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Acts 11:20

Context
11:20 But there were some men from Cyprus 1  and Cyrene 2  among them who came 3  to Antioch 4  and began to speak to the Greeks 5  too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 13:14

Context
13:14 Moving on from 6  Perga, 7  they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, 8  and on the Sabbath day they went into 9  the synagogue 10  and sat down.

Acts 16:7

Context
16:7 When they came to 11  Mysia, 12  they attempted to go into Bithynia, 13  but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow 14  them to do this, 15 
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[11:20]  1 sn Cyprus was a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.

[11:20]  2 sn Cyrene was a city on the northern African coast west of Egypt.

[11:20]  3 tn Grk “among them, coming to Antioch began to speak.” The participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[11:20]  4 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.

[11:20]  5 sn The statement that some men from Cyprus and Cyrene…began to speak to the Greeks shows that Peter’s experience of reaching out to the Gentiles was not unique.

[13:14]  6 tn Or “Passing by.”

[13:14]  7 sn Perga was a city in Pamphylia near the southern coast of Asia Minor.

[13:14]  8 tn Or “at Antioch in Pisidia.”

[13:14]  9 tn Grk “going into the synagogue they sat down.” The participle εἰσελθόντες (eiselqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[13:14]  10 sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

[16:7]  11 tn BDAG 511 s.v. κατά B.1.b has “to Mysia” here.

[16:7]  12 sn Mysia was a province in northwest Asia Minor.

[16:7]  13 sn Bithynia was a province in northern Asia Minor northeast of Mysia.

[16:7]  14 tn Or “permit”; see BDAG 269 s.v. ἐάω 1.

[16:7]  15 tn The words “do this” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons, since English handles ellipses differently than Greek.



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