Acts 8:9

8:9 Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic ¹  and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

Acts 19:38

19:38 If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint ²  against someone, the courts are open ³  and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there. ⁴ 

Acts 24:12

24:12 They did not find me arguing ⁵  with anyone or stirring up a crowd ⁶  in the temple courts ⁷  or in the synagogues ⁸  or throughout the city, ⁹ 

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.

Acts 27:8

27:8 With difficulty we sailed along the coast ¹⁴  of Crete ¹⁵  and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea. ¹⁶ 

Acts 27:27

27:27 When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven ¹⁷  across the Adriatic Sea, ¹⁸  about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land. ¹⁹ 

[8:9]  ¹ tn On the idiom προϋπῆρχεν μαγεύων (prouphrcen mageuwn) meaning “had been practicing magic” see BDAG 889 s.v. προϋπάρχω.

[19:38]  ² tn BDAG 600 s.v. λόγος 1.a.ε has “ἔχειν πρός τινα λόγον have a complaint against someone…19:38.”

[19:38]  ³ tn L&N 56.1 has ‘if Demetrius and his workers have an accusation against someone, the courts are open’ Ac 19:38.”

[19:38]  ⁴ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied. The official’s request is that the legal system be respected.

[24:12]  ³ tn Or “disputing,” “conducting a heated discussion.”

[24:12]  ⁴ tn BDAG 381 s.v. ἐπίστασις 2 has “ἐ. ποιεῖν ὄχλου to cause a crowd to gather Ac 24:12.” Roman authorities would not allow a mob to gather and threaten the peace, and anyone suspected of instigating a mob would certainly be arrested.

[24:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “in the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.

[24:12]  ⁶ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

[24:12]  ⁷ sn A second part of Paul’s defense is that he did nothing while he was in Jerusalem to cause unrest, neither arguing nor stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city.

[25:19]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn On this term see BDAG 216 s.v. δεισιδαιμονία 2. It is a broad term for religion.

[25:19]  ⁶ tn Grk “a certain Jesus.”

[25:19]  ⁷ tn Or “asserted.”

[27:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “sailing along the coast…we came.” The participle παραλεγόμενοι (paralegomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. L&N 54.8, “παραλέγομαι: (a technical, nautical term) to sail along beside some object – ‘to sail along the coast, to sail along the shore.’ …‘they sailed along the coast of Crete’ Ac 27:13.”

[27:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “it”; the referent (Crete) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[27:8]  ⁷ sn Lasea was a city on the southern coast of the island of Crete. This was about 60 mi (96 km) farther.

[27:27]  ⁶ tn Here “being driven” has been used to translate διαφέρω (diaferw) rather than “drifting,” because it is clear from the attempt to drop anchors in v. 29 that the ship is still being driven by the gale. “Drifting” implies lack of control, but not necessarily rapid movement.

[27:27]  ⁷ sn The Adriatic Sea. They were now somewhere between Crete and Malta.

[27:27]  ⁸ tn Grk “suspected that some land was approaching them.” BDAG 876 s.v. προσάγω 2.a states, “lit. ὑπενόουν προσάγειν τινά αὐτοῖς χώραν they suspected that land was near (lit. ‘approaching them’) Ac 27:27.” Current English idiom would speak of the ship approaching land rather than land approaching the ship.