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Acts 1:17

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1:17 for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry.” 1 

Acts 20:14

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20:14 When he met us in Assos, 2  we took him aboard 3  and went to Mitylene. 4 
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[1:17]  1 tn Or “and was chosen to have a share in this ministry.” The term λαγχάνω (lancanw) here and in 2 Pet 1:1 can be understood as referring to the process of divine choice and thus be translated, “was chosen to have.”

[20:14]  2 sn Assos was a city of Mysia about 24 mi (40 km) southeast of Troas.

[20:14]  3 tn Grk “taking him aboard, we.” The participle ἀναλαβόντες (analabonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[20:14]  4 sn Mitylene was the most important city on the island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea. It was about 44 mi (70 km) from Assos.



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