Discovery BoxActs 20:23 
Context20:23 except 1 that the Holy Spirit warns 2 me in town after town 3 that 4 imprisonment 5 and persecutions 6 are waiting for me.
Acts 26:31
Context26:31 and as they were leaving they said to one another, 7 “This man is not doing anything deserving 8 death or imprisonment.”
1 tn BDAG 826 s.v. πλήν 1.d has “πλὴν ὅτι except that…Ac 20:23.”
2 tn The verb διαμαρτύρομαι (diamarturomai) can mean “warn” (BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 2 has “solemnly urge, exhort, warn…w. dat. of pers. addressed”), and this meaning better fits the context here, although BDAG categorizes Acts 20:23 under the meaning “testify of, bear witness to” (s.v. 1).
3 tn The Greek text here reads κατὰ πόλιν (kata polin).
4 tn Grk “saying that,” but the participle λέγον (legon) is redundant in English and has not been translated.
5 tn Grk “bonds.”
6 tn Or “troubles,” “suffering.” See Acts 19:21; 21:4, 11.
7 tn Grk “they spoke to one another saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.
8 tn BDAG 93 s.v. ἄξιος 1.b has “θανάτου ἢ δεσμῶν ἄ. nothing deserving death or imprisonment 23:29; 26:31.”
sn Not doing anything deserving death… Here is yet another declaration of Paul’s innocence, but still no release. The portrayal shows how unjust Paul’s confinement was.
