1 tn Or “to associate with them.” The group was beginning to have a controversial separate identity. People were cautious about joining them. The next verse suggests that the phrase “none of the rest” in this verse is rhetorical hyperbole.
2 tn Or “the people thought very highly of them.”
3 tn Grk “a certain Sceva.”
4 sn Within the sequence of the narrative, this amounts to a parenthetical note by the author.
5 tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
6 tn L&N 33.393 has for λοιδορέω (loidorew) “to speak in a highly insulting manner – ‘to slander, to insult strongly, slander, insult.’”
sn Insult God’s high priest. Paul was close to violation of the Mosaic law with his response, as the citation from Exod 22:28 in v. 5 makes clear.