Acts 15:23

15:23 They sent this letter with them: ¹ 

From the apostles ²  and elders, your brothers, ³  to the Gentile brothers and sisters ⁴  in Antioch, ⁵  Syria, ⁶  and Cilicia, greetings!

Acts 15:41

15:41 He passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening ⁷  the churches.

Acts 21:39

21:39 Paul answered, ⁸  “I am a Jew ⁹  from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. ¹⁰  Please ¹¹  allow me to speak to the people.”

Acts 22:3

22:3 “I am a Jew, ¹²  born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up ¹³  in this city, educated with strictness ¹⁴  under ¹⁵  Gamaliel ¹⁶  according to the law of our ancestors, ¹⁷  and was ¹⁸  zealous ¹⁹  for God just as all of you are today.

Acts 23:34

23:34 When the governor ²⁰  had read ²¹  the letter, ²²  he asked ²³  what province he was from. ²⁴  When he learned ²⁵  that he was from Cilicia, ²⁶ 

Acts 27:5

27:5 After we had sailed across the open sea ²⁷  off Cilicia and Pamphylia, ²⁸  we put in ²⁹  at Myra ³⁰  in Lycia. ³¹ 

Galatians 1:21

1:21 Afterward I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

[15:23]  ¹ tn Grk “writing by their hand” (an idiom for sending a letter).

[15:23]  ² tn Grk “The apostles.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[15:23]  ³ tn Grk “brothers,” but “your” is supplied to specify the relationship, since without it “brothers” could be understood as vocative in English.

[15:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “to the brothers who are from the Gentiles.”

[15:23]  ⁵ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).

[15:23]  ⁶ tn Grk “and Syria,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[15:41]  ⁷ sn Strengthening. See Acts 14:22; 15:32; 18:23.

[21:39]  ⁸ tn Grk “said.”

[21:39]  ⁹ tn Grk “a Jewish man.”

[21:39]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “of a not insignificant city.” The double negative, common in Greek, is awkward in English and has been replaced by a corresponding positive expression (BDAG 142 s.v. ἄσημος 1).

[21:39]  ¹¹ tn Grk “I beg you.”

[22:3]  ¹² tn Grk “a Jewish man.”

[22:3]  ¹³ tn BDAG 74 s.v. ἀνατρέφω b has “of mental and spiritual nurture bring up, rear, train…ἀνατεθραμμένος ἐν τ. πόλει ταύτῃ 22:3.”

[22:3]  ¹⁴ tn Or “with precision.” Although often translated “strictly” this can be misunderstood for “solely” in English. BDAG 39 s.v. ἀκρίβεια gives the meaning as “exactness, precision.” To avoid the potential misunderstanding the translation “with strictness” is used, although it is slightly more awkward than “strictly.”

[22:3]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “strictly at the feet of” (an idiom).

[22:3]  ¹⁶ tn Or “brought up in this city under Gamaliel, educated with strictness…” The phrase παρὰ τοὺς πόδας Γαμαλιὴλ (para tou" poda" Gamalihl) could be understood with what precedes or with what follows. The punctuation of NA²⁷ and UBS⁴, which place a comma after ταύτῃ (tauth), has been followed in the translation.

[22:3]  ¹⁷ tn Or “our forefathers.”

[22:3]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “ancestors, being.” The participle ὑπάρχων (Juparcwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[22:3]  ¹⁹ tn BDAG 427 s.v. ζηλωτής 1.a.α has “of pers. …ζ. τοῦ θεοῦ one who is loyal to God Ac 22:3.”

[23:34]  ²⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the governor) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:34]  ²¹ tn Grk “having read.” The participle ἀναγνούς (anagnou") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:34]  ²² tn The words “the letter” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[23:34]  ²³ tn Grk “and asking.” The participle ἐπερωτήσας (eperwthsa") has been translated as a finite verb and καί (kai) left untranslated due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:34]  ²⁴ sn Governor Felix asked what province he was from to determine whether he had legal jurisdiction over Paul. He could have sent him to his home province for trial, but decided to hear the case himself.

[23:34]  ²⁵ tn Grk “and learning.” The participle πυθόμενος (puqomeno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:34]  ²⁶ sn Cilicia was a province in northeastern Asia Minor.

[27:5]  ²⁷ tn Grk “the depths,” the deep area of a sea far enough from land that it is not protected by the coast (L&N 1.73).

[27:5]  ²⁸ sn Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor; it was west of Cilicia (see BDAG 753 s.v. Παμφυλία).

[27:5]  ²⁹ tn BDAG 531 s.v. κατέρχομαι 2 states, “Of ships and those who sail in them, who ‘come down’ fr. the ‘high seas’: arrive, put in…ἔις τι at someth. a harbor 18:22; 21:3; 27:5.”

[27:5]  ³⁰ sn Myra was a city on the southern coast of Lycia in Asia Minor. This journey from Sidon (v. 3) was 440 mi (700 km) and took about 15 days.

[27:5]  ³¹ sn Lycia was the name of a peninsula on the southern coast of Asia Minor between Caria and Pamphylia.