Acts 13:28

13:28 Though ¹  they found ²  no basis ³  for a death sentence, ⁴  they asked Pilate to have him executed.

Acts 23:28

23:28 Since I wanted to know ⁵  what charge they were accusing him of, ⁶  I brought him down to their council. ⁷ 

Acts 25:18

25:18 When his accusers stood up, they did not charge ⁸  him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected. ⁹ 

Acts 25:27

25:27 For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating ¹⁰  the charges against him.”

Acts 28:18

28:18 When ¹¹  they had heard my case, ¹²  they wanted to release me, ¹³  because there was no basis for a death sentence ¹⁴  against me.

[13:28]  ¹ tn Grk “And though.” 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.

[13:28]  ² tn The participle εὑρόντες (Jeuronte") has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

[13:28]  ³ sn No basis. Luke insists on Jesus’ innocence again and again in Luke 23:1-25.

[13:28]  ⁴ tn Grk “no basis for death,” but in this context a sentence of death is clearly indicated.

[23:28]  ⁵ tn Or “determine.”

[23:28]  ⁶ tn Grk “to know the charge on account of which they were accusing him.” This has been simplified to eliminate the prepositional phrase and relative pronoun δι᾿ ἣν (di’ }hn) similar to L&N 27.8 which has “‘I wanted to find out what they were accusing him of, so I took him down to their Council’ Ac 23:28.”

[23:28]  ⁷ tn Grk “their Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[25:18]  ⁹ tn Grk “they brought no charge of any of the evil deeds.” BDAG 31 s.v. αἰτία 3.b has “αἰτίαν φέρειν…bring an accusation Ac 25:18.” Since κατήγοροι (kathgoroi, “accusers”) in the previous clause is somewhat redundant with this, “charge” was used instead.

[25:18]  ¹⁰ tn Or “I was expecting.”

[25:27]  ¹³ tn L&N 33.153 s.v. σημαίνω, “to cause something to be both specific and clear – ‘to indicate clearly, to make clear’… ‘for it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating the charges against him’ Ac 25:27.”

[28:18]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “who when.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“who”) has been replaced by the personal pronoun (“they”) and a new sentence begun at this point in the translation.

[28:18]  ¹⁸ tn Or “had questioned me”; or “had examined me.” BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνακρίνω 2 states, “to conduct a judicial hearing, hear a case, question.”

[28:18]  ¹⁹ sn They wanted to release me. See Acts 25:23-27.

[28:18]  ²⁰ tn Grk “no basis for death,” but in this context a sentence of death is clearly indicated.