Acts 23:15

23:15 So now you and the council¹ request the commanding officer² to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine³ his case⁴ by conducting a more thorough inquiry.⁵ We are ready to kill him⁶ before he comes near this place.”⁷

Acts 28:6

28:6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up⁸ or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited⁹ a long time and had seen¹⁰ nothing unusual happen¹¹ to him, they changed their minds¹² and said he was a god.¹³

¹tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

²tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 10.

³tn Or “decide.” BDAG 227 s.v. διαγινώσκω has “ἀκριβέστερον τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ to make a more thorough examination of his case Ac 23:15.”

⁴tn Grk “determine the things about him.”

⁵tn The expression “more thorough inquiry” reflects the comparative form of ἀκριβέστερον (akribesteron).

⁶sn “We are ready to kill him.” Now those Jews involved in the conspiracy, along with the leaders as accomplices, are going to break one of the ten commandments.

⁷tn The words “this place” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

⁸tn Or “going to burn with fever.” According to BDAG 814 s.v. πίμπρημι, either meaning (“swell up” or “burn with fever”) is possible for Acts 28:6.

⁹tn The participle προσδοκώντων (prosdokwntwn) has been taken temporally.

¹⁰tn The participle θεωρούντων (qewrountwn) has been taken temporally.

¹¹tn Grk “happening.” The participle γινόμενον (ginomenon) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹²tn Grk “changing their minds.” The participle μεταβαλόμενοι (metabalomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹³sn And said he was a god. The reaction is like Acts 14:11-19 where the crowd wanted to make Paul and Barnabas into gods. The providence of God had protected Paul again.