Acts 6:14

6:14 For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs ¹  that Moses handed down to us.”

Acts 21:21

21:21 They have been informed about you – that you teach all the Jews now living ²  among the Gentiles to abandon ³  Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children ⁴  or live ⁵  according to our customs.

Acts 25:16

25:16 I answered them ⁶  that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone ⁷  before the accused had met his accusers face to face ⁸  and had been given ⁹  an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation. ¹⁰ 

[6:14]  ¹ tn Or “practices.”

[21:21]  ² tn BDAG 511 s.v. κατά B.1.a has “τοὺς κ. τὰ ἔθνη ᾿Ιουδαίους the Judeans (dispersed) throughout the nations 21:21.” The Jews in view are not those in Palestine, but those who are scattered throughout the Gentile world.

[21:21]  ³ tn Or “to forsake,” “to rebel against.” BDAG 120 s.v. ἀποστασία has “ἀποστασίαν διδάσκεις ἀπὸ Μωϋσέως you teach (Judeans) to abandon Moses Ac 21:21.”

[21:21]  ⁴ sn That is, not to circumcise their male children. Biblical references to circumcision always refer to male circumcision.

[21:21]  ⁵ tn Grk “or walk.”

[25:16]  ³ tn Grk “to whom I answered.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“whom”) has been replaced with a personal pronoun (“them”) and a new sentence started in the translation at the beginning of v. 16.

[25:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “any man.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpos).

[25:16]  ⁵ tn Or “has met his accusers in person.”

[25:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “and receives.”

[25:16]  ⁷ tn Or “indictment” (a legal technical term). BDAG 273-74 s.v. ἔγκλημα 1 states, “legal t.t.…ἀπολογία περὶ τοῦ ἐ. defense against the accusation Ac 25:16.” L&N 56.6 defines ἔγκλημα (enklhma) as “(a technical, legal term) a formal indictment or accusation brought against someone – ‘indictment, accusation, case.’ …‘and might receive an opportunity for a defense against the indictment’ Ac 25:16.”