Discovery BoxActs 23:15 
Context23:15 So now you and the council 1 request the commanding officer 2 to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine 3 his case 4 by conducting a more thorough inquiry. 5 We are ready to kill him 6 before he comes near this place.” 7
Acts 26:2
Context26:2 “Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, 8 I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,
Acts 27:30
Context27:30 Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending 9 that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,
1 tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
2 tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 10.
3 tn Or “decide.” BDAG 227 s.v. διαγινώσκω has “ἀκριβέστερον τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ to make a more thorough examination of his case Ac 23:15.”
4 tn Grk “determine the things about him.”
5 tn The expression “more thorough inquiry” reflects the comparative form of ἀκριβέστερον (akribesteron).
6 sn “We are ready to kill him.” Now those Jews involved in the conspiracy, along with the leaders as accomplices, are going to break one of the ten commandments.
7 tn The words “this place” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
8 sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.
9 tn BDAG 889 s.v. πρόφασις 2 states, “προφάσει ὡς under the pretext that, pretending that…Ac 27:30.” In other words, some of the sailors gave up hope that such efforts would work and instead attempted to escape while pretending to help.
