Daniel 10:18

10:18 Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again ¹  and strengthened me.

Acts 14:22

14:22 They strengthened ²  the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue ³  in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom ⁴  of God through many persecutions.” ⁵ 

[10:18]  ¹ tn Heb “He added and touched me.” The construction is a verbal hendiadys.

[14:22]  ² tn Grk “to Antioch, strengthening.” Due to the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here. This participle (ἐπιστηρίζοντες, episthrizonte") and the following one (παρακαλοῦντες, parakalounte") have been translated as finite verbs connected by the coordinating conjunction “and.”

[14:22]  ³ sn And encouraged them to continue. The exhortations are like those noted in Acts 11:23; 13:43. An example of such a speech is found in Acts 20:18-35. Christianity is now characterized as “the faith.”

[14:22]  ⁴ sn This reference to the kingdom of God clearly refers to its future arrival.

[14:22]  ⁵ tn Or “sufferings.”