1 Samuel 25:21

25:21 Now David had been thinking, ¹  “In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

Matthew 12:24

12:24 But when the Pharisees ²  heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, ³  the ruler ⁴  of demons!”

Luke 23:2

23:2 They ⁵  began to accuse ⁶  him, saying, “We found this man subverting ⁷  our nation, forbidding ⁸  us to pay the tribute tax ⁹  to Caesar ¹⁰  and claiming that he himself is Christ, ¹¹  a king.”

Acts 22:22

The Roman Commander Questions Paul

22:22 The crowd ¹²  was listening to him until he said this. ¹³  Then ¹⁴  they raised their voices and shouted, ¹⁵  “Away with this man ¹⁶  from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!” ¹⁷ 

[25:21]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[12:24]  ² sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[12:24]  ³ tn Grk “except by Beelzebul.”

[12:24]  ⁴ tn Or “prince.”

[23:2]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[23:2]  ⁶ sn They began to accuse him. There were three charges: (1) disturbing Jewish peace; (2) fomenting rebellion through advocating not paying taxes (a lie – 20:20-26); and (3) claiming to be a political threat to Rome, by claiming to be a king, an allusion to Jesus’ messianic claims. The second and third charges were a direct challenge to Roman authority. Pilate would be forced to do something about them.

[23:2]  ⁷ tn On the use of the term διαστρέφω (diastrefw) here, see L&N 31.71 and 88.264.

[23:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “and forbidding.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated to suggest to the English reader that this and the following charge are specifics, while the previous charge was a summary one. See the note on the word “misleading” earlier in this verse.

[23:2]  ⁹ tn This was a “poll tax.” L&N 57.182 states this was “a payment made by the people of one nation to another, with the implication that this is a symbol of submission and dependence – ‘tribute tax.’”

[23:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “to the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).

[23:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[22:22]  ¹² tn Grk “They were listening”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:22]  ¹³ tn Grk “until this word.”

[22:22]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “And.” To indicate the logical sequence, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” here.

[22:22]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “and said.”

[22:22]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “this one.”

[22:22]  ¹⁷ tn BDAG 491 s.v. καθήκω has “to be appropriate, come/reach to, be proper/fitting…Usu. impers. καθήκει it comes (to someone)…foll. by acc. and inf….οὐ καθῆκεν αὐτὸν ζῆν he should not be allowed to live Ac 22:22.”