Acts 16:9

Context
16:9 A¹ vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there² urging him,³ “Come over⁴ to Macedonia⁵ and help us!”

Acts 23:23

Context
23:23 Then⁶ he summoned⁷ two of the centurions⁸ and said, “Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea⁹ along with seventy horsemen¹⁰ and two hundred spearmen¹¹ by¹² nine o’clock tonight,¹³

[16:9] ¹tn Grk “And a.” 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.

[16:9] ²tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[16:9] ³tn The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

[16:9] ⁴tn Grk “Coming over.” The participle διαβάς (diabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:9] ⁵sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[23:23] ⁶tn Grk “And.” Since this represents a response to the reported ambush, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

[23:23] ⁷tn Grk “summoning…he said.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesameno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:23] ⁸sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[23:23] ⁹sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was a journey of about 65 mi (just over 100 km).

[23:23] ¹⁰tn Or “cavalrymen.”

[23:23] ¹¹tn A military technical term of uncertain meaning. BDAG 217 s.v. δεξιολάβος states, “a word of uncertain mng., military t.t., acc. to Joannes Lydus…and Theophyl. Sim., Hist. 4, 1 a light-armed soldier, perh. bowman, slinger; acc. to a scholion in CMatthaei p. 342 body-guard….Spearman Goodspd., NRSV; ‘security officer’, GDKilpatrick, JTS 14, ’63, 393f.”

[23:23] ¹²tn Grk “from.”

[23:23] ¹³tn Grk “from the third hour of the night.”