Discovery BoxActs 23:35 
Context23:35 he said, “I will give you a hearing 1 when your accusers arrive too.” Then 2 he ordered that Paul 3 be kept under guard in Herod’s palace. 4
Acts 24:22
Context24:22 Then Felix, 5 who understood the facts 6 concerning the Way 7 more accurately, 8 adjourned their hearing, 9 saying, “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.” 10
Acts 28:26
Context28:26 when he said,
‘Go to this people and say,
“You will keep on hearing, 11 but will never understand,
and you will keep on looking, 12 but will never perceive.
1 tn Or “I will hear your case.” BDAG 231 s.v. διακούω has “as legal t.t. give someone an opportunity to be heard in court, give someone (τινός) a hearing Ac 23:35”; L&N 56.13 has “to give a judicial hearing in a legal matter – ‘to hear a case, to provide a legal hearing, to hear a case in court.’”
2 tn Grk “ordering.” The participle κελεύσας (keleusas) has been translated as a finite verb and a new sentence begun here due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence. “Then” has also been supplied to indicate the logical and temporal sequence.
3 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 sn Herod’s palace (Grk “Herod’s praetorium”) was the palace built in Caesarea by Herod the Great. See Josephus, Ant. 15.9.6 (15.331). These events belong to the period of
5 sn See the note on Antonius Felix in 23:24.
6 tn Grk “the things.”
7 tn That is, concerning Christianity.
8 tn BDAG 39 s.v. ἀκριβῶς has “Comp. ἀκριβέστερον more exactly…ἀ. ἐκτίθεσθαι explain more exactly Ac 18:26, cp. 23:15, 20; also more accurately…24:22.” Felix knew more about the Christian movement than what the Jewish leaders had told him.
9 tn L&N 56.18 s.v. ἀναβάλλω has “to adjourn a court proceeding until a later time – ‘to adjourn a hearing, to stop a hearing and put it off until later.’…‘then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned their hearing’ Ac 24:22.”
10 tn BDAG 227 s.v. διαγινώσκω 2 states, “to make a judicial decision, decide/hear (a case)…τὰ καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς decide your case Ac 24:22.”
11 tn Grk “you will hear with hearing” (an idiom).
12 tn Or “seeing”; Grk “you will look by looking” (an idiom).
