Acts 18:25

18:25 He had been instructed in 1  the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm 2  he spoke and taught accurately the facts 3  about Jesus, although he knew 4  only the baptism of John.

Acts 20:19

20:19 serving the Lord with all humility 5  and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots 6  of the Jews.

1 tn Or “had been taught.”

2 tn Grk “and boiling in spirit” (an idiom for great eagerness or enthusiasm; BDAG 426 s.v. ζέω).

3 tn Grk “the things.”

4 tn Grk “knowing”; the participle ἐπιστάμενος (epistameno") has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

5 sn On humility see 2 Cor 10:1; 11:7; 1 Thess 2:6; Col 3:12; Eph 4:2; Phil 2:3-11.

6 sn These plots are mentioned in Acts 9:24; 20:13.