Acts 23:25

He wrote ¹  a letter that went like this: ² 

He wrote a letter as follows:

And he wrote a letter having this form:

Then he wrote this letter to the governor:

Then he wrote this letter:

And he sent a letter in these words:

He wrote a letter to this effect:

He wrote a letter in the following manner:

He wrote ¹  a letter that went like this: ² 

¹ tn Grk “writing.” Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun here in the translation, supplying “he” (referring to the commanding officer, Claudius Lysias) as subject. The participle γράψας (grayas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

² tn Grk “having this form,” “having this content.” L&N 33.48 has “γράψσς ἐπιστολὴν ἔχουσαν τὸν τύπον τοῦτον ‘then he wrote a letter that went like this’ Ac 23:25. It is also possible to understand ἐπιστολή in Ac 23:25 not as a content or message, but as an object (see 6.63).”