Discovery BoxActs 18:25 
Context18:25 He had been instructed in 1 the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm 2 he spoke and taught accurately the facts 3 about Jesus, although he knew 4 only the baptism of John.
Acts 21:13
Context21:13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking 5 my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, 6 but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Acts 26:29
Context26:29 Paul replied, “I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time 7 not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.” 8
1 tn Or “had been taught.”
2 tn Grk “and boiling in spirit” (an idiom for great eagerness or enthusiasm; BDAG 426 s.v. ζέω).
3 tn Grk “the things.”
4 tn Grk “knowing”; the participle ἐπιστάμενος (epistameno") has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.
5 tn The term translated “breaking” as used by Josephus (Ant. 10.10.4 [10.207]) means to break something into pieces, but in its only NT use (it is a hapax legomenon) it is used figuratively (BDAG 972 s.v. συνθρύπτω).
6 tn L&N 18.13 has “to tie objects together – ‘to tie, to tie together, to tie up.’” The verb δέω (dew) is sometimes figurative for imprisonment (L&N 37.114), but it is preferable to translate it literally here in light of v. 11 where Agabus tied himself up with Paul’s belt.
7 tn BDAG 703 s.v. ὀλίγος 2.b.β has “καὶ ἐν ὀλ. καὶ ἐν μεγάλῳ whether in a short or a long time vs. 29 (cf. B-D-F §195; GWhitaker, The Words of Agrippa to St. Paul: JTS 15, 1914, 82f; AFridrichsen, SymbOsl 14, ’35, 50; Field, Notes 141-43; s. Rob. 653).”
8 sn Except for these chains. The chains represented Paul’s unjust suffering for the sake of the message. His point was, in effect, “I do not care how long it takes. I only hope you and everyone else hearing this would become believers in Christ, but without my unjust suffering.”
