Acts 7:16

7:16 and their bones ¹  were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money ²  from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Acts 16:10

16:10 After Paul ³  saw the vision, we attempted ⁴  immediately to go over to Macedonia, ⁵  concluding that God had called ⁶  us to proclaim the good news to them.

Acts 18:23

18:23 After he spent ⁷  some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia ⁸  and Phrygia, ⁹  strengthening all the disciples.

Acts 25:19

25:19 Rather they had several points of disagreement ¹⁰  with him about their own religion ¹¹  and about a man named Jesus ¹²  who was dead, whom Paul claimed ¹³  to be alive.

[7:16]  ¹ tn “and they.”

[7:16]  ² sn See Gen 49:29-32.

[16:10]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:10]  ⁴ tn Grk “sought.”

[16:10]  ⁵ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[16:10]  ⁶ tn Or “summoned.”

[18:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “Having spent”; the participle ποιήσας (poihsas) is taken temporally.

[18:23]  ⁶ sn Galatia refers to either (1) the region of the old kingdom of Galatia in the central part of Asia Minor, or (2) the Roman province of Galatia, whose principal cities in the 1st century were Ancyra and Pisidian Antioch. The exact extent and meaning of this area has been a subject of considerable controversy in modern NT studies.

[18:23]  ⁷ sn Phrygia was a district in central Asia Minor west of Pisidia. See Acts 16:6.

[25:19]  ⁷ tn Grk “several controversial issues.” BDAG 428 s.v. ζήτημα states, “in our lit. only in Ac, w. the mng. it still has in Mod. Gk. (controversial) question, issue, argument…Ac 15:2; 26:3. ζ. περί τινος questions about someth.…18:15; 25:19.”

[25:19]  ⁸ tn On this term see BDAG 216 s.v. δεισιδαιμονία 2. It is a broad term for religion.

[25:19]  ⁹ tn Grk “a certain Jesus.”

[25:19]  ¹⁰ tn Or “asserted.”