Acts 10:29

10:29 Therefore when you sent for me, ¹  I came without any objection. Now may I ask why ²  you sent for me?”

Acts 13:51

13:51 So after they shook ³  the dust off their feet ⁴  in protest against them, they went to Iconium. ⁵ 

Acts 14:24

14:24 Then they passed through ⁶  Pisidia and came into Pamphylia, ⁷ 

Acts 16:39

16:39 and came ⁸  and apologized to them. After ⁹  they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly ¹⁰  to leave the city.

Acts 18:1

Paul at Corinth

18:1 After this ¹¹  Paul ¹²  departed from ¹³  Athens ¹⁴  and went to Corinth. ¹⁵ 

Acts 19:18

19:18 Many of those who had believed came forward, ¹⁶  confessing and making their deeds known. ¹⁷ 

Acts 20:14

20:14 When he met us in Assos, ¹⁸  we took him aboard ¹⁹  and went to Mitylene. ²⁰ 

[10:29]  ¹ tn Grk “Therefore when I was sent for.” The passive participle μεταπεμφθείς (metapemfqei") has been taken temporally and converted to an active construction which is less awkward in English.

[10:29]  ² tn Grk “ask for what reason.”

[13:51]  ³ tn The participle ἐκτιναξάμενοι (ektinaxamenoi) is taken temporally. It could also be translated as a participle of attendant circumstance (“So they shook…and went”).

[13:51]  ⁴ sn Shaking the dust off their feet was a symbolic gesture commanded by Jesus to his disciples, Matt 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5. It shows a group of people as culpable before God.

[13:51]  ⁵ sn Iconium was a city in Lycaonia about 90 mi (145 km) east southeast of Pisidian Antioch. It was the easternmost city of Phrygia.

[14:24]  ⁵ tn Grk “Then passing through Pisidia they came.” The participle διελθόντες (dielqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[14:24]  ⁶ sn Pamphylia was a province along the southern coast of Asia Minor.

[16:39]  ⁷ tn Grk “and coming, they apologized.” The participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:39]  ⁸ tn Grk “and after.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

[16:39]  ⁹ tn The verb ἐρώτων (erwtwn) has been translated as an iterative imperfect; the English adverb “repeatedly” brings out the iterative force in the translation.

[18:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “After these things.”

[18:1]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “Paul left.”

[18:1]  ¹² map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[18:1]  ¹³ sn Corinth was the capital city of the senatorial province of Achaia and the seat of the Roman proconsul. It was located 55 mi (88 km) west of Athens. Corinth was a major rival to Athens and was the largest city in Greece at the time.

[19:18]  ¹¹ tn Grk “came”; the word “forward” is supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning and to conform to the contemporary English idiom.

[19:18]  ¹² tn Or “confessing and disclosing their deeds.” BDAG 59 s.v. ἀναγγέλλω 2 has “W. ἐξομολογεῖσθαι: ἀ. τὰς πράξεις αὐτο'ν make their deeds known Ac 19:18.”

[20:14]  ¹³ sn Assos was a city of Mysia about 24 mi (40 km) southeast of Troas.

[20:14]  ¹⁴ 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]  ¹⁵ 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.