Acts 11:19

Activity in the Church at Antioch

11:19 Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen ¹  went as far as ²  Phoenicia, ³  Cyprus, ⁴  and Antioch, ⁵  speaking the message ⁶  to no one but Jews.

Acts 18:25

18:25 He had been instructed in ⁷  the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm ⁸  he spoke and taught accurately the facts ⁹  about Jesus, although he knew ¹⁰  only the baptism of John.

Acts 19:26

19:26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded ¹¹  and turned away ¹²  a large crowd, ¹³  not only in Ephesus ¹⁴  but in practically all of the province of Asia, ¹⁵  by saying ¹⁶  that gods made by hands are not gods at all. ¹⁷ 

Acts 21:13

21:13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking ¹⁸  my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, ¹⁹  but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Acts 26:29

26:29 Paul replied, “I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time ²⁰  not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.” ²¹ 

Acts 27:10

27:10 “Men, I can see the voyage is going to end ²²  in disaster ²³  and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” ²⁴ 

[11:19]  ¹ sn The phrase over Stephen means in connection with Stephen’s death. See Acts 8:1b-3.

[11:19]  ² tn Or “finally reached.” The translations “went as far as” and “finally reached” for διῆλθον (dihlqon) in this verse are given in L&N 15.17.

[11:19]  ³ sn Phoenicia was an area along the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine.

[11:19]  ⁴ tn Grk “and Cyprus,” 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.

[11:19]  ⁵ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). This was probably the third largest city in the Greco-Roman world (Alexandria in Egypt was the second largest, and Rome the largest) and was the seat of government in Syria. Five miles away was a major temple to Artemis, Apollo, and Astarte, major pagan deities.

[11:19]  ⁶ tn Grk “word.”

[18:25]  ⁷ tn Or “had been taught.”

[18:25]  ⁸ tn Grk “and boiling in spirit” (an idiom for great eagerness or enthusiasm; BDAG 426 s.v. ζέω).

[18:25]  ⁹ tn Grk “the things.”

[18:25]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “knowing”; the participle ἐπιστάμενος (epistameno") has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

[19:26]  ¹³ tn Grk “persuading.” The participle πείσας (peisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[19:26]  ¹⁴ tn Or “misled.”

[19:26]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός 3.a has “of pers. ὄχλος a large crowd…Ac 11:24, 26; 19:26.”

[19:26]  ¹⁶ map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.

[19:26]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 22.

[19:26]  ¹⁸ tn The participle λέγων (legwn) has been regarded as indicating instrumentality.

[19:26]  ¹⁹ tn The words “at all” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[21:13]  ¹⁹ tn The term translated “breaking” as used by Josephus (Ant. 10.10.4 [10.207]) means to break something into pieces, but in its only NT use (it is a hapax legomenon) it is used figuratively (BDAG 972 s.v. συνθρύπτω).

[21:13]  ²⁰ tn L&N 18.13 has “to tie objects together – ‘to tie, to tie together, to tie up.’” The verb δέω (dew) is sometimes figurative for imprisonment (L&N 37.114), but it is preferable to translate it literally here in light of v. 11 where Agabus tied himself up with Paul’s belt.

[26:29]  ²⁵ tn BDAG 703 s.v. ὀλίγος 2.b.β has “καὶ ἐν ὀλ. καὶ ἐν μεγάλῳ whether in a short or a long time vs. 29 (cf. B-D-F §195; GWhitaker, The Words of Agrippa to St. Paul: JTS 15, 1914, 82f; AFridrichsen, SymbOsl 14, ’35, 50; Field, Notes 141-43; s. Rob. 653).”

[26:29]  ²⁶ sn Except for these chains. The chains represented Paul’s unjust suffering for the sake of the message. His point was, in effect, “I do not care how long it takes. I only hope you and everyone else hearing this would become believers in Christ, but without my unjust suffering.”

[27:10]  ³¹ tn Grk “is going to be with disaster.”

[27:10]  ³² tn Or “hardship,” “damage.” BDAG 1022 s.v. ὕβρις 3 states, “fig. hardship, disaster, damage caused by the elements…w. ζημία Ac 27:10.”

[27:10]  ³³ tn Grk “souls” (here, one’s physical life).