Discovery BoxActs 16:15 
Context16:15 After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, 1 “If 2 you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, 3 come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded 4 us.
Acts 27:33
Context27:33 As day was about to dawn, 5 Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense 6 and have gone 7 without food; you have eaten nothing. 8
1 tn Grk “urged us, saying.” The participle λέγουσα (legousa) is redundant in English and has not been translated.
2 tn This is a first class condition in Greek, with the statement presented as real or true for the sake of the argument.
3 tn Or “faithful to the Lord.” BDAG 821 s.v. πίστος 2 states concerning this verse, “Of one who confesses the Christian faith believing or a believer in the Lord, in Christ, in God πιστ. τῷ κυρίῳ Ac 16:15.” L&N 11.17 has “one who is included among the faithful followers of Christ – ‘believer, Christian, follower.’”
4 tn Although BDAG 759 s.v. παραβιάζομαι has “urge strongly, prevail upon,” in contemporary English “persuade” is a more frequently used synonym for “prevail upon.”
5 tn BDAG 160 s.v. ἄχρι 1.b.α has “ἄ. οὗ ἡμέρα ἤμελλεν γίνεσθαι until the day began to dawn 27:33.”
6 tn Or “have waited anxiously.” Grk “waiting anxiously.” The participle προσδοκῶντες (prosdokwnte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
7 tn Or “continued.”
8 tn Grk “having eaten nothing.” The participle προσλαβόμενοι (proslabomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb (with subject “you” supplied) due to requirements of contemporary English style.
