11:27 At that time 7 some 8 prophets 9 came down 10 from Jerusalem 11 to Antioch. 12
1 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.
2 tn Grk “So it happened that” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
3 tn Grk “year they”; the referents (Barnabas and Saul) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Grk “a significant crowd.”
5 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.
6 sn The term Christians appears only here, in Acts 26:28, and 1 Pet 4:16 in the NT.
7 tn Grk “In these days,” but the dative generally indicates a specific time.
8 tn The word “some” is not in the Greek text, but is usually used in English when an unspecified number is mentioned.
9 sn Prophets are mentioned only here and in 13:1 and 21:10 in Acts.
10 sn Came down from Jerusalem. Antioch in Syria lies due north of Jerusalem. In Western languages it is common to speak of north as “up” and south as “down,” but the NT maintains the Hebrew idiom which speaks of any direction away from Jerusalem as down (since Mount Zion was thought of in terms of altitude).
11 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
12 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.
map For location see JP1-F2; JP2-F2; JP3-F2; JP4-F2