Discovery BoxActs 27:39 
Context27:39 When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed 1 a bay 2 with a beach, 3 where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
Acts 23:6
Context23:6 Then when Paul noticed 4 that part of them were Sadducees 5 and the others Pharisees, 6 he shouted out in the council, 7 “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection 8 of the dead!”
1 tn Or “observed,” “saw.”
2 tn Or “gulf” (BDAG 557 s.v. κόλπος 3).
3 sn A beach would refer to a smooth sandy beach suitable for landing.
4 tn BDAG 200 s.v. γινώσκω 4 has “to be aware of someth., perceive, notice, realize”; this is further clarified by section 4.c: “w. ὅτι foll….Ac 23:6.”
5 sn See the note on Sadducees in 4:1.
6 sn See the note on Pharisee in 5:34.
7 tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
8 tn That is, concerning the hope that the dead will be resurrected. Grk “concerning the hope and resurrection.” BDAG 320 s.v. ἐλπίς 1.b.α states, “Of Israel’s messianic hope Ac 23:6 (ἐ. καὶ ἀνάστασις for ἐ. τῆς ἀν. [obj. gen] as 2 Macc 3:29 ἐ. καὶ σωτηρία).” With an objective genitive construction, the resurrection of the dead would be the “object” of the hope.
