Acts 14:1

Paul and Barnabas at Iconium

14:1 The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

Acts 21:34

21:34 But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul 10  to be brought into the barracks. 11 

sn Iconium. See the note in 13:51.

tn Grk “they”; the referents (Paul and Barnabas) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

tn Or “that a large crowd.”

tn L&N 33.77 has “ἄλλοι δὲ ἄλλο τι ἐπεφώνουν ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ‘some in the crowd shouted one thing; others, something else’ Ac 21:34.”

tn Grk “he”; the referent (the commanding officer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn This genitive absolute construction has been translated temporally; it could also be taken causally: “and since the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth.”

tn Or “find out what had happened”; Grk “the certainty” (BDAG 147 s.v. ἀσφαλής 2).

tn Or “clamor,” “uproar” (BDAG 458 s.v. θόρυβος).

10 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

11 tn Or “the headquarters.” BDAG 775 s.v. παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Roman troops in Jerusalem Ac 21:34, 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.”