Acts 16:2
ContextNETBible | The brothers in Lystra 1 and Iconium 2 spoke well 3 of him. 4 |
XREF | Ac 6:3; Ac 14:21; 1Ti 3:7; 1Ti 5:10,25; 2Ti 3:11; 2Ti 3:15; Heb 11:2 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn Lystra was a city in Lycaonia about 25 mi (40 km) south of Iconium. 2 sn Iconium was a city in Lycaonia about 110 mi (175 km) east of Pisidian Antioch. 3 tn For this sense of μαρτυρέω (marturew), see BDAG 618 s.v. 2.b. 4 tn Grk “who was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.” Because of the awkwardness in English of having two relative clauses follow one another (“who was a believer…who was well spoken of”) and the awkwardness of the passive verb (“was well spoken of”), the relative pronoun at the beginning of 16:2 (“who”) has been translated as a pronoun (“him”) and the construction converted from passive to active at the same time a new sentence was started in the translation. |