Acts 22:2
ContextNETBible | (When they heard 1 that he was addressing 2 them in Aramaic, 3 they became even 4 quieter.) 5 Then 6 Paul said, |
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1 tn ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally. 2 tn Or “spoke out to.” L&N 33.27 has “to address an audience, with possible emphasis upon loudness – ‘to address, to speak out to.’ πολλῆς δέ σιγῆς γενομένης προσεφώνησεν τῇ ᾿Εβραίδι διαλέκτῳ ‘when they were quiet, he addressed them in Hebrew’ Ac 21:40.” 3 tn Grk “in the Hebrew language.” See the note on “Aramaic” in 21:40. 4 tn BDAG 613-14 s.v. μᾶλλον 1 “Abs. μ. can mean to a greater degree (than before), even more, now more than ever Lk 5:15; Jn 5:18; 19:8; Ac 5:14; 22:2; 2 Cor 7:7.” 5 tn BDAG 440 s.v. ἡσυχία 2 has “παρέχειν ἡσυχίαν quiet down, give a hearing…Ac 22:2.” sn This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author. 6 tn Grk “and.” Since this represents a continuation of the speech begun in v. 1, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence. |