Kisah Para Rasul 18:15

18:15 but since it concerns points of disagreement ¹  about words and names and your own law, settle ²  it yourselves. I will not be ³  a judge of these things!”

Kisah Para Rasul 18:1

Paul at Corinth

18:1 After this ⁴  Paul ⁵  departed from ⁶  Athens ⁷  and went to Corinth. ⁸ 

1 Samuel 2:25

2:25 If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the Lord, who then will intercede for him?” But Eli’s sons ⁹  would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided ¹⁰  to kill them.

Lukas 12:14

12:14 But Jesus ¹¹  said to him, “Man, ¹²  who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?” ¹³ 

Lukas 18:2

18:2 He said, ¹⁴  “In a certain city ¹⁵  there was a judge ¹⁶  who neither feared God nor respected people. ¹⁷ 

¹ tn Or “dispute.”

² tn Grk “see to it” (an idiom).

³ tn Or “I am not willing to be.” Gallio would not adjudicate their religious dispute.

⁴ tn Grk “After these things.”

⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Or “Paul left.”

⁷ map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

⁸ sn Corinth was the capital city of the senatorial province of Achaia and the seat of the Roman proconsul. It was located 55 mi (88 km) west of Athens. Corinth was a major rival to Athens and was the largest city in Greece at the time.

map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Eli’s sons) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “desired.”

¹¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn This term of address can be harsh or gentle depending on the context (BDAG 82 s.v. ἄνθρωπος 8). Here it is a rebuke.

¹³ tn The pronoun ὑμᾶς (Jumas) is plural, referring to both the man and his brother; thus the translation “you two.”

¹⁴ tn Grk “lose heart, saying.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronominal subject “He.”

¹⁵ tn Or “town.”

¹⁶ sn The judge here is apparently portrayed as a civil judge who often handled financial cases.

¹⁷ tn Grk “man,” but the singular ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic in comparison to God.