Discovery BoxActs 27:14
Context27:14 Not long after this, a hurricane-force 1 wind called the northeaster 2 blew down from the island. 3
Acts 14:1
Context14:1 The same thing happened in Iconium 4 when Paul and Barnabas 5 went into the Jewish synagogue 6 and spoke in such a way that a large group 7 of both Jews and Greeks believed.
Acts 17:4
Context17:4 Some of them were persuaded 8 and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group 9 of God-fearing Greeks 10 and quite a few 11 prominent women.
Acts 18:27
Context18:27 When Apollos 12 wanted to cross over to Achaia, 13 the brothers encouraged 14 him 15 and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he 16 assisted greatly those who had believed by grace,
Acts 28:6
Context28:6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up 17 or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited 18 a long time and had seen 19 nothing unusual happen 20 to him, they changed their minds 21 and said he was a god. 22
[27:14] 1 tn Grk “a wind like a typhoon.” That is, a very violent wind like a typhoon or hurricane (BDAG 1021 s.v. τυφωνικός).
[27:14] 2 sn Or called Euraquilo (the actual name of the wind, a sailor’s term which was a combination of Greek and Latin). According to Strabo (Geography 1.2.21), this was a violent northern wind.
[27:14] 3 tn Grk “from it”; the referent (the island) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[14:1] 4 sn Iconium. See the note in 13:51.
[14:1] 5 tn Grk “they”; the referents (Paul and Barnabas) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
[14:1] 6 sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.
[14:1] 7 tn Or “that a large crowd.”
[17:4] 8 tn Or “a large crowd.”
[17:4] 9 tn Or “of devout Greeks,” but this is practically a technical term for the category called God-fearers, Gentiles who worshiped the God of Israel and in many cases kept the Mosaic law, but did not take the final step of circumcision necessary to become a proselyte to Judaism. See further K. G. Kuhn, TDNT 6:732-34, 743-44. Luke frequently mentions such people (Acts 13:43, 50; 16:14; 17:17; 18:7).
[17:4] 10 tn Grk “not a few”; this use of negation could be misleading to the modern English reader, however, and so has been translated as “quite a few” (which is the actual meaning of the expression).
[18:27] 10 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Apollos) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[18:27] 11 sn To cross over to Achaia. Achaia was organized by the Romans as a separate province in 27
[18:27] 12 tn Grk “encouraging [him], the brothers wrote.” The participle προτρεψάμενοι (protreyamenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. This was the typical letter of commendation from the Ephesians to the Achaeans.
[18:27] 13 tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.
[18:27] 14 tn Grk “who, when he arrived.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“who”) was replaced with the pronoun “he” and a new sentence begun in the translation.
[28:6] 13 tn Or “going to burn with fever.” According to BDAG 814 s.v. πίμπρημι, either meaning (“swell up” or “burn with fever”) is possible for Acts 28:6.
[28:6] 14 tn The participle προσδοκώντων (prosdokwntwn) has been taken temporally.
[28:6] 15 tn The participle θεωρούντων (qewrountwn) has been taken temporally.
[28:6] 16 tn Grk “happening.” The participle γινόμενον (ginomenon) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[28:6] 17 tn Grk “changing their minds.” The participle μεταβαλόμενοι (metabalomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[28:6] 18 sn And said he was a god. The reaction is like Acts 14:11-19 where the crowd wanted to make Paul and Barnabas into gods. The providence of God had protected Paul again.
