Discovery BoxActs 4:24 
Context4:24 When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind 1 and said, “Master of all, 2 you who made the heaven, the earth, 3 the sea, and everything that is in them,
Acts 22:22
Context22:22 The crowd 4 was listening to him until he said this. 5 Then 6 they raised their voices and shouted, 7 “Away with this man 8 from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!” 9
1 sn With one mind. Compare Acts 1:14.
2 tn Or “Lord of all.”
sn The use of the title Master of all (δεσπότης, despoths) emphasizes that there is a sovereign God who is directing what is taking place.
3 tn Grk “and the earth, and the sea,” but καί (kai) has not been translated before “the earth” and “the sea” since contemporary English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
4 tn Grk “They were listening”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Grk “until this word.”
sn Until he said this. Note it is the mention of Paul’s mission to the Gentiles with its implication of ethnic openness that is so disturbing to the audience.
6 tn Grk “And.” To indicate the logical sequence, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” here.
7 tn Grk “and said.”
8 tn Grk “this one.”
9 tn BDAG 491 s.v. καθήκω has “to be appropriate, come/reach to, be proper/fitting…Usu. impers. καθήκει it comes (to someone)…foll. by acc. and inf….οὐ καθῆκεν αὐτὸν ζῆν he should not be allowed to live Ac 22:22.”
