1 Samuel 9:27

9:27 While they were going down to the edge of town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us.” So he did. ¹  Samuel then said, ²  “You remain here awhile, so I can inform you of God’s message.”

1 Samuel 12:7

12:7 Now take your positions, so I may confront you ³  before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 12:1

12:1 Samuel said to all Israel, “I have done ⁵  everything you requested. ⁶  I have given you a king. ⁷ 

Kisah Para Rasul 22:16

22:16 And now what are you waiting for? ⁸  Get up, ⁹  be baptized, and have your sins washed away, ¹⁰  calling on his name.’ ¹¹ 

[9:27]  ¹ tc This statement is absent in the LXX (with the exception of Origen), an Old Latin ms, and the Syriac Peshitta.

[9:27]  ² tn The words “Samuel then said” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[12:7]  ³ tn Heb “and I will enter into judgment with you” (NRSV similar); NAB “and I shall arraign you.”

[12:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the just actions which he has done with you and with your fathers.”

[12:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “Look, I have listened to your voice.”

[12:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “to all which you said to me.”

[12:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “and I have installed a king over you.”

[22:16]  ⁸ tn L&N 67.121 has “to extend time unduly, with the implication of lack of decision – ‘to wait, to delay.’ νῦν τί μέλλεις… ἀναστὰς βάπτισαι ‘what are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized’ Ac 22:16.”

[22:16]  ⁹ tn Grk “getting up.” The participle ἀναστάς (anasta") is an adverbial participle of attendant circumstance and has been translated as a finite verb.

[22:16]  ¹⁰ sn The expression have your sins washed away means “have your sins purified” (the washing is figurative).

[22:16]  ¹¹ sn The expression calling on his name describes the confession of the believer: Acts 2:17-38, esp. v. 38; Rom 10:12-13; 1 Cor 1:2.