Acts 16:15

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, ¹  “If ²  you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, ³  come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded ⁴  us.

Ge 18:4,5; Ge 19:3; Ge 33:11; Jud 19:19,20; Jud 19:21; 1Sa 28:23; 2Ki 4:8; Mt 10:41; Lu 9:4,5; Lu 10:5-7; Lu 14:23; Lu 24:29; Ac 8:12,38; Ac 11:14; Ac 16:33; Ac 18:8; Ro 16:23; 1Co 1:13-16; 2Co 5:14; 2Co 12:11; Ga 6:10; Eph 1:1; Php 1:7; Phm 1:17; Heb 13:2; 1Pe 5:12; 2Jo 1:10; 3Jo 1:5; 3Jo 1:8

¹ tn Grk “urged us, saying.” The participle λέγουσα (legousa) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

² tn This is a first class condition in Greek, with the statement presented as real or true for the sake of the argument.

³ tn Or “faithful to the Lord.” BDAG 821 s.v. πίστος 2 states concerning this verse, “Of one who confesses the Christian faith believing or a believer in the Lord, in Christ, in God πιστ. τῷ κυρίῳ Ac 16:15.” L&N 11.17 has “one who is included among the faithful followers of Christ – ‘believer, Christian, follower.’”

⁴ tn Although BDAG 759 s.v. παραβιάζομαι has “urge strongly, prevail upon,” in contemporary English “persuade” is a more frequently used synonym for “prevail upon.”