Acts 17:20

17:20 For you are bringing some surprising things ¹  to our ears, so we want to know what they ²  mean.”

Acts 1:7

1:7 He told them, “You are not permitted to know ³  the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

Acts 17:19

17:19 So they took Paul and ⁴  brought him to the Areopagus, ⁵  saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

Acts 21:34

21:34 But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, ⁶  and when the commanding officer ⁷  was unable ⁸  to find out the truth ⁹  because of the disturbance, ¹⁰  he ordered Paul ¹¹  to be brought into the barracks. ¹² 

Acts 22:14

22:14 Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors ¹³  has already chosen ¹⁴  you to know his will, to see ¹⁵  the Righteous One, ¹⁶  and to hear a command ¹⁷  from his mouth,

Acts 22:30

Paul Before the Sanhedrin

22:30 The next day, because the commanding officer ¹⁸  wanted to know the true reason ¹⁹  Paul ²⁰  was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council ²¹  to assemble. He then brought ²²  Paul down and had him stand before them.

[17:20]  ¹ tn BDAG 684 s.v. ξενίζω 2 translates the substantival participle ξενίζοντα (xenizonta) as “astonishing things Ac 17:20.”

[17:20]  ² tn Grk “these things”; but since the referent (“surprising things”) is so close, the repetition of “these things” sounds redundant in English, so the pronoun “they” was substituted in the translation.

[1:7]  ³ tn Grk “It is not for you to know.”

[17:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:19]  ⁶ tn Or “to the council of the Areopagus.” See also the term in v. 22.

[21:34]  ⁷ tn L&N 33.77 has “ἄλλοι δὲ ἄλλο τι ἐπεφώνουν ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ‘some in the crowd shouted one thing; others, something else’ Ac 21:34.”

[21:34]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the commanding officer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:34]  ⁹ tn This genitive absolute construction has been translated temporally; it could also be taken causally: “and since the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth.”

[21:34]  ¹⁰ tn Or “find out what had happened”; Grk “the certainty” (BDAG 147 s.v. ἀσφαλής 2).

[21:34]  ¹¹ tn Or “clamor,” “uproar” (BDAG 458 s.v. θόρυβος).

[21:34]  ¹² tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:34]  ¹³ tn Or “the headquarters.” BDAG 775 s.v. παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Roman troops in Jerusalem Ac 21:34, 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.”

[22:14]  ⁹ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[22:14]  ¹⁰ tn L&N 30.89 has “‘to choose in advance, to select beforehand, to designate in advance’…‘the God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will’ Ac 22:14.”

[22:14]  ¹¹ tn Grk “and to see.” This καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[22:14]  ¹² sn The Righteous One is a reference to Jesus Christ (Acts 3:14).

[22:14]  ¹³ tn Or “a solemn declaration”; Grk “a voice.” BDAG 1071-72 s.v. φωνή 2.c states, “that which the voice gives expression to: call, cry, outcry, loud or solemn declaration (… = order, command)…Cp. 22:14; 24:21.”

[22:30]  ¹¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the commanding officer) has been supplied here in the translation for clarity.

[22:30]  ¹² 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]  ¹³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:30]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the whole Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[22:30]  ¹⁵ 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.