Discovery BoxActs 9:6 
Context9:6 But stand up 1 and enter the city and you will be told 2 what you must do.”
Acts 9:15-16
Context9:15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument 3 to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel. 4 9:16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” 5
1 tn Or “But arise.”
2 tn Literally a passive construction, “it will be told to you.” This has been converted to another form of passive construction in the translation.
3 tn Or “tool.”
4 tn Grk “the sons of Israel.” In Acts, Paul is a minister to all nations, including Israel (Rom 1:16-17).
5 tn Or “because of my name.” BDAG 1031 s.v. ὑπέρ 2 lists Acts 9:16 as an example of ὑπέρ (Juper) used to indicate “the moving cause or reason, because of, for the sake of, for.”
