Discovery BoxActs 12:11
Context12:11 When 1 Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued 2 me from the hand 3 of Herod 4 and from everything the Jewish people 5 were expecting to happen.”
Acts 16:15
Context16:15 After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, 6 “If 7 you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, 8 come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded 9 us.
Acts 22:10
Context22:10 So I asked, 10 ‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Get up 11 and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything 12 that you have been designated 13 to do.’
Acts 23:18
Context23:18 So the centurion 14 took him and brought him to the commanding officer 15 and said, “The prisoner Paul called 16 me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”
Acts 25:10-11
Context25:10 Paul replied, 17 “I am standing before Caesar’s 18 judgment seat, 19 where I should be tried. 20 I have done nothing wrong 21 to the Jews, as you also know very well. 22 25:11 If then I am in the wrong 23 and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying, 24 but if not one of their charges against me is true, 25 no one can hand me over to them. 26 I appeal to Caesar!” 27
Acts 26:16
Context26:16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance 28 as a servant and witness 29 to the things 30 you have seen 31 and to the things in which I will appear to you.
[12:11] 1 tn Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
[12:11] 3 sn Here the hand of Herod is a metaphor for Herod’s power or control.
[12:11] 4 sn King Herod was Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod I (Herod the Great).
[12:11] 5 sn Luke characterizes the opposition here as the Jewish people, including their leadership (see 12:3).
[16:15] 6 tn Grk “urged us, saying.” The participle λέγουσα (legousa) is redundant in English and has not been translated.
[16:15] 7 tn This is a first class condition in Greek, with the statement presented as real or true for the sake of the argument.
[16:15] 8 tn Or “faithful to the Lord.” BDAG 821 s.v. πίστος 2 states concerning this verse, “Of one who confesses the Christian faith believing or a believer in the Lord, in Christ, in God πιστ. τῷ κυρίῳ Ac 16:15.” L&N 11.17 has “one who is included among the faithful followers of Christ – ‘believer, Christian, follower.’”
[16:15] 9 tn Although BDAG 759 s.v. παραβιάζομαι has “urge strongly, prevail upon,” in contemporary English “persuade” is a more frequently used synonym for “prevail upon.”
[22:10] 11 tn Grk “So I said.”
[22:10] 12 tn Grk “Getting up.” The participle ἀναστάς (anasta") is an adverbial participle of attendant circumstance and has been translated as a finite verb.
[22:10] 13 tn Grk “about all things.”
[22:10] 14 tn Or “assigned,” “ordered.” BDAG 991 s.v. τάσσω 2.a has “act. and pass., foll. by acc. w. inf.…περὶ πάντων ὧν τέτακταί σοι ποιῆσαι concerning everything that you have been ordered to do 22:10.” There is an allusion to a divine call and commission here.
[23:18] 16 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the centurion) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[23:18] 17 tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 10.
[23:18] 18 tn Grk “calling.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesameno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[25:10] 22 tn Or “before the emperor’s” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).
[25:10] 23 tn Although BDAG 175 s.v. βῆμα 3 gives the meaning “tribunal” for this verse, and a number of modern translations use similar terms (“court,” NIV; “tribunal,” NRSV), since the bema was a standard feature in Greco-Roman cities of the time, there is no need for an alternative translation here. Here of course Paul’s reference to “Caesar’s judgment seat” is a form of metonymy; since Festus is Caesar’s representative, Festus’ judgment seat represents Caesar’s own.
[25:10] 24 tn That is, tried by an imperial representative and subject to Roman law.
[25:10] 25 sn “I have done nothing wrong.” Here is yet another declaration of total innocence on Paul’s part.
[25:10] 26 tn BDAG 506 s.v. καλῶς 7 states, “comp. κάλλιον (for the superl., as Galen, Protr. 8 p. 24, 19J.=p. 10, 31 Kaibel; s. B-D-F §244, 2) ὡς καί σὺ κ. ἐπιγινώσκεις as also you know very well Ac 25:10.”
[25:11] 26 tn BDAG 20 s.v. ἀδικέω 1.b has “intr. be in the wrong (Ex 2:13) εἰ ἀδικῶ Ac 25:11.”
[25:11] 27 tn BDAG 764 s.v. παραιτέομαι 2.b.β, “οὐ παραιτοῦμαι τὸ ἀποθανεῖν I am not trying to escape death Ac 25:11 (cp. Jos., Vi. 141).” To avoid redundancy in the translation, the English gerund “dying” is used to translate the Greek infinitive ἀποθανεῖν (apoqanein).
[25:11] 28 tn Or “but if there is nothing to their charges against me.” Both “if” clauses in this verse are first class conditions. Paul stated the options without prejudice, assuming in turn the reality of each for the sake of the argument.
[25:11] 29 sn That is, no one can hand me over to them lawfully. Paul was aware of the dangers of a return to Jerusalem.
[25:11] 30 tn Or “to the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).
[26:16] 31 tn L&N 30.89 has “‘to choose in advance, to select beforehand, to designate in advance.’”
[26:16] 32 sn As a servant and witness. The commission is similar to Acts 1:8 and Luke 1:2. Paul was now an “eyewitness” of the Lord.
[26:16] 33 tn BDAG 719 s.v. ὁράω A.1.b states, “W. attraction of the relative ὧν = τούτων ἅ Lk 9:36; Ac 22:15. The attraction may be due to colloq. breviloquence in μάρτυρα ὧν τε εἶδες με ὧν τε ὀφθήσομαί σοι a witness to the things in which you saw me and to those in which I shall appear to you Ac 26:16b.”
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