Acts 13:46

13:46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, ¹  “It was necessary to speak the word of God ²  to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy ³  of eternal life, we ⁴  are turning to the Gentiles. ⁵ 

Acts 20:7

20:7 On the first day ⁶  of the week, when we met ⁷  to break bread, Paul began to speak ⁸  to the people, and because he intended ⁹  to leave the next day, he extended ¹⁰  his message until midnight.

Acts 20:18

20:18 When they arrived, he said to them, “You yourselves know how I lived ¹¹  the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot ¹²  in the province of Asia, ¹³ 

Acts 26:20

26:20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, ¹⁴  and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, ¹⁵  performing deeds consistent with ¹⁶  repentance.

Acts 27:43

27:43 But the centurion, ¹⁷  wanting to save Paul’s life, ¹⁸  prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, ¹⁹ 

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¹ tn Grk “Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out courageously and said.” The redundancy is removed in the translation and the verb “replied” is used in keeping with the logical sequence of events. The theme of boldness reappears: Acts 4:24-30; 9:27-28.

² tn Grk “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken.” For smoothness and simplicity of English style, the passive construction has been converted to active voice in the translation.

³ tn Or “and consider yourselves unworthy.”

⁴ tn Grk “behold, we.” In this context ἰδού (idou) is not easily translated into English.

⁵ sn This turning to the Gentiles would be a shocking rebuke to 1st century Jews who thought they alone were the recipients of the promise.

⁶ sn On the first day. This is the first mention of a Sunday gathering (1 Cor 16:2).

⁷ tn Or “assembled.”

⁸ tn The verb διαλέγομαι (dialegomai) is frequently used of Paul addressing Jews in the synagogue. As G. Schrenk (TDNT 2:94-95) points out, “What is at issue is the address which any qualified member of a synagogue might give.” Other examples of this may be found in the NT in Matt 4:23 and Mark 1:21. In the context of a Christian gathering, it is preferable to translate διελέγετο (dielegeto) simply as “speak” here. The imperfect verb διελέγετο has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

⁹ tn BDAG 628 s.v. μέλλω 1.c.γ has “denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind…Ac 17:31; 20:3, 7, 13ab; 23:15; 26:2; 27:30.”

¹⁰ tn Or “prolonged.”

¹¹ tn Grk “You yourselves know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time.” This could be understood to mean “how I stayed with you the whole time,” but the following verses make it clear that Paul’s lifestyle while with the Ephesians is in view here. Thus the translation “how I lived the whole time I was with you” makes this clear.

¹² tn Or “I arrived.” BDAG 367 s.v. ἐπιβαίνω 2, “set foot in…εἰς τ. ᾿Ασίαν set foot in Asia Ac 20:18.” However, L&N 15.83 removes the idiom: “you know that since the first day that I came to Asia.”

¹³ tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 16.

¹⁴ tn BDAG 1093-94 s.v. χώρα 2.b states, “of the provincial name (1 Macc 8:3) ἡ χώρα τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας Ac 26:20.”

¹⁵ sn That they should repent and turn to God. This is the shortest summary of Paul’s message that he preached.

¹⁶ tn BDAG 93 s.v. ἄξιος 1.b, “καρποὶ ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας fruits in keeping with your repentance…Lk 3:8; Mt 3:8. For this ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα Ac 26:20.” Note how Paul preached the gospel offer and the issue of response together, side by side.

¹⁷ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

¹⁸ tn Or “wanting to rescue Paul.”

sn Thanks to the centurion who wanted to save Paul’s life, Paul was once more rescued from a potential human threat.

¹⁹ tn BDAG 347 s.v. I. ἔξειμι has “ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν get to land Ac 27:43.”