Jude 1:2

1:2 May mercy, peace, and love be lavished on you! ¹ 

Acts 17:6

17:6 When they did not find them, they dragged ²  Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, ³  screaming, “These people who have stirred up trouble ⁴  throughout the world ⁵  have come here too,

¹ tn Grk “may mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.”

² tn See BDAG 977-78 s.v. σύρω on this verb. It was used in everyday speech of dragging in fish by a net, or dragging away someone’s (presumably) dead body (Paul in Acts 14:19).

³ tn L&N 37.93 defines πολιτάρχης (politarch") as “a public official responsible for administrative matters within a town or city and a member of the ruling council of such a political unit – ‘city official’” (see also BDAG 845 s.v.).

⁴ tn Or “rebellion.” BDAG 72 s.v. ἀναστατόω has “disturb, trouble, upset,” but in light of the references in the following verse to political insurrection, “stirred up rebellion” would also be appropriate.

⁵ tn Or “the empire.” This was a way of referring to the Roman empire (BDAG 699 s.v. οἰκουμένη 2.b).