17:10 The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea 6 at once, during the night. When they arrived, 7 they went to the Jewish synagogue. 8
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then” to reflect the sequence of events.
2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Grk “Peter taking hold of him…raised him up.” The participle πιάσας (piasas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
4 tn Grk “his”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 sn At once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong. Note that despite the past lameness, the man is immediately able to walk. The restoration of his ability to walk pictures the presence of a renewed walk, a fresh start at life; this was far more than money would have given him.
6 sn Berea (alternate spelling in NRSV Beroea; Greek Beroia) was a very old city in Macedonia on the river Astraeus about 45 mi (75 km) west of Thessalonica.
map For location see JP1-C1; JP2-C1; JP3-C1; JP4-C1.
7 tn Grk “who arriving there, went to.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (οἵτινες, Joitine") has been left untranslated and a new English sentence begun. The participle παραγενόμενοι (paragenomenoi) has been taken temporally.
8 sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.