Acts 23:23

23:23 Then ¹  he summoned ²  two of the centurions ³  and said, “Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea ⁴  along with seventy horsemen ⁵  and two hundred spearmen ⁶  by ⁷  nine o’clock tonight, ⁸ 

Acts 27:43

27:43 But the centurion, ⁹  wanting to save Paul’s life, ¹⁰  prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, ¹¹ 

[23:23]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Since this represents a response to the reported ambush, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

[23:23]  ² tn Grk “summoning…he said.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesameno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:23]  ³ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[23:23]  ⁴ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was a journey of about 65 mi (just over 100 km).

[23:23]  ⁵ tn Or “cavalrymen.”

[23:23]  ⁶ tn A military technical term of uncertain meaning. BDAG 217 s.v. δεξιολάβος states, “a word of uncertain mng., military t.t., acc. to Joannes Lydus…and Theophyl. Sim., Hist. 4, 1 a light-armed soldier, perh. bowman, slinger; acc. to a scholion in CMatthaei p. 342 body-guard….Spearman Goodspd., NRSV; ‘security officer’, GDKilpatrick, JTS 14, ’63, 393f.”

[23:23]  ⁷ tn Grk “from.”

[23:23]  ⁸ tn Grk “from the third hour of the night.”

[27:43]  ⁹ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[27:43]  ¹⁰ tn Or “wanting to rescue Paul.”

[27:43]  ¹¹ tn BDAG 347 s.v. I. ἔξειμι has “ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν get to land Ac 27:43.”