Acts 16:15

16:15 After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, ¹  “If ²  you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, ³  come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded ⁴  us.

Acts 24:2

24:2 When Paul ⁵  had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, ⁶  saying, “We have experienced a lengthy time ⁷  of peace through your rule, ⁸  and reforms ⁹  are being made in this nation ¹⁰  through your foresight. ¹¹ 

[16:15]  ¹ tn Grk “urged us, saying.” The participle λέγουσα (legousa) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[16:15]  ² tn This is a first class condition in Greek, with the statement presented as real or true for the sake of the argument.

[16:15]  ³ tn Or “faithful to the Lord.” BDAG 821 s.v. πίστος 2 states concerning this verse, “Of one who confesses the Christian faith believing or a believer in the Lord, in Christ, in God πιστ. τῷ κυρίῳ Ac 16:15.” L&N 11.17 has “one who is included among the faithful followers of Christ – ‘believer, Christian, follower.’”

[16:15]  ⁴ tn Although BDAG 759 s.v. παραβιάζομαι has “urge strongly, prevail upon,” in contemporary English “persuade” is a more frequently used synonym for “prevail upon.”

[24:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[24:2]  ⁶ tn Or “began to bring charges, saying.”

[24:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “experienced much peace.”

[24:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “through you” (“rule” is implied).

[24:2]  ⁹ tn This term is used only once in the NT (a hapax legomenon). It refers to improvements in internal administration (BDAG 251 s.v. διόρθωμα).

[24:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “being made for this people.”

[24:2]  ¹¹ sn References to peaceful rule, reforms, and the governor’s foresight in the opening address by Tertullus represent an attempt to praise the governor and thus make him favorable to the case. Actual descriptions of his rule portray him as inept (Tacitus, Annals 12.54; Josephus, J. W. 2.13.2-7 [2.253-270]).