Discovery BoxActs 13:36 
Context13:36 For David, after he had served 1 God’s purpose in his own generation, died, 2 was buried with his ancestors, 3 and experienced 4 decay,
Acts 27:13
Context27:13 When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought 5 they could carry out 6 their purpose, so they weighed anchor 7 and sailed close along the coast 8 of Crete.
1 tn The participle ὑπηρετήσας (Juphrethsa") is taken temporally.
2 tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.
3 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “was gathered to his fathers” (a Semitic idiom).
4 tn Grk “saw,” but the literal translation of the phrase “saw decay” could be misunderstood to mean simply “looked at decay,” while here “saw decay” is really figurative for “experienced decay.” This remark explains why David cannot fulfill the promise.
5 tn Grk “thinking.” The participle δόξαντες (doxante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
6 tn Or “accomplish.” L&N 68.29, for κρατέω, has “to be able to complete or finish, presumably despite difficulties – ‘to accomplish, to do successfully, to carry out.’ …‘thinking that they could carry out their purpose’ Ac 27:13.”
7 tn Or “departed.”
8 tn L&N 54.8, “παραλέγομαι: (a technical, nautical term) to sail along beside some object – ‘to sail along the coast, to sail along the shore.’…‘they sailed along the coast of Crete’ Ac 27:13.” With the addition of the adverb ἆσσον (asson) this becomes “sailed close along the coast of Crete.”
