Discovery BoxActs 8:36 
Context8:36 Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me 1 from being baptized?”
Acts 9:17
Context9:17 So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed 2 his hands on Saul 3 and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, 4 has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 5
Acts 9:27
Context9:27 But Barnabas took 6 Saul, 7 brought 8 him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that 9 the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly 10 in the name of Jesus.
1 tn Or “What prevents me.” The rhetorical question means, “I should get baptized, right?”
2 tn Grk “and placing his hands on Saul, he said.” The participle ἐπιθείς (epiqei") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. For the same reason καί (kai) has not been translated before the participle.
3 tn Grk “on him”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Grk “on the road in which you came,” but the relative clause makes for awkward English style, so it was translated as a temporal clause (“as you came here”).
5 sn Be filled with the Holy Spirit. Here someone who is not an apostle (Ananias) commissions another person with the Spirit.
6 tn Grk “taking Saul, brought him.” The participle ἐπιλαβόμενος (epilabomeno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
7 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Grk “and brought,” but 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.
9 tn Grk “and that,” but 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.
10 tn On this verb which is used 7 times in Acts, see BDAG 782 s.v. παρρησιάζομαι 1. See also v. 28.
