Acts 9:26

Saul Returns to Jerusalem

9:26 When he arrived in Jerusalem, ¹  he attempted to associate ²  with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe ³  that he was a disciple.

Acts 21:16

21:16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea ⁴  came along with us too, and brought us to the house ⁵  of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, ⁶  with whom we were to stay.

[9:26]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:26]  ² tn Or “join.”

[9:26]  ³ tn The participle πιστεύοντες (pisteuonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[21:16]  ⁴ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.

[21:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “to Mnason…”; the words “the house of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by the verb ξενισθῶμεν (xenisqwmen).

[21:16]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps, “Mnason of Cyprus, one of the original disciples.” BDAG 137 s.v. ἀρχαῖος 1 has “ἀ. μαθητής a disciple of long standing (perh. original disc.) Ac 21:16.”