Discovery BoxActs 1:7 
Context1:7 He told them, “You are not permitted to know 1 the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.
Acts 11:12
Context11:12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers 2 also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.
Acts 21:4
Context21:4 After we located 3 the disciples, we stayed there 4 seven days. They repeatedly told 5 Paul through the Spirit 6 not to set foot 7 in Jerusalem. 8
Acts 23:16
Context23:16 But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, 9 he came and entered 10 the barracks 11 and told Paul.
Acts 27:25
Context27:25 Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God 12 that it will be just as I have been told.
1 tn Grk “It is not for you to know.”
2 sn Six witnesses is three times more than what would normally be required. They could confirm the events were not misrepresented by Peter.
3 tn BDAG 78 s.v. ἀνευρίσκω has “look/search for (w. finding presupposed) τινά…τοὺς μαθητάς Ac 21:4.” The English verb “locate,” when used in reference to persons, has the implication of both looking for and finding someone. The participle ἀνευρόντες (aneuronte") has been taken temporally.
4 tn BDAG 154 s.v. αὐτοῦ states, “deictic adv. designating a position relatively near or far…there…Ac 21:4.”
5 tn The imperfect verb ἔλεγον (elegon) has been taken iteratively.
6 sn Although they told this to Paul through the Spirit, it appears Paul had a choice here (see v. 14). Therefore this amounted to a warning: There was risk in going to Jerusalem, so he was urged not to go.
7 tn BDAG 367 s.v. ἐπιβαίνω places Ac 21:4 under 1, “go up/upon, mount, board…πλοίῳ…Ac 27:2…Abs. go on board, embark…21:1 D, 2. – So perh. also ἐ. εἰς ᾿Ιεροσόλυμα embark for Jerusalem (i.e. to the seaport of Caesarea) vs. 4.” BDAG notes, however, “But this pass. may also belong to 2. to move to an area and be there, set foot in.” Because the message from the disciples to Paul through the Holy Spirit has the character of a warning, the latter meaning has been adopted for this translation.
8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
9 tn Or “plot” (BDAG 334 s.v. ἐνέδρα).
10 tn Grk “coming and entering…, he told.” The participles παραγενόμενος (paragenomeno") and εἰσελθών (eiselqwn) have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style.
11 tn Or “the headquarters.” BDAG 775 s.v. παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Roman troops in Jerusalem Ac 21:34, 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.”
12 tn BDAG 817 s.v. πιστεύω 1.c states, “w. pers. and thing added π. τινί τι believe someone with regard to someth….W. dat. of pers. and ὅτι foll…. πιστεύετέ μοι ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρί J 14:11a. Cp. 4:21; Ac 27:25.”
