9:26 When he arrived in Jerusalem, 1 he attempted to associate 2 with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe 3 that he was a disciple.
16:1 He also came to Derbe 4 and to Lystra. 5 A disciple 6 named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, 7 but whose father was a Greek. 8
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn Or “join.”
3 tn The participle πιστεύοντες (pisteuonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.
4 sn Derbe was a city in Lycaonia about 35 mi (60 km) southeast of Lystra. It was about 90 mi (145 km) from Tarsus.
map For location see JP1-E2; JP2-E2; JP3-E2.
5 sn Lystra was a city in Lycaonia about 25 mi (40 km) south of Iconium.
map For location see JP1-E2; JP2-E2; JP3-E2.
6 tn Grk “And behold, a disciple.” Here ἰδού (idou) has not been translated.
7 tn L&N 31.103 translates this phrase “the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer.”
8 sn His father was a Greek. Timothy was the offspring of a mixed marriage between a Jewish woman (see 2 Tim 1:5) and a Gentile man. On mixed marriages in Judaism, see Neh 13:23-27; Ezra 9:1-10:44; Mal 2:10-16; Jub. 30:7-17; m. Qiddushin 3.12; m. Yevamot 7.5.
9 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.
map For location see Map2-C1; Map4-B3; Map5-F2; Map7-A1; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
10 tn Grk “to Mnason…”; the words “the house of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by the verb ξενισθῶμεν (xenisqwmen).
11 tn Or perhaps, “Mnason of Cyprus, one of the original disciples.” BDAG 137 s.v. ἀρχαῖος 1 has “ἀ. μαθητής a disciple of long standing (perh. original disc.) Ac 21:16.”