Acts 20:22

20:22 And now, ¹  compelled ²  by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem ³  without knowing what will happen to me there, ⁴ 

Acts 20:29

20:29 I know that after I am gone ⁵  fierce wolves ⁶  will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

Acts 22:8

22:8 I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’

Acts 26:15

26:15 So I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied, ⁷  ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

Acts 26:17

26:17 I will rescue ⁸  you from your own people ⁹  and from the Gentiles, to whom ¹⁰  I am sending you

Acts 26:25

26:25 But Paul replied, ¹¹  “I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus, ¹²  but am speaking ¹³  true and rational ¹⁴  words.

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¹ tn Grk “And now, behold.” Here ἰδού (idou) has not been translated.

² tn Grk “bound.”

³ sn This journey to Jerusalem suggests a parallel between Paul and Jesus, since the “Jerusalem journey” motif figures so prominently in Luke’s Gospel (9:51-19:44).

⁴ tn BDAG 965 s.v. συναντάω 2 has τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ συναντήσοντα ἐμοὶ μὴ εἰδώς without knowing what will happen to me there Ac 20:22.”

⁵ tn Grk “after my departure.”

⁶ tn That is, people like fierce wolves. See BDAG 167-68 s.v. βαρύς 4 on the term translated “fierce.” The battle that will follow would be a savage one.

⁷ tn Grk “said.”

⁸ tn Grk “rescuing.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the participle ἐξαιρούμενος (exairoumeno") has been translated as a finite verb and a new sentence started in the translation at the beginning of v. 17.

⁹ tn That is, from the Jewish people. Grk “the people”; the words “your own” have been supplied to clarify the meaning.

¹⁰ tn The antecedent of the relative pronoun is probably both the Jews (“your own people”) and the Gentiles, indicating the comprehensive commission Paul received.

¹¹ tn Grk “said.”

¹² sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

¹³ tn Or “declaring.” BDAG 125 s.v. ἀποφθέγγομαι states, “speak out, declare boldly or loudly…τὶ: σωφροσύνης ῥήματα Ac 26:25.”

¹⁴ tn BDAG 987 s.v. σωφροσύνη 1 has “gener. soundness of mind, reasonableness, rationality…ἀληθείας καὶ σωφροσύνης ῥήματα true and rational words (opp. μαίνομαι) Ac 26:25.”