Acts 18:15

18:15 but since it concerns points of disagreement ¹  about words and names and your own law, settle ²  it yourselves. I will not be ³  a judge of these things!”

Acts 18:1

Paul at Corinth

18:1 After this ⁴  Paul ⁵  departed from ⁶  Athens ⁷  and went to Corinth. ⁸ 

Acts 2:25

2:25 For David says about him,

‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, ⁹ 

for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

Luke 12:14

12:14 But Jesus ¹⁰  said to him, “Man, ¹¹  who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?” ¹² 

Luke 18:2

18:2 He said, ¹³  “In a certain city ¹⁴  there was a judge ¹⁵  who neither feared God nor respected people. ¹⁶ 

[18:15]  ¹ tn Or “dispute.”

[18:15]  ² tn Grk “see to it” (an idiom).

[18:15]  ³ tn Or “I am not willing to be.” Gallio would not adjudicate their religious dispute.

[18:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “After these things.”

[18:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  ⁶ tn Or “Paul left.”

[18:1]  ⁷ map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[18:1]  ⁸ sn Corinth was the capital city of the senatorial province of Achaia and the seat of the Roman proconsul. It was located 55 mi (88 km) west of Athens. Corinth was a major rival to Athens and was the largest city in Greece at the time.

[2:25]  ⁹ tn Or “always before me.”

[12:14]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:14]  ¹¹ tn This term of address can be harsh or gentle depending on the context (BDAG 82 s.v. ἄνθρωπος 8). Here it is a rebuke.

[12:14]  ¹² tn The pronoun ὑμᾶς (Jumas) is plural, referring to both the man and his brother; thus the translation “you two.”

[18:2]  ¹³ tn Grk “lose heart, saying.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronominal subject “He.”

[18:2]  ¹⁴ tn Or “town.”

[18:2]  ¹⁵ sn The judge here is apparently portrayed as a civil judge who often handled financial cases.

[18:2]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “man,” but the singular ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic in comparison to God.