Discovery BoxActs 20:8 
Context20:8 (Now there were many lamps 1 in the upstairs room where we were meeting.) 2
Acts 9:37
Context9:37 At that time 3 she became sick 4 and died. When they had washed 5 her body, 6 they placed it in an upstairs room.
Acts 20:11
Context20:11 Then Paul 7 went back upstairs, 8 and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them 9 a long time, until dawn. Then he left.
Acts 1:13
Context1:13 When 10 they had entered Jerusalem, 11 they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter 12 and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there. 13
1 tn More commonly λαμπάς (lampa") means “torch,” but here according to BDAG 585 s.v. λαμπάς 2, “lamp…w. a wick and space for oil.”
2 sn This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author.
3 tn Grk “It happened that in those days.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
4 tn Grk “becoming sick, she died.” The participle ἀσθενήσασαν (asqenhsasan) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
5 tn The participle λούσαντες (lousante") is taken temporally.
6 tn Grk “washed her,” but the reference is to her corpse.
7 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Grk “going back upstairs.” The participle ἀναβάς (anabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
9 tn Grk “talking with them.” The participle ὁμιλήσας (Jomilhsas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
10 tn Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
11 tn The word “Jerusalem” is not in the Greek text but is implied (direct objects were often omitted when clear from the context).
12 sn In the various lists of the twelve, Peter (also called Simon) is always mentioned first (see also Matt 10:1-4; Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:13-16) and the first four are always the same, though not in the same order after Peter.
13 tn The words “were there” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
