Acts 17:14

17:14 Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast ¹  at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea. ² 

Acts 18:9

18:9 The Lord said to Paul by a vision ³  in the night, ⁴  “Do not be afraid, ⁵  but speak and do not be silent,

Acts 25:4

25:4 Then Festus ⁶  replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, ⁷  and he himself intended to go there ⁸  shortly.

Acts 28:18

28:18 When ⁹  they had heard my case, ¹⁰  they wanted to release me, ¹¹  because there was no basis for a death sentence ¹²  against me.

[17:14]  ¹ tn Grk “to the sea.” Here ἕως ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν ({ew" epi thn qalassan) must mean “to the edge of the sea,” that is, “to the coast.” Since there is no mention of Paul taking a ship to Athens, he presumably traveled overland. The journey would have been about 340 mi (550 km).

[17:14]  ² tn Grk “remained there”; the referent (Berea) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:9]  ³ sn Frequently in Acts such a vision will tell the reader where events are headed. See Acts 10:9-16 and 16:9-10 for other accounts of visions.

[18:9]  ⁴ tn BDAG 682 s.v. νύξ 1.c has “W. prep. ἐν ν. at night, in the night…Ac 18:9.”

[18:9]  ⁵ tn The present imperative here (with negation) is used (as it normally is) of a general condition (BDF §335).

[25:4]  ⁵ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[25:4]  ⁶ sn 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.

[25:4]  ⁷ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

[28:18]  ⁷ tn Grk “who when.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“who”) has been replaced by the personal pronoun (“they”) and a new sentence begun at this point in the translation.

[28:18]  ⁸ tn Or “had questioned me”; or “had examined me.” BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνακρίνω 2 states, “to conduct a judicial hearing, hear a case, question.”

[28:18]  ⁹ sn They wanted to release me. See Acts 25:23-27.

[28:18]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “no basis for death,” but in this context a sentence of death is clearly indicated.