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Acts 25:20

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25:20 Because I was at a loss 1  how I could investigate these matters, 2  I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried 3  there on these charges. 4 

1 tn Or “Because I was undecided.” Grk “Being at a loss.” The participle ἀπορούμενος (aporoumeno") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

2 tn L&N 27.34 states, “ἀπορούμενος δὲ ἐγὼ τὴν περὶ τούτων ζήτησιν ‘I was undecided about how I could get information on these matters’ Ac 25:20. The clause ‘about how I could get information on these matters’ may also be rendered as ‘about how I should try to find out about these matters’ or ‘about how I could learn about these matters.’”

3 tn Or “stand trial.”

4 tn Grk “on these things.”



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