Acts 15:23

Context
15:23 They sent this letter with them:¹

From the apostles² and elders, your brothers,³ to the Gentile brothers and sisters⁴ in Antioch,⁵ Syria,⁶ and Cilicia, greetings!

Acts 23:26

Context

23:26 Claudius Lysias to His Excellency Governor⁷ Felix,⁸ greetings.

Acts 23:2

Context
23:2 At that⁹ the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near¹⁰ Paul¹¹ to strike¹² him on the mouth.

Acts 4:21

Context
4:21 After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising¹³ God for what had happened.

[15:23] ¹tn Grk “writing by their hand” (an idiom for sending a letter).

[15:23] ²tn Grk “The apostles.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[15:23] ³tn Grk “brothers,” but “your” is supplied to specify the relationship, since without it “brothers” could be understood as vocative in English.

[15:23] ⁴tn Grk “to the brothers who are from the Gentiles.”

[15:23] ⁵sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).

[15:23] ⁶tn Grk “and Syria,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[23:26] ⁷tn Grk “Procurator.” The official Roman title has been translated as “governor” (BDAG 433 s.v. ἡγεμών 2).

[23:26] ⁸sn Governor Felix. See the note on Felix in v. 24.

[23:2] ⁹tn Grk “and” (δέ, de); the phrase “at that” has been used in the translation to clarify the cause and effect relationship.

[23:2] ¹⁰tn BDAG 778 s.v. παρίστημι/παριστάνω 2.b.α has “οἱ παρεστῶτες αὐτῷ those standing near him Ac 23:2.”

[23:2] ¹¹tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:2] ¹²tn Or “hit” (‘strike’ maintains the wordplay with the following verse). The action was probably designed to indicate a rejection of Paul’s claim to a clear conscience in the previous verse.

[4:21] ¹³tn Or “glorifying.”