Discovery BoxActs 17:26 
Context17:26 From one man 1 he made every nation of the human race 2 to inhabit the entire earth, 3 determining their set times 4 and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, 5
Acts 21:16
Context21:16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea 6 came along with us too, and brought us to the house 7 of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, 8 with whom we were to stay.
1 sn The one man refers to Adam (the word “man” is understood).
2 tn Or “mankind.” BDAG 276 s.v. ἔθνος 1 has “every nation of humankind Ac 17:26.”
3 tn Grk “to live over all the face of the earth.”
4 tn BDAG 884-85 s.v. προστάσσω has “(οἱ) προστεταγμένοι καιροί (the) fixed times Ac 17:26” here, but since the following phrase is also translated “fixed limits,” this would seem redundant in English, so the word “set” has been used instead.
5 tn Grk “the boundaries of their habitation.” L&N 80.5 has “fixed limits of the places where they would live” for this phrase.
6 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.
map For location see Map2 C1; Map4 B3; Map5 F2; Map7 A1; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
7 tn Grk “to Mnason…”; the words “the house of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by the verb ξενισθῶμεν (xenisqwmen).
8 tn Or perhaps, “Mnason of Cyprus, one of the original disciples.” BDAG 137 s.v. ἀρχαῖος 1 has “ἀ. μαθητής a disciple of long standing (perh. original disc.) Ac 21:16.”
