Discovery BoxActs 6:2 
Context6:2 So the twelve 1 called 2 the whole group 3 of the disciples together and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables. 4
Acts 10:22
Context10:22 They said, “Cornelius the centurion, 5 a righteous 6 and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, 7 was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message 8 from you.”
Acts 11:28
Context11:28 One of them, named Agabus, got up 9 and predicted 10 by the Spirit that a severe 11 famine 12 was about to come over the whole inhabited world. 13 (This 14 took place during the reign of Claudius.) 15
Acts 15:22
Context15:22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided 16 to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, 17 leaders among the brothers, to Antioch 18 with Paul and Barnabas.
Acts 20:18
Context20:18 When they arrived, he said to them, “You yourselves know how I lived 19 the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot 20 in the province of Asia, 21
Acts 21:27
Context21:27 When the seven days were almost over, 22 the Jews from the province of Asia 23 who had seen him in the temple area 24 stirred up the whole crowd 25 and seized 26 him,
1 sn The twelve refers to the twelve apostles.
2 tn Grk “calling the whole group…together, said.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενοι (proskalesamenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
3 tn Or “the multitude.”
4 tn Grk “to serve tables.”
5 sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.
6 tn Or “just.”
7 tn The phrase τοῦ ἔθνους τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων (tou eqnou" twn Ioudaiwn) is virtually a technical term for the Jewish nation (1 Macc 10:25; 11:30, 33; Josephus, Ant. 14.10.22 [14.248]). “All the Jewish people,” while another possible translation of the Greek phrase, does not convey the technical sense of a reference to the nation in English.
sn The long introduction of Cornelius by his messengers is an attempt to commend this Gentile to his Jewish counterpart, which would normally be important to do in the culture of the time.
8 tn Grk “hear words.”
9 tn Grk “getting up, predicted.” The participle ἀναστάς (anasta") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
10 tn Or “made clear”; Grk “indicated beforehand” (BDAG 920 s.v. σημαίνω 2).
11 tn Grk “great.”
12 sn This famine is one of the firmly fixed dates in Acts. It took place from
13 tn Or “whole Roman Empire.” While the word οἰκουμένη (oikoumenh) does occasionally refer specifically to the Roman Empire, BDAG 699 s.v. οἰκουνένη 2 does not list this passage (only Acts 24:5 and 17:6).
14 tn Grk “world, which.” The relative pronoun (“which”) was replaced by the demonstrative pronoun “this” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.
15 sn This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author. Claudius was the Roman emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, known as Claudius, who ruled from
16 tn BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.b.β lists this verse under the meaning “it seems best to me, I decide, I resolve.”
17 sn Silas. See 2 Cor 1:19; 1 Thess 1:1; 2 Thess 1:1 (= Silvanus).
18 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).
map For location see JP1 F2; JP2 F2; JP3 F2; JP4 F2.
19 tn Grk “You yourselves know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time.” This could be understood to mean “how I stayed with you the whole time,” but the following verses make it clear that Paul’s lifestyle while with the Ephesians is in view here. Thus the translation “how I lived the whole time I was with you” makes this clear.
20 tn Or “I arrived.” BDAG 367 s.v. ἐπιβαίνω 2, “set foot in…εἰς τ. ᾿Ασίαν set foot in Asia Ac 20:18.” However, L&N 15.83 removes the idiom: “you know that since the first day that I came to Asia.”
21 tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 16.
22 tn BDAG 975 s.v. συντελέω 4 has “to come to an end of a duration, come to an end, be over…Ac 21:27.”
23 tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.
sn Note how there is a sense of Paul being pursued from a distance. These Jews may well have been from Ephesus, since they recognized Trophimus the Ephesian (v. 29).
24 tn Grk “in the temple.” See the note on the word “temple” in v. 28.
25 tn Or “threw the whole crowd into consternation.” L&N 25.221 has “συνέχεον πάντα τὸν ὄχλον ‘they threw the whole crowd into consternation’ Ac 21:27. It is also possible to render the expression in Ac 21:27 as ‘they stirred up the whole crowd.’”
26 tn Grk “and laid hands on.”
