Genesis 8:16-18

Context
8:16 “Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you. 8:17 Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out¹ every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase² and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!”³

8:18 Noah went out along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives.

Daniel 3:26

Context
3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire. He called out,⁴ “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God, come out! Come here!”

Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fire.⁵

Acts 16:23

Context
16:23 After they had beaten them severely,⁶ they threw them into prison and commanded⁷ the jailer to guard them securely.

Acts 16:35-39

Context
16:35 At daybreak⁸ the magistrates⁹ sent their police officers,¹⁰ saying, “Release those men.” 16:36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying,¹¹ “The magistrates have sent orders¹² to release you. So come out now and go in peace.”¹³ 16:37 But Paul said to the police officers,¹⁴ “They had us beaten in public¹⁵ without a proper trial¹⁶ – even though we are Roman citizens¹⁷ – and they threw us¹⁸ in prison. And now they want to send us away¹⁹ secretly? Absolutely not! They²⁰ themselves must come and escort us out!”²¹ 16:38 The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas²² were Roman citizens²³ 16:39 and came²⁴ and apologized to them. After²⁵ they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly²⁶ to leave the city.

[8:17] ¹tn The words “bring out” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:17] ²tn Following the Hiphil imperative, “bring out,” the three perfect verb forms with vav (ו) consecutive carry an imperatival nuance. For a discussion of the Hebrew construction here and the difficulty of translating it into English, see S. R. Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew, 124-25.

[8:17] ³tn Heb “and let them swarm in the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

[3:26] ⁴tn Aram “answered and said.”

[3:26] ⁵tn Aram “from the midst of the fire.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.

[16:23] ⁶tn Grk “Having inflicted many blows on them.” The participle ἐπιθέντες (epiqente") has been taken temporally. BDAG 384 s.v. ἐπιτίθημι 1.a.β has “inflict blows upon someone” for this expression, but in this context it is simpler to translate in English as “they had beaten them severely.”

[16:23] ⁷tn Grk “commanding.” The participle παραγγείλαντες (parangeilante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:35] ⁸tn The translation “day is breaking” for ἡμέρα γίνεται (Jhmera ginetai) in this verse is given by BDAG 436 s.v. ἡμέρα 1.a.

[16:35] ⁹tn On the term translated “magistrates,” see BDAG 947-48 s.v. στρατηγός 1. These city leaders were properly called duoviri, but were popularly known as praetors (στρατηγοί, strathgoi). They were the chief officials of Philippi. The text leaves the impression that they came to the decision to release Paul and Silas independently. God was at work everywhere.

[16:35] ¹⁰tn On the term ῥαβδοῦχος (rJabdouco") see BDAG 902 s.v. The term was used of the Roman lictor and roughly corresponds to contemporary English “constable, policeman.”

[16:36] ¹¹tn The word “saying” is not in the Greek text, but is implied; it is necessary in English because the content of what the jailer said to Paul and Silas is not the exact message related to him by the police officers, but is a summary with his own additions.

[16:36] ¹²tn The word “orders” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[16:36] ¹³tn Grk “So coming out now go in peace.” The participle ἐξελθόντες (exelqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:37] ¹⁴tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the police officers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:37] ¹⁵tn Grk “Having us beaten in public.” The participle δείραντες (deirante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:37] ¹⁶tn Or “in public, uncondemned.” BDAG 35 s.v. ἀκατάκριτος has “uncondemned, without due process” for this usage.

[16:37] ¹⁷tn The participle ὑπάρχοντας (Juparconta") has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

[16:37] ¹⁸tn The word “us” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[16:37] ¹⁹tn L&N 28.71 has “send us away secretly” for this verse.

[16:37] ²⁰tn Grk “But they.”

[16:37] ²¹sn They themselves must come and escort us out! Paul was asking for the injustice he and Silas suffered to be symbolically righted. It was a way of publicly taking their actions off the record and showing the apostles’ innocence, a major public statement. Note the apology given in v. 39.

[16:38] ²²tn Grk “heard they”; the referents (Paul and Silas) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:38] ²³sn Roman citizens. This fact was disturbing to the officials because due process was a right for a Roman citizen, well established in Roman law. To flog a Roman citizen was considered an abomination. Such punishment was reserved for noncitizens.

[16:39] ²⁴tn Grk “and coming, they apologized.” The participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:39] ²⁵tn Grk “and after.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

[16:39] ²⁶tn The verb ἐρώτων (erwtwn) has been translated as an iterative imperfect; the English adverb “repeatedly” brings out the iterative force in the translation.