Acts 6:12

6:12 They incited the people, the ¹  elders, and the experts in the law; ²  then they approached Stephen, ³  seized him, and brought him before the council. ⁴ 

Acts 22:30

Paul Before the Sanhedrin

22:30 The next day, because the commanding officer ⁵  wanted to know the true reason ⁶  Paul ⁷  was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council ⁸  to assemble. He then brought ⁹  Paul down and had him stand before them.

Acts 23:20

23:20 He replied, ¹⁰  “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council ¹¹  tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.

Acts 5:21

5:21 When they heard this, they entered the temple courts ¹²  at daybreak and began teaching. ¹³ 

Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin ¹⁴  – that is, the whole high council ¹⁵  of the Israelites ¹⁶  – and sent to the jail to have the apostles ¹⁷  brought before them. ¹⁸ 

[6:12]  ¹ tn Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[6:12]  ² tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 4:5.

[6:12]  ³ tn Grk “approaching, they seized him”; the referent (Stephen) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:12]  ⁴ tn Or “the Sanhedrin” (the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews). Stephen suffers just as Peter and John did.

[22:30]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the commanding officer) has been supplied here in the translation for clarity.

[22:30]  ⁶ tn Grk “the certainty, why.” BDAG 147 s.v. ἀσφαλής 2 has “τὸ ἀ. the certainty = the truth (in ref. to ferreting out the facts…ἵνα τὸ ἀ. ἐπιγνῶ) γνῶναι 21:34; 22:30.”

[22:30]  ⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:30]  ⁸ tn Grk “the whole Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[22:30]  ⁹ tn Grk “and bringing.” The participle καταγαγών (katagagwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to clarify the logical sequence.

[23:20]  ⁹ tn Grk “He said.”

[23:20]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[5:21]  ¹³ tn Grk “the temple.” See the note on the same phrase in the preceding verse.

[5:21]  ¹⁴ tn The imperfect verb ἐδίδασκον (edidaskon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[5:21]  ¹⁵ tn Or “the council” (the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[5:21]  ¹⁶ tn A hendiadys (two different terms referring to a single thing) is likely here (a reference to a single legislative body rather than two separate ones) because the term γερουσίαν (gerousian) is used in both 1 Macc 12:6 and Josephus, Ant. 13.5.8 (13.166) to refer to the Sanhedrin.

[5:21]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “sons of Israel.”

[5:21]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “have them”; the referent (the apostles) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:21]  ¹⁹ tn The words “before them” are not in the Greek text but are implied.