Kisah Para Rasul 5:12

The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders

5:12 Now many miraculous signs ¹  and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By ²  common consent ³  they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico. ⁴ 

Kisah Para Rasul 12:12

12:12 When Peter ⁵  realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, ⁶  where many people had gathered together and were praying.

Kisah Para Rasul 17:19

17:19 So they took Paul and ⁷  brought him to the Areopagus, ⁸  saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

Kisah Para Rasul 18:8

18:8 Crispus, the president of the synagogue, ⁹  believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it ¹⁰  believed and were baptized.

[5:12]  ¹ tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context.

[5:12]  ² tn Grk “And by.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[5:12]  ³ tn Or “With one mind.”

[5:12]  ⁴ tn Or “colonnade”; Grk “stoa.”

[5:12]  sn Solomon’s Portico was a covered walkway formed by rows of columns supporting a roof and open on the inner side facing the center of the temple complex. Located beside the Court of the Gentiles, it was a very public area.

[12:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “John who was also called Mark.”

[12:12]  sn John Mark becomes a key figure in Acts 12:25; 13:5, 13; 15:37-39.

[17:19]  ⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:19]  ⁸ tn Or “to the council of the Areopagus.” See also the term in v. 22.

[17:19]  sn The Areopagus has been traditionally understood as reference to a rocky hill near the Acropolis in Athens, although this place may well have been located in the marketplace at the foot of the hill (L&N 93.412; BDAG 129 s.v. ῎Αρειος πάγος). This term does not refer so much to the place, however, as to the advisory council of Athens known as the Areopagus, which dealt with ethical, cultural, and religious matters, including the supervision of education and controlling the many visiting lecturers. Thus it could be translated the council of the Areopagus. See also the term in v. 22.

[18:8]  ⁹ tn That is, “the official in charge of the synagogue”; ἀρχισυνάγωγος (arcisunagwgo") refers to the “leader/president of a synagogue” (so BDAG 139 s.v. and L&N 53.93).

[18:8]  ¹⁰ tn Or “who heard him,” or “who heard Paul.” The ambiguity here results from the tendency of Greek to omit direct objects, which must be supplied from the context. The problem is that no less than three different ones may be supplied here: (1) “him,” referring to Crispus, but this is not likely because there is no indication in the context that Crispus began to speak out about the Lord; this is certainly possible and even likely, but more than the text here affirms; (2) “Paul,” who had been speaking in the synagogue and presumably, now that he had moved to Titius Justus’ house, continued speaking to the Gentiles; or (3) “about it,” that is, the Corinthians who heard about Crispus’ conversion became believers. In the immediate context this last is most probable, since the two incidents are juxtaposed. Other, less obvious direct objects could also be supplied, such as “heard the word of God,” “heard the word of the Lord,” etc., but none of these are obvious in the immediate context.