Acts 9:1

The Conversion of Saul

9:1 Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats ¹  to murder ²  the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest

Acts 9:19

9:19 and after taking some food, his strength returned.

For several days ³  he was with the disciples in Damascus,

Acts 11:29

11:29 So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, ⁴  decided ⁵  to send relief ⁶  to the brothers living in Judea.

Acts 19:1

Disciples of John the Baptist at Ephesus

19:1 While ⁷  Apollos was in Corinth, ⁸  Paul went through the inland ⁹  regions ¹⁰  and came to Ephesus. ¹¹  He ¹²  found some disciples there ¹³ 

---

¹ tn Or “Saul, making dire threats.”

² tn The expression “breathing out threats and murder” is an idiomatic expression for “making threats to murder” (see L&N 33.293). Although the two terms “threats” and “murder” are syntactically coordinate, the second is semantically subordinate to the first. In other words, the content of the threats is to murder the disciples.

³ tn Grk “It happened that for several days.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁴ tn So BDAG 410 s.v. εὐπορέω.

⁵ tn Or “determined,” “resolved.”

⁶ tn Grk “to send [something] for a ministry,” but today it is common to speak of sending relief for victims of natural disasters.

sn The financial relief reflects the oneness of the church, meeting the needs of another (even racially distinct) community. Jerusalem, having ministered to them, now received ministry back. A later collection from Greece is noted in Rom 15:25-27, but it reflects the same spirit as this gift.

⁷ tn Grk “It happened that while.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁸ map For location see JP1-C2; JP2-C2; JP3-C2; JP4-C2.

⁹ tn Or “interior.”

¹⁰ tn BDAG 92 s.v. ἀνωτερικός has “upper τὰ ἀ. μέρη the upper (i.e. inland) country, the interior Ac 19:1.”

¹¹ map For location see JP1-D2; JP2-D2; JP3-D2; JP4-D2.

¹² tn Grk “and found.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the sequencing with the following verse the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

¹³ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.