Discovery BoxActs 26:10 
Context26:10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received 1 from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote 2 against them when they were sentenced to death. 3
Acts 26:29
Context26:29 Paul replied, “I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time 4 not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.” 5
1 tn Grk “by receiving authority.” The participle λαβών (labwn) has been taken instrumentally.
2 tn Grk “cast down a pebble against them.” L&N 30.103 states, “(an idiom, Grk ‘to bring a pebble against someone,’ a reference to a white or black pebble used in voting for or against someone) to make known one’s choice against someone – ‘to vote against.’ …‘when they were sentenced to death, I also voted against them’ Ac 26:10.”
3 tn Grk “when they were being executed”; but the context supports the sentencing rather than the execution itself (cf. L&N 30.103).
4 tn BDAG 703 s.v. ὀλίγος 2.b.β has “καὶ ἐν ὀλ. καὶ ἐν μεγάλῳ whether in a short or a long time vs. 29 (cf. B-D-F §195; GWhitaker, The Words of Agrippa to St. Paul: JTS 15, 1914, 82f; AFridrichsen, SymbOsl 14, ’35, 50; Field, Notes 141-43; s. Rob. 653).”
5 sn Except for these chains. The chains represented Paul’s unjust suffering for the sake of the message. His point was, in effect, “I do not care how long it takes. I only hope you and everyone else hearing this would become believers in Christ, but without my unjust suffering.”
