Discovery BoxActs 7:42 
Context7:42 But God turned away from them and gave them over 1 to worship the host 2 of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices 3 forty years in the wilderness, was it, 4 house of Israel?
Acts 13:11
Context13:11 Now 5 look, the hand of the Lord is against 6 you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!” Immediately mistiness 7 and darkness came over 8 him, and he went around seeking people 9 to lead him by the hand.
Acts 21:11
Context21:11 He came 10 to us, took 11 Paul’s belt, 12 tied 13 his own hands and feet with it, 14 and said, “The Holy Spirit says this: ‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over 15 to the Gentiles.’”
Acts 25:11
Context25:11 If then I am in the wrong 16 and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying, 17 but if not one of their charges against me is true, 18 no one can hand me over to them. 19 I appeal to Caesar!” 20
Acts 28:17
Context28:17 After three days 21 Paul 22 called the local Jewish leaders 23 together. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, 24 although I had done 25 nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, 26 from Jerusalem 27 I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans. 28
1 sn The expression and gave them over suggests similarities to the judgment on the nations described by Paul in Rom 1:18-32.
2 tn Or “stars.”
sn To worship the hosts of heaven. Their action violated Deut 4:19; 17:2-5. See Ps 106:36-43.
3 tn The two terms for sacrifices “semantically reinforce one another and are here combined essentially for emphasis” (L&N 53.20).
4 tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative reply which is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ question, “was it?”
5 tn Grk “And now.” 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.
6 tn Grk “upon,” but in a negative sense.
7 sn The term translated mistiness here appears in the writings of the physician Galen as a medical technical description of a person who is blind. The picture of judgment to darkness is symbolic as well. Whatever power Elymas had, it represented darkness. Magic will again be an issue in Acts 19:18-19. This judgment is like that of Ananias and his wife in Acts 5:1-11.
8 tn Grk “fell on.”
9 tn The noun χειραγωγός (ceiragwgo") is plural, so “people” is used rather than singular “someone.”
10 tn Grk “And coming.” 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. The participle ἐλθών (elqwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
11 tn Grk “and taking.” This καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more. The participle ἄρας (aras) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
12 sn The belt was a band or sash used to keep money as well as to gird up the tunic (BDAG 431 s.v. ζώνη).
13 tn The participle δήσας (dhsas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
14 tn The words “with it” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
15 tn Grk “and will deliver him over into the hands of” (a Semitic idiom).
sn The Jews…will tie up…and will hand him over. As later events will show, the Jews in Jerusalem did not personally tie Paul up and hand him over to the Gentiles, but their reaction to him was the cause of his arrest (Acts 21:27-36).
16 tn BDAG 20 s.v. ἀδικέω 1.b has “intr. be in the wrong (Ex 2:13) εἰ ἀδικῶ Ac 25:11.”
17 tn BDAG 764 s.v. παραιτέομαι 2.b.β, “οὐ παραιτοῦμαι τὸ ἀποθανεῖν I am not trying to escape death Ac 25:11 (cp. Jos., Vi. 141).” To avoid redundancy in the translation, the English gerund “dying” is used to translate the Greek infinitive ἀποθανεῖν (apoqanein).
18 tn Or “but if there is nothing to their charges against me.” Both “if” clauses in this verse are first class conditions. Paul stated the options without prejudice, assuming in turn the reality of each for the sake of the argument.
19 sn That is, no one can hand me over to them lawfully. Paul was aware of the dangers of a return to Jerusalem.
20 tn Or “to the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).
sn The appeal to Caesar was known as the provocatio ad Caesarem. It was a Roman citizen’s right to ask for a direct judgment by the emperor (Pliny the Younger, Letters 10.96). It was one of the oldest rights of Roman citizens.
21 tn Grk “It happened that after three days.” 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.
22 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
23 tn L&N 33.309 has “‘after three days, he called the local Jewish leaders together’ Ac 28:17.”
24 tn Grk “Men brothers,” but this is both awkward and unnecessary in English.
25 tn The participle ποιήσας (poihsas) has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.
26 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
sn I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors. Once again Paul claimed to be faithful to the Jewish people and to the God of Israel.
27 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
28 tn Grk “into the hands of the Romans,” but this is redundant when παρεδόθην (paredoqhn) has been translated “handed over.”
