by what ⁹  he had said, that they were not going to see him ¹⁰  again. Then they accompanied ¹¹  him to the ship.

Acts 20:1

Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece

20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging ¹²  them and saying farewell, ¹³  he left to go to Macedonia. ¹⁴ 

Acts 1:8

1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts ¹⁵  of the earth.”

¹ tn The conditional particle εἰ (ei) together with καί (kai) here indicates a first class condition in Greek and carries a concessive force, especially when seen in contrast to the following phrase which begins with ἀλλά (alla).

² tn Grk “rejoicing and seeing.”

³ tn The Greek word τάξις can mean “order,” “discipline,” or even “unbroken ranks” (REB).

⁴ tn Grk “And now, behold.” Here ἰδού (idou) has not been translated.

⁵ tn Grk “all of you…will not see.” Greek handles its negation somewhat differently from English, and the translation follows English grammatical conventions.

⁶ sn Note how Paul’s usage of the expression proclaiming the kingdom is associated with (and intertwined with) his testifying to the good news of God’s grace in v. 24. For Paul the two concepts were interrelated.

⁷ tn Grk “will see my face” (an idiom for seeing someone in person).

⁸ tn Or “pained.”

⁹ tn Grk “by the word that he had said.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “to see his face” (an idiom for seeing someone in person).

¹¹ tn BDAG 873 s.v. προπέμπω 1 has “they accompanied him to the ship Ac 20:38.”

¹² tn Or “exhorting.”

¹³ tn Or “and taking leave of them.”

¹⁴ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

¹⁵ tn Or “to the ends.”