Discovery Box| (0.40) | (Act 12:20) | 3 sn Tyre was a city and seaport on the coast of Phoenicia. |
| (0.40) | (Act 12:19) | 2 tn Or “had instigated a search” (Herod would have ordered the search rather than conducting it himself). |
| (0.40) | (Act 12:7) | 5 tn Grk “the hands,” but the wrist was considered a part of the hand. |
| (0.40) | (Act 12:11) | 3 sn Here the hand of Herod is a metaphor for Herod’s power or control. |
| (0.40) | (Act 12:7) | 3 tn Grk “striking the side of Peter, he awoke him saying.” The term refers to a push or a light tap (BDAG 786 s.v. πατάσσω 1.a). The participle πατάξας (pataxas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. |
| (0.40) | (Act 12:4) | 1 sn Four squads of soldiers. Each squad was a detachment of four soldiers. |
| (0.40) | (Act 11:27) | 1 tn Grk “In these days,” but the dative generally indicates a specific time. |
| (0.40) | (Act 11:20) | 1 sn Cyprus was a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor. |
| (0.40) | (Act 11:20) | 2 sn Cyrene was a city on the northern African coast west of Egypt. |
| (0.40) | (Act 11:21) | 3 sn Again, the expression turned is a summary term for responding to the gospel. |
| (0.40) | (Act 11:19) | 4 sn Cyprus was a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor. |
| (0.40) | (Act 11:16) | 2 tn The imperfect verb ἔλεγεν (elegen) is taken as a customary imperfect. |
| (0.40) | (Act 10:31) | 2 sn This statement is a paraphrase rather than an exact quotation of Acts 10:4. |
| (0.40) | (Act 10:23) | 1 sn When Peter entertained them as guests, he performed a culturally significant act denoting acceptance. |
| (0.40) | (Act 10:24) | 2 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). |
| (0.40) | (Act 10:5) | 2 sn Joppa was a seaport on the Philistine coast, in the same location as modern Jaffa. |
| (0.40) | (Act 10:1) | 3 sn A cohort was a Roman military unit of about 600 soldiers, one-tenth of a legion (BDAG 936 s.v. σπεῖρα). The Italian Cohort has been identified as cohors II Italica which is known to have been stationed in Syria in a.d. 88. |
| (0.40) | (Act 9:38) | 1 sn Lydda was a city northwest of Jerusalem on the way to Joppa. |
| (0.40) | (Act 9:39) | 7 tn The verb ἐποίει (epoiei) has been translated as a customary imperfect. |
| (0.40) | (Act 9:35) | 2 sn Lydda was a city northwest of Jerusalem on the way to Joppa. |
