Discovery BoxActs 10:11 
Context10:11 He 1 saw heaven 2 opened 3 and an object something like a large sheet 4 descending, 5 being let down to earth 6 by its four corners.
Acts 17:21
Context17:21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time 7 in nothing else than telling 8 or listening to something new.) 9
Acts 23:17
Context23:17 Paul called 10 one of the centurions 11 and said, “Take this young man to the commanding officer, 12 for he has something to report to him.”
1 tn Grk “And he.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.
2 tn Or “the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
3 tn On the heavens “opening,” see Matt 3:16; Luke 3:21; Rev 19:11 (cf. BDAG 84 s.v. ἀνοίγω 2). This is the language of a vision or a revelatory act of God.
4 tn Or “a large linen cloth” (the term was used for the sail of a ship; BDAG 693 s.v. ὀθόνη).
5 tn Or “coming down.”
6 tn Or “to the ground.”
7 tn The imperfect verb ηὐκαίρουν (hukairoun) has been translated as a customary or habitual imperfect.
8 tn BDAG 406-7 s.v. εὐκαιρέω has “used to spend their time in nothing else than telling Ac 17:21.”
9 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The reference to newness may be pejorative.
10 tn Grk “calling…Paul said.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesameno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
11 sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.
12 tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 10.
