Discovery BoxActs 4:12 
Context4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people 1 by which we must 2 be saved.”
Acts 17:21
Context17:21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time 3 in nothing else than telling 4 or listening to something new.) 5
1 tn Here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).
2 sn Must be saved. The term used here (δεῖ, dei, “it is necessary”) reflects the necessity set up by God’s directive plan.
3 tn The imperfect verb ηὐκαίρουν (hukairoun) has been translated as a customary or habitual imperfect.
4 tn BDAG 406-7 s.v. εὐκαιρέω has “used to spend their time in nothing else than telling Ac 17:21.”
5 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The reference to newness may be pejorative.
