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Acts 5:6

Context
5:6 So the young men came, 1  wrapped him up, 2  carried him out, and buried 3  him.

Acts 8:2

Context
8:2 Some 4  devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation 5  over him. 6 

1 tn Or “arose.”

2 tn The translation “wrapped up” for συνέστειλαν (sunesteilan) is suggested by L&N 79.119, but another interpretation is possible. The same verb could also be translated “removed” (see L&N 15.200), although that sense appears somewhat redundant and out of sequence with the following verb and participle (“carried him out and buried him”).

3 sn Buried. Same day burial was a custom in the Jewish world of the first century (cf. also Deut 21:23).

4 tn “Some” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

5 sn Made loud lamentation. For someone who was stoned to death, lamentation was normally not allowed (m. Sanhedrin 6:6). The remark points to an unjust death.

6 tn Or “mourned greatly for him.”



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