Acts 11:26

11:26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. ¹  So ²  for a whole year Barnabas and Saul ³  met with the church and taught a significant number of people. ⁴  Now it was in Antioch ⁵  that the disciples were first called Christians. ⁶ 

Acts 20:7

20:7 On the first day ⁷  of the week, when we met ⁸  to break bread, Paul began to speak ⁹  to the people, and because he intended ¹⁰  to leave the next day, he extended ¹¹  his message until midnight.

Acts 26:20

26:20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, ¹²  and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, ¹³  performing deeds consistent with ¹⁴  repentance.

Acts 27:43

27:43 But the centurion, ¹⁵  wanting to save Paul’s life, ¹⁶  prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, ¹⁷ 

[11:26]  ¹ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.

[11:26]  ² tn Grk “So it happened that” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[11:26]  ³ tn Grk “year they”; the referents (Barnabas and Saul) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:26]  ⁴ tn Grk “a significant crowd.”

[11:26]  ⁵ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.

[11:26]  ⁶ sn The term Christians appears only here, in Acts 26:28, and 1 Pet 4:16 in the NT.

[20:7]  ⁷ sn On the first day. This is the first mention of a Sunday gathering (1 Cor 16:2).

[20:7]  ⁸ tn Or “assembled.”

[20:7]  ⁹ tn The verb διαλέγομαι (dialegomai) is frequently used of Paul addressing Jews in the synagogue. As G. Schrenk (TDNT 2:94-95) points out, “What is at issue is the address which any qualified member of a synagogue might give.” Other examples of this may be found in the NT in Matt 4:23 and Mark 1:21. In the context of a Christian gathering, it is preferable to translate διελέγετο (dielegeto) simply as “speak” here. The imperfect verb διελέγετο has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[20:7]  ¹⁰ tn BDAG 628 s.v. μέλλω 1.c.γ has “denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind…Ac 17:31; 20:3, 7, 13ab; 23:15; 26:2; 27:30.”

[20:7]  ¹¹ tn Or “prolonged.”

[26:20]  ¹³ tn BDAG 1093-94 s.v. χώρα 2.b states, “of the provincial name (1 Macc 8:3) ἡ χώρα τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας Ac 26:20.”

[26:20]  ¹⁴ sn That they should repent and turn to God. This is the shortest summary of Paul’s message that he preached.

[26:20]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 93 s.v. ἄξιος 1.b, “καρποὶ ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας fruits in keeping with your repentance…Lk 3:8; Mt 3:8. For this ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα Ac 26:20.” Note how Paul preached the gospel offer and the issue of response together, side by side.

[27:43]  ¹⁹ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[27:43]  ²⁰ tn Or “wanting to rescue Paul.”

[27:43]  ²¹ tn BDAG 347 s.v. I. ἔξειμι has “ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν get to land Ac 27:43.”