Acts 21:14

21:14 Because he could not be persuaded, ¹  we said no more except, ²  “The Lord’s will be done.” ³ 

Acts 11:18

11:18 When they heard this, ⁴  they ceased their objections ⁵  and praised ⁶  God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance ⁷  that leads to life even to the Gentiles.” ⁸ 

[21:14]  ¹ tn The participle πειθομένου (peiqomenou) in this genitive absolute construction has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[21:14]  ² tn Grk “we became silent, saying.”

[21:14]  ³ sn “The Lord’s will be done.” Since no one knew exactly what would happen, the matter was left in the Lord’s hands.

[11:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “these things.”

[11:18]  ⁵ tn Or “became silent,” but this would create an apparent contradiction with the subsequent action of praising God. The point, in context, is that they ceased objecting to what Peter had done.

[11:18]  ⁶ tn Or “glorified.”

[11:18]  ⁷ sn Here the summary phrase for responding to the gospel is the repentance that leads to life. Note how the presence of life is tied to the presence of the Spirit (cf. John 4:7-42; 7:37-39).

[11:18]  ⁸ sn In the Greek text the phrase even to the Gentiles is in an emphatic position.