Acts 10:31

Context
10:31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity¹ have been remembered before God.²

Acts 22:2

Context
22:2 (When they heard³ that he was addressing⁴ them in Aramaic,⁵ they became even⁶ quieter.)⁷ Then⁸ Paul said,

Acts 25:22

Context
25:22 Agrippa⁹ said to Festus,¹⁰ “I would also like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he replied,¹¹ “you will hear him.”

Acts 26:25

Context
26:25 But Paul replied,¹² “I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus,¹³ but am speaking¹⁴ true and rational¹⁵ words.

[10:31] ¹tn Or “your gifts to the needy.”

[10:31] ²sn This statement is a paraphrase rather than an exact quotation of Acts 10:4.

[22:2] ³tn ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally.

[22:2] ⁴tn Or “spoke out to.” L&N 33.27 has “to address an audience, with possible emphasis upon loudness – ‘to address, to speak out to.’ πολλῆς δέ σιγῆς γενομένης προσεφώνησεν τῇ ᾿Εβραίδι διαλέκτῳ ‘when they were quiet, he addressed them in Hebrew’ Ac 21:40.”

[22:2] ⁵tn Grk “in the Hebrew language.” See the note on “Aramaic” in 21:40.

[22:2] ⁶tn BDAG 613-14 s.v. μᾶλλον 1 “Abs. μ. can mean to a greater degree (than before), even more, now more than ever Lk 5:15; Jn 5:18; 19:8; Ac 5:14; 22:2; 2 Cor 7:7.”

[22:2] ⁷tn BDAG 440 s.v. ἡσυχία 2 has “παρέχειν ἡσυχίαν quiet down, give a hearing…Ac 22:2.”

[22:2] ⁸tn Grk “and.” Since this represents a continuation of the speech begun in v. 1, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

[25:22] ⁵sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[25:22] ⁶sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[25:22] ⁷tn Grk “said.”

[26:25] ⁷tn Grk “said.”

[26:25] ⁸sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[26:25] ⁹tn Or “declaring.” BDAG 125 s.v. ἀποφθέγγομαι states, “speak out, declare boldly or loudly…τὶ: σωφροσύνης ῥήματα Ac 26:25.”

[26:25] ¹⁰tn BDAG 987 s.v. σωφροσύνη 1 has “gener. soundness of mind, reasonableness, rationality…ἀληθείας καὶ σωφροσύνης ῥήματα true and rational words (opp. μαίνομαι) Ac 26:25.”