Acts 20:25

Context

20:25 “And now¹ I know that none² of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom³ will see me⁴ again.

Acts 20:38

Context
20:38 especially saddened⁵ by what⁶ he had said, that they were not going to see him⁷ again. Then they accompanied⁸ him to the ship.

[20:25] ¹tn Grk “And now, behold.” Here ἰδού (idou) has not been translated.

[20:25] ²tn Grk “all of you…will not see.” Greek handles its negation somewhat differently from English, and the translation follows English grammatical conventions.

[20:25] ³sn Note how Paul’s usage of the expression proclaiming the kingdom is associated with (and intertwined with) his testifying to the good news of God’s grace in v. 24. For Paul the two concepts were interrelated.

[20:25] ⁴tn Grk “will see my face” (an idiom for seeing someone in person).

[20:38] ⁵tn Or “pained.”

[20:38] ⁶tn Grk “by the word that he had said.”

[20:38] ⁷tn Grk “to see his face” (an idiom for seeing someone in person).

[20:38] ⁸tn BDAG 873 s.v. προπέμπω 1 has “they accompanied him to the ship Ac 20:38.”