24:22 Then Felix, 5 who understood the facts 6 concerning the Way 7 more accurately, 8 adjourned their hearing, 9 saying, “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.” 10
‘Go to this people and say,
“You will keep on hearing, 11 but will never understand,
and you will keep on looking, 12 but will never perceive.
1 tn Or “I will hear your case.” BDAG 231 s.v. διακούω has “as legal t.t. give someone an opportunity to be heard in court, give someone (τινός) a hearing Ac 23:35”; L&N 56.13 has “to give a judicial hearing in a legal matter – ‘to hear a case, to provide a legal hearing, to hear a case in court.’”
2 tn Grk “ordering.” The participle κελεύσας (keleusas) has been translated as a finite verb and a new sentence begun here due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence. “Then” has also been supplied to indicate the logical and temporal sequence.
3 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 sn Herod’s palace (Grk “Herod’s praetorium”) was the palace built in Caesarea by Herod the Great. See Josephus, Ant. 15.9.6 (15.331). These events belong to the period of
5 sn See the note on Antonius Felix in 23:24.
6 tn Grk “the things.”
7 tn That is, concerning Christianity.
8 tn BDAG 39 s.v. ἀκριβῶς has “Comp. ἀκριβέστερον more exactly…ἀ. ἐκτίθεσθαι explain more exactly Ac 18:26, cp. 23:15, 20; also more accurately…24:22.” Felix knew more about the Christian movement than what the Jewish leaders had told him.
9 tn L&N 56.18 s.v. ἀναβάλλω has “to adjourn a court proceeding until a later time – ‘to adjourn a hearing, to stop a hearing and put it off until later.’…‘then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned their hearing’ Ac 24:22.”
10 tn BDAG 227 s.v. διαγινώσκω 2 states, “to make a judicial decision, decide/hear (a case)…τὰ καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς decide your case Ac 24:22.”
11 tn Grk “you will hear with hearing” (an idiom).
12 tn Or “seeing”; Grk “you will look by looking” (an idiom).