Discovery BoxActs 1:19 
Context1:19 This 1 became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language 2 they called that field 3 Hakeldama, that is, “Field of Blood.”)
Acts 9:22
Context9:22 But Saul became more and more capable, 4 and was causing consternation 5 among the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving 6 that Jesus 7 is the Christ. 8
Acts 9:32
Context9:32 Now 9 as Peter was traveling around from place to place, 10 he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda. 11
Acts 17:21
Context17:21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time 12 in nothing else than telling 13 or listening to something new.) 14
Acts 19:10
Context19:10 This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, 15 both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord. 16
Acts 19:17
Context19:17 This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, 17 both Jews and Greeks; fear came over 18 them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised. 19
Acts 23:1
Context23:1 Paul looked directly 20 at the council 21 and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience 22 before God to this day.”
Acts 26:4
Context26:4 Now all the Jews know the way I lived 23 from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people 24 and in Jerusalem. 25
1 tn Grk “And this.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
2 sn Their own language refers to Aramaic, the primary language spoken in Palestine in Jesus’ day.
3 tn Grk “that field was called.” The passive voice has been converted to active in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style.
4 tn Grk “was becoming stronger,” but this could be understood in a physical sense, while the text refers to Saul’s growing ability to demonstrate to fellow Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. The translation “to become capable” for ἐνδυναμόω (endunamow) is given in L&N 74.7, with this specific verse as an example.
5 tn Or “was confounding.” For the translation “to cause consternation” for συγχέω (suncew) see L&N 25.221.
6 tn Or “by showing for certain.”
7 tn Grk “that this one”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.” Note again the variation in the titles used.
sn See the note on Christ in 2:31.
9 tn Grk “Now it happened that.” 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.
10 tn Grk “As Peter was going through all [the places],” which is somewhat awkward in English. The meaning is best expressed by a phrase like “going around from place to place” or “traveling around from place to place.”
11 sn Lydda was a city northwest of Jerusalem on the way to Joppa. It was about 10.5 miles (17 km) southeast of Joppa.
12 tn The imperfect verb ηὐκαίρουν (hukairoun) has been translated as a customary or habitual imperfect.
13 tn BDAG 406-7 s.v. εὐκαιρέω has “used to spend their time in nothing else than telling Ac 17:21.”
14 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The reference to newness may be pejorative.
15 tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.
sn The expression all who lived in the province of Asia is good Semitic hyperbole (see Col 1:7, “all the world”). The message was now available to the region.
16 sn The word of the Lord is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1, Isa 1:10, Jonah 1:1). In the NT it occurs 15 times: 3 times as ῥῆμα τοῦ κυρίου (rJhma tou kuriou; Luke 22:61, Acts 11:16, 1 Pet 1:25) and 12 times as λόγος τοῦ κυρίου (logo" tou kuriou; here and in Acts 8:25; 13:44, 48, 49; 15:35, 36; 16:32; 19:20; 1 Thess 1:8, 4:15; 2 Thess 3:1). As in the OT, this phrase focuses on the prophetic nature and divine origin of what has been said.
17 map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.
18 tn Grk “fell on.” BDAG 377 s.v. ἐπιπίπτω 2 has “φόβος ἐ. ἐπί τινα fear came upon someone…Ac 19:17.”
19 tn Or “exalted.”
20 tn Grk “Paul, looking directly at the council, said.” The participle ἀτενίσας (atenisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
21 tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
22 tn BDAG 846 s.v. πολιτεύομαι 3 has “W. a double dat. συνειδήσει ἀγαθῇ πεπολίτευμαι τῷ θεῷ I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God Ac 23:1.”
23 tn Grk “my manner of life.”
24 tn Or “nation.”
25 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
