Discovery BoxActs 13:10 
Context13:10 and said, “You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, 1 you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness – will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? 2
Acts 17:31
Context17:31 because he has set 3 a day on which he is going to judge the world 4 in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, 5 having provided proof to everyone by raising 6 him from the dead.”
Acts 24:25
Context24:25 While Paul 7 was discussing 8 righteousness, self-control, 9 and the coming judgment, Felix 10 became 11 frightened and said, “Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, 12 I will send for you.”
1 tn Or “unscrupulousness.”
2 sn “You who…paths of the Lord?” This rebuke is like ones from the OT prophets: Jer 5:27; Gen 32:11; Prov 10:7; Hos 14:9. Five separate remarks indicate the magician’s failings. The closing rhetorical question of v. 10 (“will you not stop…?”) shows how opposed he is to the way of God.
3 tn Or “fixed.”
4 sn The world refers to the whole inhabited earth.
5 tn Or “appointed.” BDAG 723 s.v. ὁρίζω 2.b has “of persons appoint, designate, declare: God judges the world ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν through a man whom he has appointed Ac 17:31.”
sn A man whom he designated. Jesus is put in the position of eschatological judge. As judge of the living and the dead, he possesses divine authority (Acts 10:42).
6 tn The participle ἀναστήσας (anasthsa") indicates means here.
7 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Or “speaking about.”
9 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.
10 sn See the note on Felix in 23:26.
11 tn Grk “becoming.” The participle γενόμενος (genomenos) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
12 tn Or “when I find time.” BDAG 639 s.v. μεταλαμβάνω 2 has “καιρὸν μ. have an opportunity = find time…Ac 24:25.”
