Discovery BoxActs 15:12 
Context15:12 The whole group kept quiet 1 and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs 2 and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
Acts 15:31
Context15:31 When they read it aloud, 3 the people 4 rejoiced at its encouragement. 5
1 tn BDAG 922 s.v. σιγάω 1.a lists this passage under the meaning “say nothing, keep still, keep silent.”
2 tn Here in connection with τέρατα (terata) the miraculous nature of these signs is indicated.
3 tn Grk “read it.” The translation “read aloud” is used to indicate the actual practice of public reading; translating as “read” could be misunderstood to mean private, silent, or individual reading.
4 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people) is specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Or “at its encouraging message.”
