Kisah Para Rasul 13:8

13:8 But the magician Elymas ¹  (for that is the way his name is translated) ²  opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul ³  away from the faith.

Kisah Para Rasul 14:9

14:9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul ⁴  stared ⁵  intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,

Kisah Para Rasul 14:22

14:22 They strengthened ⁶  the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue ⁷  in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom ⁸  of God through many persecutions.” ⁹ 

Kisah Para Rasul 14:27

14:27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported ¹⁰  all the things God ¹¹  had done with them, and that he had opened a door ¹²  of faith for the Gentiles.

[13:8]  ¹ tn On the debate over what the name “Elymas” means, see BDAG 320 s.v. ᾿Ελύμας. The magician’s behavior is more directly opposed to the faith than Simon Magus’ was.

[13:8]  ² sn A parenthetical note by the author.

[13:8]  ³ sn The proconsul was the Roman official who ruled over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate.

[14:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “speaking, who.” The relative pronoun has been replaced by the noun “Paul,” and a new sentence begun in the translation because an English relative clause would be very awkward here.

[14:9]  ⁵ tn Or “looked.”

[14:22]  ⁶ tn Grk “to Antioch, strengthening.” Due to the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here. This participle (ἐπιστηρίζοντες, episthrizonte") and the following one (παρακαλοῦντες, parakalounte") have been translated as finite verbs connected by the coordinating conjunction “and.”

[14:22]  ⁷ sn And encouraged them to continue. The exhortations are like those noted in Acts 11:23; 13:43. An example of such a speech is found in Acts 20:18-35. Christianity is now characterized as “the faith.”

[14:22]  ⁸ sn This reference to the kingdom of God clearly refers to its future arrival.

[14:22]  ⁹ tn Or “sufferings.”

[14:27]  ¹⁰ tn Or “announced.”

[14:27]  ¹¹ sn Note that God is the subject of the activity. The outcome of this mission is seen as a confirmation of the mission to the Gentiles.

[14:27]  ¹² sn On the image of opening, or of the door, see 1 Cor 16:9; 2 Cor 2:12; Col 4:3.