Acts 10:32

10:32 Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, ¹  by the sea.’

Acts 11:29

11:29 So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, ²  decided ³  to send relief ⁴  to the brothers living in Judea.

Acts 19:31

19:31 Even some of the provincial authorities ⁵  who were his friends sent ⁶  a message ⁷  to him, urging him not to venture ⁸  into the theater.

Acts 23:30

23:30 When I was informed ⁹  there would be a plot ¹⁰  against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges ¹¹  against him before you.

Acts 25:25

25:25 But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, ¹²  and when he appealed ¹³  to His Majesty the Emperor, ¹⁴  I decided to send him. ¹⁵ 

[10:32]  ¹ tn Or “with a certain Simon Berseus.” Although most modern English translations treat βυρσεῖ (bursei) as Simon’s profession (“Simon the tanner”), it is possible that the word is actually Simon’s surname (“Simon Berseus” or “Simon Tanner”). BDAG 185 s.v. βυρσεύς regards it as a surname.

[11:29]  ² tn So BDAG 410 s.v. εὐπορέω.

[11:29]  ³ tn Or “determined,” “resolved.”

[11:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “to send [something] for a ministry,” but today it is common to speak of sending relief for victims of natural disasters.

[19:31]  ³ tn Grk “Asiarchs” (high-ranking officials of the province of Asia).

[19:31]  ⁴ tn Grk “sending”; the participle πέμψαντες (pemyante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[19:31]  ⁵ tn The words “a message” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[19:31]  ⁶ tn BDAG 242-43 s.v. δίδωμι 11 has “to cause (oneself) to go, go, venture somewhere (cp. our older ‘betake oneself’)…Ac 19:31.” The desire of these sympathetic authorities was surely to protect Paul’s life. The detail indicates how dangerous things had become.

[23:30]  ⁴ tn Grk “It being revealed to me.” The participle μηνυθείσης (mhnuqeish") has been taken temporally.

[23:30]  ⁵ tn The term translated “plot” here is a different one than the one in Acts 23:16 (see BDAG 368 s.v. ἐπιβουλή).

[23:30]  ⁶ tn Grk “the things against him.” This could be rendered as “accusations,” “grievances,” or “charges,” but since “ordered his accusers to state their accusations” sounds redundant in English, “charges” was used instead.

[25:25]  ⁵ sn He had done nothing that deserved death. Festus’ opinion of Paul’s guilt is like Pilate’s of Jesus (Luke 23:4, 14, 22).

[25:25]  ⁶ tn The participle ἐπικαλεσαμένου (epikalesamenou) has been taken temporally. It could also be translated as causal: “and because he appealed…”

[25:25]  ⁷ tn A designation of the Roman emperor (in this case, Nero). BDAG 917 s.v. σεβαστός states, “ὁ Σεβαστός His Majesty the Emperor Ac 25:21, 25 (of Nero).”

[25:25]  ⁸ tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.