Acts 24:21

24:21 other than ¹  this one thing ²  I shouted out while I stood before ³  them: ‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’” ⁴ 

Acts 16:9

16:9 A ⁵  vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there ⁶  urging him, ⁷  “Come over ⁸  to Macedonia ⁹  and help us!”

Acts 21:40

21:40 When the commanding officer ¹⁰  had given him permission, ¹¹  Paul stood ¹²  on the steps and gestured ¹³  to the people with his hand. When they had become silent, ¹⁴  he addressed ¹⁵  them in Aramaic, ¹⁶ 

Acts 25:10

25:10 Paul replied, ¹⁷  “I am standing before Caesar’s ¹⁸  judgment seat, ¹⁹  where I should be tried. ²⁰  I have done nothing wrong ²¹  to the Jews, as you also know very well. ²² 

[24:21]  ¹ tn BDAG 433 s.v. ἤ 2.c has “οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἤ nothing else than…Ac 17:21. τί…ἤ what other…than…24:21.”

[24:21]  ² tn Grk “one utterance.”

[24:21]  ³ tn Cf. BDAG 327 s.v. ἐν 1.e, which has “before, in the presence of, etc.”

[24:21]  ⁴ sn The resurrection of the dead. Paul’s point was, what crime was there in holding this religious belief?

[16:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “And a.” 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.

[16:9]  ⁶ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[16:9]  ⁷ tn The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

[16:9]  ⁸ tn Grk “Coming over.” The participle διαβάς (diabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:9]  ⁹ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[21:40]  ⁹ tn The referent (the commanding officer) has been supplied here in the translation for clarity.

[21:40]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Giving him permission.” The participle ἐπιτρέψαντος (epitreyanto") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[21:40]  ¹¹ tn Grk “standing.” The participle ἑστώς (Jestws) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[21:40]  ¹² tn Or “motioned.”

[21:40]  ¹³ tn γενομένης (genomenhs) has been taken temporally. BDAG 922 s.v. σιγή has “πολλῆς σιγῆς γενομένης when a great silence had fallen = when they had become silent Ac 21:40.”

[21:40]  ¹⁴ tn Or “spoke out to.” L&N 33.27 has “to address an audience, with possible emphasis upon loudness – ‘to address, to speak out to.’ πολλῆς δέ σιγῆς γενομένης προσεφώνησεν τῇ ᾿Εβραίδι διαλέκτῳ ‘when they were quiet, he addressed them in Hebrew’ Ac 21:40.”

[21:40]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “in the Hebrew dialect, saying.” This refers to the Aramaic spoken in Palestine in the 1st century (BDAG 270 s.v. ῾Εβραΐς). The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[25:10]  ¹³ tn Grk “said.”

[25:10]  ¹⁴ tn Or “before the emperor’s” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).

[25:10]  ¹⁵ tn Although BDAG 175 s.v. βῆμα 3 gives the meaning “tribunal” for this verse, and a number of modern translations use similar terms (“court,” NIV; “tribunal,” NRSV), since the bema was a standard feature in Greco-Roman cities of the time, there is no need for an alternative translation here. Here of course Paul’s reference to “Caesar’s judgment seat” is a form of metonymy; since Festus is Caesar’s representative, Festus’ judgment seat represents Caesar’s own.

[25:10]  ¹⁶ tn That is, tried by an imperial representative and subject to Roman law.

[25:10]  ¹⁷ sn “I have done nothing wrong.” Here is yet another declaration of total innocence on Paul’s part.

[25:10]  ¹⁸ tn BDAG 506 s.v. καλῶς 7 states, “comp. κάλλιον (for the superl., as Galen, Protr. 8 p. 24, 19J.=p. 10, 31 Kaibel; s. B-D-F §244, 2) ὡς καί σὺ κ. ἐπιγινώσκεις as also you know very well Ac 25:10.”