Discovery BoxActs 14:1 
Context14:1 The same thing happened in Iconium 1 when Paul and Barnabas 2 went into the Jewish synagogue 3 and spoke in such a way that a large group 4 of both Jews and Greeks believed.
Acts 21:34
Context21:34 But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, 5 and when the commanding officer 6 was unable 7 to find out the truth 8 because of the disturbance, 9 he ordered Paul 10 to be brought into the barracks. 11
1 sn Iconium. See the note in 13:51.
2 tn Grk “they”; the referents (Paul and Barnabas) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.
4 tn Or “that a large crowd.”
5 tn L&N 33.77 has “ἄλλοι δὲ ἄλλο τι ἐπεφώνουν ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ‘some in the crowd shouted one thing; others, something else’ Ac 21:34.”
6 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the commanding officer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn This genitive absolute construction has been translated temporally; it could also be taken causally: “and since the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth.”
8 tn Or “find out what had happened”; Grk “the certainty” (BDAG 147 s.v. ἀσφαλής 2).
9 tn Or “clamor,” “uproar” (BDAG 458 s.v. θόρυβος).
10 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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.”
