Acts 17:19

17:19 So they took Paul and ¹  brought him to the Areopagus, ²  saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

Acts 16:19

16:19 But when her owners ³  saw their hope of profit ⁴  was gone, they seized ⁵  Paul and Silas and dragged ⁶  them into the marketplace before the authorities.

Acts 21:30

21:30 The whole city was stirred up, ⁷  and the people rushed together. ⁸  They seized ⁹  Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, ¹⁰  and immediately the doors were shut.

[17:19]  ¹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:19]  ² tn Or “to the council of the Areopagus.” See also the term in v. 22.

[16:19]  ³ tn Or “masters.”

[16:19]  ⁴ tn On this use of ἐργασία (ergasia), see BDAG 390 s.v. 4. It is often the case that destructive practices and commerce are closely tied together.

[16:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “was gone, seizing.” The participle ἐπιλαβόμενοι (epilabomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:19]  ⁶ tn On the term ἕλκω ({elkw) see BDAG 318 s.v. 1.

[21:30]  ⁵ tn On this term see BDAG 545 s.v. κινέω 2.b.

[21:30]  ⁶ tn Or “the people formed a mob.” BDAG 967 s.v. συνδρομή has “formation of a mob by pers. running together, running together…ἐγένετο σ. τοῦ λαοῦ the people rushed together Ac 21:30.”

[21:30]  ⁷ tn Grk “and seizing.” The participle ἐπιλαβόμενοι (epilabomenoi) 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 not been translated here.

[21:30]  ⁸ tn Grk “out of the temple.” See the note on the word “temple” in v. 28.