Discovery BoxActs 2:17 
Context2:17 ‘And in the last days 1 it will be,’ God says,
‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, 2
and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
and your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.
Acts 9:39
Context9:39 So Peter got up and went with them, and 3 when he arrived 4 they brought him to the upper room. All 5 the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him 6 the tunics 7 and other clothing 8 Dorcas used to make 9 while she was with them.
Acts 19:27
Context19:27 There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, 10 but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis 11 will be regarded as nothing, 12 and she whom all the province of Asia 13 and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.” 14
Acts 25:24
Context25:24 Then Festus 15 said, “King Agrippa, 16 and all you who are present here with us, you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace 17 petitioned 18 me both in Jerusalem 19 and here, 20 shouting loudly 21 that he ought not to live any longer.
1 sn The phrase in the last days is not quoted from Joel, but represents Peter’s interpretive explanation of the current events as falling “in the last days.”
2 tn Grk “on all flesh.”
3 tn Grk “who.” The relative clause makes for awkward English style here, so the following clause was made coordinate with the conjunction “and” supplied in place of the Greek relative pronoun.
4 tn The participle παραγενόμενον (paragenomenon) is taken temporally.
5 tn Grk “and all.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.
6 tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.
7 tn Or “shirts” (a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin). The name for this garment (χιτών, citwn) presents some difficulty in translation. Most modern readers would not understand what a ‘tunic’ was any more than they would be familiar with a ‘chiton.’ On the other hand attempts to find a modern equivalent are also a problem: “shirt” conveys the idea of a much shorter garment that covers only the upper body, and “undergarment” (given the styles of modern underwear) is more misleading still. “Tunic” was therefore employed, but with a note to explain its nature.
8 tn Grk “and garments,” referring here to other types of clothing besides the tunics just mentioned.
9 tn The verb ἐποίει (epoiei) has been translated as a customary imperfect.
10 tn Or “come under public criticism.” BDAG 101 s.v. ἀπελεγμός has “come into disrepute Ac 19:27.”
11 sn Artemis was the name of a Greek goddess worshiped particularly in Asia Minor, whose temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was located just outside the city of Ephesus.
12 tn BDAG 597 s.v. λογίζομαι 1.b has “εἰς οὐθὲν λογισθῆναι be looked upon as nothing…Ac 19:27.”
13 tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 22.
14 tn Or “her magnificence.” BDAG 488 s.v. καθαιρέω 2.b has “καθαιρεῖσθαι τῆς μεγαλειότητος αὐτῆς suffer the loss of her magnificence Ac 19:27”; L&N 13.38 has “‘and to have her greatness done away with’ Ac 19:27.”
sn Suffer the loss of her greatness. It is important to appreciate that money alone was not the issue, even for the pagan Ephesians. The issue was ultimately the dishonor of their goddess to whom they were devoted in worship. The battle was a “cosmic” one between deities.
15 sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.
16 sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.
17 tn Probably best understood as rhetorical hyperbole. BDAG 825 s.v. πλῆθος 2.b.γ states, “people, populace, population…τὸ πλῆθος the populace…ἅπαν τὸ πλ. τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων Ac 25:24.” However, the actions of the leadership are seen by Luke as representing the actions of the entire nation, so the remark is not inaccurate.
18 tn Or “appealed to” (BDAG 341 s.v. ἐντυγχάνω 1.a).
19 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
20 sn Here means “here in Caesarea.”
21 tn Or “screaming.”
