Discovery BoxActs 4:14-15 
Context4:14 And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this. 1 4:15 But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, 2 they began to confer with one another,
Acts 5:27
Context5:27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, 3 and the high priest questioned 4 them,
Acts 12:16
Context12:16 Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door 5 and saw him, they were greatly astonished. 6
Acts 13:3
Context13:3 Then, after they had fasted 7 and 8 prayed and placed their hands 9 on them, they sent them off.
Acts 13:51
Context13:51 So after they shook 10 the dust off their feet 11 in protest against them, they went to Iconium. 12
Acts 15:39
Context15:39 They had 13 a sharp disagreement, 14 so that they parted company. Barnabas took along 15 Mark and sailed away to Cyprus, 16
Acts 16:23
Context16:23 After they had beaten them severely, 17 they threw them into prison and commanded 18 the jailer to guard them securely.
Acts 16:39
Context16:39 and came 19 and apologized to them. After 20 they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly 21 to leave the city.
Acts 17:1
Context17:1 After they traveled through 22 Amphipolis 23 and Apollonia, 24 they came to Thessalonica, 25 where there was a Jewish synagogue. 26
Acts 19:28
Context19:28 When 27 they heard 28 this they became enraged 29 and began to shout, 30 “Great is Artemis 31 of the Ephesians!”
Acts 22:2
Context22:2 (When they heard 32 that he was addressing 33 them in Aramaic, 34 they became even 35 quieter.) 36 Then 37 Paul said,
Acts 23:32
Context23:32 The next day they let 38 the horsemen 39 go on with him, and they returned to the barracks. 40
Acts 26:31
Context26:31 and as they were leaving they said to one another, 41 “This man is not doing anything deserving 42 death or imprisonment.”
Acts 27:38
Context27:38 When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, 43 they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat 44 into the sea.
Acts 28:10
Context28:10 They also bestowed many honors, 45 and when we were preparing to sail, 46 they gave 47 us all the supplies we needed. 48
1 tn Or “nothing to say in opposition.”
2 tn Or “the Sanhedrin” (the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
3 tn Or “the Sanhedrin” (the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
4 tn Or “interrogated,” “asked.”
5 tn The words “the door” are not in the Greek text, but are implied (see Acts 12:13).
6 sn That they were greatly astonished is a common response in Luke-Acts to God’s work (Luke 8:56; Acts 2:7, 12; 8:13; 9:21; 10:45).
7 tn The three aorist participles νηστεύσαντες (nhsteusante"), προσευξάμενοι (proseuxamenoi), and ἐπιθέντες (epiqente") are translated as temporal participles. Although they could indicate contemporaneous time when used with an aorist main verb, logically here they are antecedent. On fasting and prayer, see Matt 6:5, 16; Luke 2:37; 5:33; Acts 14:23.
8 tn Normally English style, which uses a coordinating conjunction between only the last two elements of a series of three or more, would call for omission of “and” here. However, since the terms “fasting and prayer” are something of a unit, often linked together, the conjunction has been retained here.
9 sn The placing of hands on Barnabas and Saul (traditionally known as “the laying on of hands”) refers to an act picturing the commission of God and the church for the task at hand.
10 tn The participle ἐκτιναξάμενοι (ektinaxamenoi) is taken temporally. It could also be translated as a participle of attendant circumstance (“So they shook…and went”).
11 sn Shaking the dust off their feet was a symbolic gesture commanded by Jesus to his disciples, Matt 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5. It shows a group of people as culpable before God.
12 sn Iconium was a city in Lycaonia about 90 mi (145 km) east southeast of Pisidian Antioch. It was the easternmost city of Phrygia.
13 tn Grk “There happened a sharp disagreement.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
14 tn BDAG 780 s.v. παροξυσμός 2 has “sharp disagreement” here; L&N 33.451 has “sharp argument, sharp difference of opinion.”
15 tn Grk “taking along Mark sailed.” The participle παραλαβόντα (paralabonta) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
16 sn Cyprus is a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.
17 tn Grk “Having inflicted many blows on them.” The participle ἐπιθέντες (epiqente") has been taken temporally. BDAG 384 s.v. ἐπιτίθημι 1.a.β has “inflict blows upon someone” for this expression, but in this context it is simpler to translate in English as “they had beaten them severely.”
18 tn Grk “commanding.” The participle παραγγείλαντες (parangeilante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
19 tn Grk “and coming, they apologized.” The participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
20 tn Grk “and after.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.
21 tn The verb ἐρώτων (erwtwn) has been translated as an iterative imperfect; the English adverb “repeatedly” brings out the iterative force in the translation.
22 tn BDAG 250 s.v. διοδεύω 1 has “go, travel through” for this verse.
23 sn Amphipolis. The capital city of the southeastern district of Macedonia (BDAG 55 s.v. ᾿Αμφίπολις). It was a military post. From Philippi this was about 33 mi (53 km).
24 sn Apollonia was a city in Macedonia about 27 mi (43 km) west southwest of Amphipolis.
25 sn Thessalonica (modern Salonica) was a city in Macedonia about 33 mi (53 km) west of Apollonia. It was the capital of Macedonia. The road they traveled over was called the Via Egnatia. It is likely they rode horses, given their condition in Philippi. The implication of v. 1 is that the two previously mentioned cities lacked a synagogue.
map For location see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.
26 sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.
27 tn Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
28 tn Grk “And hearing.” The participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally.
29 tn Grk “they became filled with rage” (an idiom). The reaction of the Ephesians here is like that of the Jews earlier, though Luke referred to “zeal” or “jealousy” in the former case (Acts 7:54).
30 tn Grk “and began shouting, saying.” The imperfect verb ἔκραζον (ekrazon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect. The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.
31 sn Artemis was a Greek goddess worshiped particularly in Asia Minor, whose temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was located just outside the city of Ephesus.
32 tn ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally.
33 tn Or “spoke out to.” L&N 33.27 has “to address an audience, with possible emphasis upon loudness – ‘to address, to speak out to.’ πολλῆς δέ σιγῆς γενομένης προσεφώνησεν τῇ ᾿Εβραίδι διαλέκτῳ ‘when they were quiet, he addressed them in Hebrew’ Ac 21:40.”
34 tn Grk “in the Hebrew language.” See the note on “Aramaic” in 21:40.
35 tn BDAG 613-14 s.v. μᾶλλον 1 “Abs. μ. can mean to a greater degree (than before), even more, now more than ever Lk 5:15; Jn 5:18; 19:8; Ac 5:14; 22:2; 2 Cor 7:7.”
36 tn BDAG 440 s.v. ἡσυχία 2 has “παρέχειν ἡσυχίαν quiet down, give a hearing…Ac 22:2.”
sn This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author.
37 tn Grk “and.” Since this represents a continuation of the speech begun in v. 1, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.
38 tn Grk “letting.” The participle ἐάσαντες (easante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
39 tn Or “cavalrymen.”
40 tn Or “the headquarters.” BDAG 775 s.v. παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Roman troops in Jerusalem Ac 21:34, 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.”
41 tn Grk “they spoke to one another saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.
42 tn BDAG 93 s.v. ἄξιος 1.b has “θανάτου ἢ δεσμῶν ἄ. nothing deserving death or imprisonment 23:29; 26:31.”
sn Not doing anything deserving death… Here is yet another declaration of Paul’s innocence, but still no release. The portrayal shows how unjust Paul’s confinement was.
43 tn Or “When they had eaten their fill.”
44 tn Or “grain.”
45 tn Or “they also honored us greatly”; Grk “they also honored us with many honors” (an idiom).
46 tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.” In this case the simpler English “sail” is more appropriate. The English participle “preparing” has also been supplied, since the provisioning of the ship would take place some time before the actual departure.
47 tn BDAG 384 s.v. ἐπιτίθημι 1.b has “give τινί τι someth. to someone…ἀναγομένοις τὰ πρὸς τὰς χρείας when we sailed they gave us what we needed Ac 28:10.”
48 sn They gave us all the supplies we needed. What they had lost in the storm and shipwreck was now replaced. Luke describes these pagans very positively.
