Acts 24:18

24:18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, ¹  without a crowd or a disturbance. ² 

Acts 15:36

Paul and Barnabas Part Company

15:36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return ³  and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord ⁴  to see how they are doing.” ⁵ 

[24:18]  ¹ sn Ritually purified. Paul’s claim here is that he was honoring the holiness of God by being sensitive to issues of ritual purity. Not only was he not guilty of the charges against him, but he was thoroughly devout.

[24:18]  ² tn BDAG 458 s.v. θόρυβος 3.b has “μετὰ θορύβου…with a disturbance Ac 24:18.”

[15:36]  ³ tn Grk “Returning let us visit.” The participle ἐπιστρέψαντες (epistreyante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[15:36]  ⁴ tn See the note on the phrase “word of the Lord” in v. 35.

[15:36]  ⁵ tn BDAG 422 s.v. ἔχω 10.b has “how they are” for this phrase.