Acts 22:19

22:19 I replied, ¹  ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues ²  who believed in you.

Acts 26:11

26:11 I punished ³  them often in all the synagogues ⁴  and tried to force ⁵  them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged ⁶  at them, I went to persecute ⁷  them even in foreign cities.

Matthew 10:17

10:17 Beware ⁸  of people, because they will hand you over to councils ⁹  and flog ¹⁰  you in their synagogues. ¹¹ 

Matthew 23:34

23:34 “For this reason I ¹²  am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, ¹³  some of whom you will kill and crucify, ¹⁴  and some you will flog ¹⁵  in your synagogues ¹⁶  and pursue from town to town,

Mark 13:9

Persecution of Disciples

13:9 “You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over ¹⁷  to councils ¹⁸  and beaten in the synagogues. ¹⁹  You will stand before governors and kings ²⁰  because of me, as a witness to them.

Luke 21:12

21:12 But before all this, ²¹  they will seize ²²  you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues ²³  and prisons. You ²⁴  will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

[22:19]  ¹ tn Grk “And I said.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai, in καγώ [kagw]) has not been translated here.

[22:19]  ² tn For the distributive sense of the expression κατὰ τὰς συναγωγάς (kata ta" sunagwga") BDAG 512 s.v. κατά B.1.d has “of places viewed serially, distributive use w. acc.…κατ᾿ οἶκαν from house to house…Ac 2:46b; 5:42…Likew. the pl.…κ. τὰς συναγωγάς 22:19.” See also L&N 37.114.

[26:11]  ³ tn Grk “and punishing…I tried.” The participle τιμωρῶν (timwrwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[26:11]  ⁴ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

[26:11]  ⁵ tn The imperfect verb ἠνάγκαζον (hnankazon) has been translated as a conative imperfect (so BDAG 60 s.v. ἀναγκάζω 1, which has “ἠνάγκαζον βλασφημεῖν I tried to force them to blaspheme Ac 26:11”).

[26:11]  ⁶ tn Or “was so insanely angry with them.” BDAG 322 s.v. ἐμμαίνομαι states, “to be filled with such anger that one appears to be mad, be enraged…περισσῶς ἐμμαινόμενος αὐτοῖς being furiously enraged at them Ac 26:11”; L&N 88.182 s.v. ἐμμαίνομαι, “to be so furiously angry with someone as to be almost out of one’s mind – ‘to be enraged, to be infuriated, to be insanely angry’ …‘I was so infuriated with them that I even went to foreign cities to persecute them’ Ac 26:11.”

[26:11]  ⁷ tn Or “I pursued them even as far as foreign cities.”

[10:17]  ⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:17]  ⁹ sn Councils in this context refers to local judicial bodies attached to the Jewish synagogue. This group would be responsible for meting out justice and discipline within the Jewish community.

[10:17]  ¹⁰ tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

[10:17]  ¹¹ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[23:34]  ¹² tn Grk “behold I am sending.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

[23:34]  ¹³ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:34]  ¹⁴ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

[23:34]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

[23:34]  ¹⁶ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[13:9]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “They will hand you over.” “They” is an indefinite plural, referring to people in general. The parallel in Matt 10:17 makes this explicit.

[13:9]  ¹⁸ sn Councils in this context refers to local judicial bodies attached to the Jewish synagogue. This group would be responsible for meting out justice and discipline within the Jewish community.

[13:9]  ¹⁹ sn See the note on synagogue in 1:21.

[13:9]  ²⁰ sn These statements look at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of councils and synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to governors and kings suggests. Some fulfillment of Jewish persecution can be seen in Acts.

[21:12]  ²¹ sn But before all this. Another note of timing is present, this one especially important in understanding the sequence in the discourse. Before the things noted in vv. 8-11 are the events of vv. 12-19.

[21:12]  ²² tn Grk “will lay their hands on you.”

[21:12]  ²³ sn Some of the persecution is of Jewish origin (the synagogues). Some fulfillment of this can be seen in Acts. See the note on synagogues in 4:15.

[21:12]  ²⁴ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.