Acts 17:31-32
Context17:31 because he has set 1 a day on which he is going to judge the world 2 in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, 3 having provided proof to everyone by raising 4 him from the dead.”
17:32 Now when they heard about 5 the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, 6 but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”


[17:31] 2 sn The world refers to the whole inhabited earth.
[17:31] 3 tn Or “appointed.” BDAG 723 s.v. ὁρίζω 2.b has “of persons appoint, designate, declare: God judges the world ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν through a man whom he has appointed Ac 17:31.”
[17:31] 4 tn The participle ἀναστήσας (anasthsa") indicates means here.
[17:32] 5 tn The participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally.
[17:32] 6 tn L&N 33.408 has “some scoffed (at him) Ac 17:32” for ἐχλεύαζον (ecleuazon) here; the imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect (“began to scoff”).