Discovery BoxActs 10:17 
Context10:17 Now while Peter was puzzling over 1 what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was 2 and approached 3 the gate.
Acts 12:6
Context12:6 On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, 4 Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while 5 guards in front of the door were keeping watch 6 over the prison.
Acts 13:25
Context13:25 But while John was completing his mission, 7 he said repeatedly, 8 ‘What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!’ 9
Acts 20:9
Context20:9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, 10 was sinking 11 into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak 12 for a long time. Fast asleep, 13 he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.
Acts 24:25
Context24:25 While Paul 14 was discussing 15 righteousness, self-control, 16 and the coming judgment, Felix 17 became 18 frightened and said, “Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, 19 I will send for you.”
Acts 25:14
Context25:14 While 20 they were staying there many days, Festus 21 explained Paul’s case to the king to get his opinion, 22 saying, “There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix.
1 tn Or “was greatly confused over.” The term means to be perplexed or at a loss (BDAG 235 s.v. διαπορέω).
2 tn Grk “having learned.” The participle διερωτήσαντες (dierwthsante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
3 tn BDAG 418 s.v. ἐφίστημι 1 has “ἐπί τι approach or stand by someth. (Sir 41:24) Ac 10:17.”
sn As Peter puzzled over the meaning of the vision, the messengers from Cornelius approached the gate. God’s direction here had a sense of explanatory timing.
4 tn Grk “was going to bring him out,” but the upcoming trial is implied. See Acts 12:4.
5 tn Grk “two chains, and.” Logically it makes better sense to translate this as a temporal clause, although technically it is a coordinate clause in Greek.
6 tn Or “were guarding.”
7 tn Or “task.”
8 tn The verb ἔλεγεν (elegen) has been translated as an iterative imperfect, since John undoubtedly said this or something similar on numerous occasions.
9 tn Literally a relative clause, “of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of his feet.” Because of the awkwardness of this construction in English, a new sentence was begun here.
10 tn This window was probably a simple opening in the wall (see also BDAG 462 s.v. θυρίς).
11 tn Grk “sinking into a deep sleep.” BDAG 529 s.v. καταφέρω 3 has “ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ sink into a deep sleep…Ac 20:9a.” The participle καταφερόμενος (kataferomeno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
12 tn The participle διαλεγομένου (dialegomenou) has been taken temporally.
13 tn BDAG 529 s.v. καταφέρω 3 has “κατενεχθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὔπνου overwhelmed by sleep vs. 9b,” but this expression is less common in contemporary English than phrases like “fast asleep” or “sound asleep.”
14 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
15 tn Or “speaking about.”
16 tn Grk “and self-control.” This καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
sn The topic of self-control was appropriate in view of the personal history of both Felix and Drusilla (see the note on “Drusilla” in the previous verse), and might well account for Felix’s anxiety.
17 sn See the note on Felix in 23:26.
18 tn Grk “becoming.” The participle γενόμενος (genomenos) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
19 tn Or “when I find time.” BDAG 639 s.v. μεταλαμβάνω 2 has “καιρὸν μ. have an opportunity = find time…Ac 24:25.”
20 tn BDAG 1105-6 s.v. ὡς 8.b states, “w. pres. or impf. while, when, as long as…Ac 1:10; 7:23; 9:23; 10:17; 13:25; 19:9; 21:27; 25:14.”
21 sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.
22 tn Grk “Festus laid Paul’s case before the king for consideration.” BDAG 74 s.v. ἀνατίθημι 2 states, “otherw. only mid. to lay someth. before someone for consideration, declare, communicate, refer w. the added idea that the pers. to whom a thing is ref. is asked for his opinion lay someth. before someone for consideration…Ac 25:14.”
