Discovery Box| (0.37) | (Act 27:26) | 1 tn This is another use of δεῖ (dei) to indicate necessity (see also v. 24). Acts 28:1 shows the fulfillment of this. |
| (0.37) | (Act 26:14) | 3 sn Sayings which contain the imagery used here (kicking against the goads) were also found in Greek writings; see Pindar, Pythians 2.94-96; Euripides, Bacchae 795. |
| (0.37) | (Act 24:10) | 2 sn “Because…defense.” Paul also paid an indirect compliment to the governor, implying that he would be fair in his judgment. |
| (0.37) | (Act 22:20) | 1 sn Now Paul referred to Stephen as your witness, and he himself had also become a witness. The reversal was now complete; the opponent had now become a proponent. |
| (0.37) | (Act 21:34) | 3 tn This genitive absolute construction has been translated temporally; it could also be taken causally: “and since the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth.” |
| (0.37) | (Act 21:29) | 2 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The note explains the cause of the charge and also notes that it was false. |
| (0.37) | (Act 21:10) | 2 sn Agabus also appeared in Acts 11:28. He was from Jerusalem, so the two churches were still in contact with one another. |
| (0.37) | (Act 20:2) | 4 tn In popular usage the term translated “Greece” here could also refer to the Roman province officially known as Achaia (BDAG 318 s.v. ῾Ελλάς). |
| (0.37) | (Act 17:16) | 3 tn Or “when he saw.” The participle θεωροῦντος (theōrountos) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle; it could also be translated as temporal. |
| (0.37) | (Act 17:13) | 2 tn Grk “that the word of God had also been proclaimed by Paul.” This passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.37) | (Act 13:51) | 1 tn The participle ἐκτιναξάμενοι (ektinaxamenoi) is taken temporally. It could also be translated as a participle of attendant circumstance (“So they shook…and went”). |
| (0.37) | (Act 13:27) | 3 tn Usually φωνή (phōnē) means “voice,” but BDAG 1071-72 s.v. φωνή 2.c has “Also of sayings in scripture…Ac 13:27.” |
| (0.37) | (Act 13:18) | 2 tn For this verb, see BDAG 1017 s.v. τροποφορέω (cf. also Deut 1:31; Exod 16:35; Num 14:34). |
| (0.37) | (Act 10:18) | 2 tn Grk “Simon, the one called Peter.” This qualification was necessary because the owner of the house was also named Simon (Acts 9:43). |
| (0.37) | (Act 9:27) | 5 tn On this verb which is used 7 times in Acts, see BDAG 782 s.v. παρρησιάζομαι 1. See also v. 28. |
| (0.37) | (Act 7:54) | 1 tn This verb, which also occurs in Acts 5:33, means “cut to the quick” or “deeply infuriated” (BDAG 235 s.v. διαπρίω). |
| (0.37) | (Act 7:54) | 2 tn Or “they gnashed their teeth.” This idiom is a picture of violent rage (BDAG 184 s.v. βρύχω). See also Ps 35:16. |
| (0.37) | (Act 7:19) | 1 tn According to L&N 88.147 it is also possible to translate κατασοφισάμενος (katasophisamenos) as “took advantage by clever words” or “persuaded by sweet talk.” |
| (0.37) | (Act 5:6) | 3 sn Buried. Same day burial was a custom in the Jewish world of the first century (cf. also Deut 21:23). |
| (0.37) | (Act 3:18) | 1 sn God foretold. Peter’s topic is the working out of God’s plan and promise through events the scriptures also note. |
