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Acts 8:2

Context
8:2 Some 1  devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation 2  over him. 3 

Acts 15:9

Context
15:9 and he made no distinction 4  between them and us, cleansing 5  their hearts by faith.

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

2 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.

3 tn Or “mourned greatly for him.”

4 tn BDAG 231 s.v. διακρίνω 1.b lists this passage under the meaning “to conclude that there is a difference, make a distinction, differentiate.”

5 tn Or “purifying.”



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