Discovery BoxActs 23:34 
Context23:34 When the governor 1 had read 2 the letter, 3 he asked 4 what province he was from. 5 When he learned 6 that he was from Cilicia, 7
Acts 24:1
Context24:1 After five days the high priest Ananias 8 came down with some elders and an attorney 9 named 10 Tertullus, and they 11 brought formal charges 12 against Paul to the governor.
1 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the governor) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Grk “having read.” The participle ἀναγνούς (anagnou") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
3 tn The words “the letter” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.
4 tn Grk “and asking.” The participle ἐπερωτήσας (eperwthsa") has been translated as a finite verb and καί (kai) left untranslated due to requirements of contemporary English style.
5 sn Governor Felix asked what province he was from to determine whether he had legal jurisdiction over Paul. He could have sent him to his home province for trial, but decided to hear the case himself.
6 tn Grk “and learning.” The participle πυθόμενος (puqomeno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
7 sn Cilicia was a province in northeastern Asia Minor.
8 sn Ananias was in office from
9 tn The term refers to a professional advocate (BDAG 905 s.v. ῥήτωρ).
10 tn Grk “an attorney, a certain Tertullus.”
11 tn Grk “who” (plural). Because in English the relative pronoun “who” could be understood to refer only to the attorney Tertullus and not to the entire group, it has been replaced with the third person plural pronoun “they.” “And” has been supplied to provide the connection to the preceding clause.
12 tn BDAG 326 s.v. ἐμφανίζω 3 has “ἐ. τινὶ κατά τινος bring formal charges against someone…Ac 24:1; 25:2.”
