Acts 15:6

15:6 Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate ¹  about this matter.

Acts 20:8

20:8 (Now there were many lamps ²  in the upstairs room where we were meeting.) ³ 

Acts 22:30

Paul Before the Sanhedrin

22:30 The next day, because the commanding officer ⁴  wanted to know the true reason ⁵  Paul ⁶  was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council ⁷  to assemble. He then brought ⁸  Paul down and had him stand before them.

[15:6]  ¹ tn The translation for ἰδεῖν (idein) in this verse is given by BDAG 279-80 s.v. εἶδον 3 as “deliberate concerning this matter.” A contemporary idiom would be to “look into” a matter.

[20:8]  ² tn More commonly λαμπάς (lampa") means “torch,” but here according to BDAG 585 s.v. λαμπάς 2, “lamp…w. a wick and space for oil.”

[20:8]  ³ sn This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author.

[22:30]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the commanding officer) has been supplied here in the translation for clarity.

[22:30]  ⁴ tn Grk “the certainty, why.” BDAG 147 s.v. ἀσφαλής 2 has “τὸ ἀ. the certainty = the truth (in ref. to ferreting out the facts…ἵνα τὸ ἀ. ἐπιγνῶ) γνῶναι 21:34; 22:30.”

[22:30]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:30]  ⁶ tn Grk “the whole Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[22:30]  ⁷ tn Grk “and bringing.” The participle καταγαγών (katagagwn) 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 been translated as “then” to clarify the logical sequence.