Acts 20:22

20:22 And now, ¹  compelled ²  by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem ³  without knowing what will happen to me there, ⁴ 

Acts 22:9

22:9 Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand ⁵  the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

Acts 26:13

26:13 about noon along the road, Your Majesty, ⁶  I saw a light from heaven, ⁷  brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around ⁸  me and those traveling with me.

[20:22]  ¹ tn Grk “And now, behold.” Here ἰδού (idou) has not been translated.

[20:22]  ² tn Grk “bound.”

[20:22]  ³ sn This journey to Jerusalem suggests a parallel between Paul and Jesus, since the “Jerusalem journey” motif figures so prominently in Luke’s Gospel (9:51-19:44).

[20:22]  ⁴ tn BDAG 965 s.v. συναντάω 2 has τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ συναντήσοντα ἐμοὶ μὴ εἰδώς without knowing what will happen to me there Ac 20:22.”

[22:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “did not hear” (but see Acts 9:7). BDAG 38 s.v. ἀκούω 7 has “W. acc. τὸν νόμον understand the law Gal 4:21; perh. Ac 22:9; 26:14…belong here.” If the word has this sense here, then a metonymy is present, since the lack of effect is put for a failure to appreciate what was heard.

[26:13]  ⁹ tn Grk “O King.”

[26:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[26:13]  ¹¹ tn The word “everywhere” has been supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning of περιλάμψαν (perilamyan). Otherwise the modern reader might think that each of the individuals were encircled by lights or halos. See also Acts 9:7; 22:6, 9.