Acts 13:5

13:5 When ¹  they arrived ²  in Salamis, ³  they began to proclaim ⁴  the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. ⁵  (Now they also had John ⁶  as their assistant.) ⁷ 

Acts 16:3

16:3 Paul wanted Timothy ⁸  to accompany him, and he took ⁹  him and circumcised ¹⁰  him because of the Jews who were in those places, ¹¹  for they all knew that his father was Greek. ¹² 

[13:5]  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.

[13:5]  ² tn The participle γενόμενοι (genomenoi) is taken temporally.

[13:5]  ³ sn Salamis was a city on the southeastern coast of the island of Cyprus. This was a commercial center and a center of Judaism.

[13:5]  ⁴ tn The imperfect verb κατήγγελλον (kathngellon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[13:5]  ⁵ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

[13:5]  ⁶ sn John refers here to John Mark (see Acts 12:25).

[13:5]  ⁷ tn The word ὑπηρέτης (Juphreth") usually has the meaning “servant,” but it is doubtful John Mark fulfilled that capacity for Barnabas and Saul. He was more likely an apprentice or assistant to them.

[16:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “this one”; the referent (Timothy) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:3]  ⁹ tn Grk “and taking him he circumcised him.” The participle λαβών (labwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Paul’s cultural sensitivity showed in his action here. He did not want Timothy’s lack of circumcision to become an issue (1 Cor 9:15-23).

[16:3]  ¹⁰ tn The verb περιέτεμεν (perietemen) here may be understood as causative (cf. ExSyn 411-12) if Paul did not personally perform the circumcision.

[16:3]  ¹¹ tn Or “who lived in the area.”

[16:3]  ¹² tn The anarthrous predicate nominative has been translated as qualitative (“Greek”) rather than indefinite (“a Greek”).