Acts 13:50

13:50 But the Jews incited ¹  the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out ²  of their region.

Acts 14:2

14:2 But the Jews who refused to believe ³  stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds ⁴  against the brothers.

Acts 14:19

14:19 But Jews came from Antioch ⁵  and Iconium, ⁶  and after winning ⁷  the crowds over, they stoned ⁸  Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

Acts 17:5

17:5 But the Jews became jealous, ⁹  and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, ¹⁰  they formed a mob ¹¹  and set the city in an uproar. ¹²  They attacked Jason’s house, ¹³  trying to find Paul and Silas ¹⁴  to bring them out to the assembly. ¹⁵ 

Acts 17:13

17:13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica ¹⁶  heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God ¹⁷  in Berea, ¹⁸  they came there too, inciting ¹⁹  and disturbing ²⁰  the crowds.

Acts 21:27-36

21:27 When the seven days were almost over, ²¹  the Jews from the province of Asia ²²  who had seen him in the temple area ²³  stirred up the whole crowd ²⁴  and seized ²⁵  him, 21:28 shouting, “Men of Israel, ²⁶  help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, ²⁷  and this sanctuary! ²⁸  Furthermore ²⁹  he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple ³⁰  and made this holy place ritually unclean!” ³¹  21:29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and ³²  they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.) ³³  21:30 The whole city was stirred up, ³⁴  and the people rushed together. ³⁵  They seized ³⁶  Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, ³⁷  and immediately the doors were shut. 21:31 While they were trying ³⁸  to kill him, a report ³⁹  was sent up ⁴⁰  to the commanding officer ⁴¹  of the cohort ⁴²  that all Jerusalem was in confusion. ⁴³  21:32 He ⁴⁴  immediately took ⁴⁵  soldiers and centurions ⁴⁶  and ran down to the crowd. ⁴⁷  When they saw ⁴⁸  the commanding officer ⁴⁹  and the soldiers, they stopped beating ⁵⁰  Paul. 21:33 Then the commanding officer ⁵¹  came up and arrested ⁵²  him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; ⁵³  he ⁵⁴  then asked who he was and what ⁵⁵  he had done. 21:34 But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, ⁵⁶  and when the commanding officer ⁵⁷  was unable ⁵⁸  to find out the truth ⁵⁹  because of the disturbance, ⁶⁰  he ordered Paul ⁶¹  to be brought into the barracks. ⁶²  21:35 When he came to the steps, Paul ⁶³  had to be carried ⁶⁴  by the soldiers because of the violence ⁶⁵  of the mob, 21:36 for a crowd of people ⁶⁶  followed them, ⁶⁷  screaming, “Away with him!”

[13:50]  ¹ tn For the translation of παρώτρυναν (parwtrunan) as “incited” see BDAG 780 s.v. παροτρύνω.

[13:50]  ² tn BDAG 299 s.v. ἐκβάλλω 1 has “throw out.” Once again, many Jews reacted to the message (Acts 5:17, 33; 6:11; 13:45).

[14:2]  ³ tn Or “who would not believe.”

[14:2]  ⁴ tn Or “embittered their minds” (Grk “their souls”). BDAG 502 s.v. κακόω 2 has “make angry, embitter τὰς ψυχάς τινων κατά τινος poison the minds of some persons against another Ac 14:2.”

[14:19]  ⁵ sn Antioch was a city in Pisidia about 90 mi (145 km) west northwest of Lystra.

[14:19]  ⁶ sn Iconium was a city in Lycaonia about 18 mi (30 km) north of Lystra. Note how Jews from other cities were chasing Paul (2 Cor 11:4-6; Gal 2:4-5; Acts 9:16).

[14:19]  ⁷ tn The participle πείσαντες (peisante") is taken temporally (BDAG 791 s.v. πείθω 1.c).

[14:19]  ⁸ tn Grk “stoning Paul they dragged him.” The participle λιθάσαντες (liqasante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[17:5]  ⁹ tn Grk “becoming jealous.” The participle ζηλώσαντες (zhlwsante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. So elsewhere in Acts (5:17; 7:9; 13:45).

[17:5]  ¹⁰ tn Literally ἀγοραῖος (agoraio") refers to the crowd in the marketplace, although BDAG 14-15 s.v. ἀγοραῖος 1 gives the meaning, by extension, as “rabble.” Such a description is certainly appropriate in this context. L&N 15.127 translates the phrase “worthless men from the streets.”

[17:5]  ¹¹ tn On this term, which is a NT hapax legomenon, see BDAG 745 s.v. ὀχλοποιέω.

[17:5]  ¹² tn BDAG 458 s.v. θορυβέω 1 has “set the city in an uproar, start a riot in the city” for the meaning of ἐθορύβουν (eqoruboun) in this verse.

[17:5]  ¹³ sn The attack took place at Jason’s house because this was probably the location of the new house church.

[17:5]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “them”; the referents (Paul and Silas) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:5]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 223 s.v. δῆμος 2 has “in a Hellenistic city, a convocation of citizens called together for the purpose of transacting official business, popular assembly προάγειν εἰς τὸν δ. Ac 17:5.”

[17:13]  ¹⁶ sn Thessalonica was a city in Macedonia (modern Salonica).

[17:13]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “that the word of God had also been proclaimed by Paul.” This passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:13]  ¹⁸ sn Berea (alternate spelling in NRSV Beroea; Greek Beroia) was a very old city in Macedonia on the river Astraeus about 45 mi (75 km) from Thessalonica.

[17:13]  ¹⁹ tn BDAG 911 s.v. σαλεύω 2 has “incite” for σαλεύοντες (saleuonte") in Acts 17:13.

[17:13]  ²⁰ tn Or “stirring up” (BDAG 990-91 s.v. ταράσσω 2). The point is the agitation of the crowds.

[21:27]  ²¹ tn BDAG 975 s.v. συντελέω 4 has “to come to an end of a duration, come to an end, be over…Ac 21:27.”

[21:27]  ²² tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.

[21:27]  ²³ tn Grk “in the temple.” See the note on the word “temple” in v. 28.

[21:27]  ²⁴ tn Or “threw the whole crowd into consternation.” L&N 25.221 has “συνέχεον πάντα τὸν ὄχλον ‘they threw the whole crowd into consternation’ Ac 21:27. It is also possible to render the expression in Ac 21:27 as ‘they stirred up the whole crowd.’”

[21:27]  ²⁵ tn Grk “and laid hands on.”

[21:28]  ²⁶ tn Or “Israelite men,” although this is less natural English. The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which only exceptionally is used in a generic sense of both males and females. In this context, it is conceivable that this is a generic usage since “the whole crowd” is mentioned in v. 27, although it can also be argued that these remarks were addressed primarily to the men present, even if women were there.

[21:28]  ²⁷ sn The law refers to the law of Moses.

[21:28]  ²⁸ tn Grk “this place.”

[21:28]  ²⁹ tn BDAG 400 s.v. ἔτι 2.b has “ἔ. δὲ καί furthermore…al. ἔ. τε καί…Lk 14:26; Ac 21:28.” This is a continuation of the same sentence in Greek, but due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was begun here in the translation.

[21:28]  ³⁰ tn Grk “into the temple.” The specific reference is to the Court of the Sons of Israel (see the note following the term “unclean” at the end of this verse). To avoid giving the modern reader the impression that they entered the temple building itself, the phrase “the inner courts of the temple” has been used in the translation.

[21:28]  ³¹ tn Or “and has defiled this holy place.”

[21:29]  ³² tn Grk “whom.”

[21:29]  ³³ tn On the phrase “inner temple courts” see the note on the word “temple” in v. 28.

[21:30]  ³⁴ tn On this term see BDAG 545 s.v. κινέω 2.b.

[21:30]  ³⁵ tn Or “the people formed a mob.” BDAG 967 s.v. συνδρομή has “formation of a mob by pers. running together, running together…ἐγένετο σ. τοῦ λαοῦ the people rushed together Ac 21:30.”

[21:30]  ³⁶ tn Grk “and seizing.” The participle ἐπιλαβόμενοι (epilabomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[21:30]  ³⁷ tn Grk “out of the temple.” See the note on the word “temple” in v. 28.

[21:31]  ³⁸ tn Grk “seeking.”

[21:31]  ³⁹ tn Or “information” (originally concerning a crime; BDAG 1050 s.v. φάσις).

[21:31]  ⁴⁰ tn Grk “went up”; this verb is used because the report went up to the Antonia Fortress where the Roman garrison was stationed.

[21:31]  ⁴¹ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). In Greek the term χιλίαρχος (ciliarco") literally described the “commander of a thousand,” but it was used as the standard translation for the Latin tribunus militum or tribunus militare, the military tribune who commanded a cohort of 600 men.

[21:31]  ⁴² sn A cohort was a Roman military unit of about 600 soldiers, one-tenth of a legion.

[21:31]  ⁴³ tn BDAG 953 s.v. συγχέω has “Pass. w. act.force be in confusion…ὅλη συγχύννεται ᾿Ιερουσαλήμ 21:31.”

[21:32]  ⁴⁴ tn Grk “who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, the relative pronoun (“who”) was translated as a pronoun (“he”) and a new sentence was begun here in the translation.

[21:32]  ⁴⁵ tn Grk “taking…ran down.” The participle κατέδραμεν (katedramen) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[21:32]  ⁴⁶ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[21:32]  ⁴⁷ tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:32]  ⁴⁸ tn Grk “seeing.” The participle ἰδόντες (idonte") has been taken temporally.

[21:32]  ⁴⁹ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 31.

[21:32]  ⁵⁰ sn The mob stopped beating Paul because they feared the Romans would arrest them for disturbing the peace and for mob violence. They would let the Roman officials take care of the matter from this point on.

[21:33]  ⁵¹ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 31.

[21:33]  ⁵² tn Grk “seized.”

[21:33]  ⁵³ tn The two chains would be something like handcuffs (BDAG 48 s.v. ἅλυσις and compare Acts 28:20).

[21:33]  ⁵⁴ tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has been replaced with a semicolon. “Then” has been supplied after “he” to clarify the logical sequence.

[21:33]  ⁵⁵ tn Grk “and what it is”; this has been simplified to “what.”

[21:34]  ⁵⁶ tn L&N 33.77 has “ἄλλοι δὲ ἄλλο τι ἐπεφώνουν ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ‘some in the crowd shouted one thing; others, something else’ Ac 21:34.”

[21:34]  ⁵⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the commanding officer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:34]  ⁵⁸ tn This genitive absolute construction has been translated temporally; it could also be taken causally: “and since the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth.”

[21:34]  ⁵⁹ tn Or “find out what had happened”; Grk “the certainty” (BDAG 147 s.v. ἀσφαλής 2).

[21:34]  ⁶⁰ tn Or “clamor,” “uproar” (BDAG 458 s.v. θόρυβος).

[21:34]  ⁶¹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:34]  ⁶² tn Or “the headquarters.” BDAG 775 s.v. παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Roman troops in Jerusalem Ac 21:34, 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.”

[21:35]  ⁶³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:35]  ⁶⁴ sn Paul had to be carried. Note how the arrest really ended up protecting Paul. The crowd is portrayed as irrational at this point.

[21:35]  ⁶⁵ tn This refers to mob violence (BDAG 175 s.v. βία b).

[21:36]  ⁶⁶ tn Grk “the multitude of people.” While πλῆθος (plhqo") is articular, it has been translated “a crowd” since it was probably a subset of the larger mob that gathered in v. 30.

[21:36]  ⁶⁷ tn The word “them” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.