Acts 17:31

17:31 because he has set ¹  a day on which he is going to judge the world ²  in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, ³  having provided proof to everyone by raising ⁴  him from the dead.”

Acts 22:10

22:10 So I asked, ⁵  ‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Get up ⁶  and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything ⁷  that you have been designated ⁸  to do.’

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¹ tn Or “fixed.”

² sn The world refers to the whole inhabited earth.

³ tn Or “appointed.” BDAG 723 s.v. ὁρίζω 2.b has “of persons appoint, designate, declare: God judges the world ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν through a man whom he has appointed Ac 17:31.”

sn A man whom he designated. Jesus is put in the position of eschatological judge. As judge of the living and the dead, he possesses divine authority (Acts 10:42).

⁴ tn The participle ἀναστήσας (anasthsa") indicates means here.

⁵ tn Grk “So I said.”

⁶ tn Grk “Getting up.” The participle ἀναστάς (anasta") is an adverbial participle of attendant circumstance and has been translated as a finite verb.

⁷ tn Grk “about all things.”

⁸ tn Or “assigned,” “ordered.” BDAG 991 s.v. τάσσω 2.a has “act. and pass., foll. by acc. w. inf.…περὶ πάντων ὧν τέτακταί σοι ποιῆσαι concerning everything that you have been ordered to do 22:10.” There is an allusion to a divine call and commission here.