Kisah Para Rasul 8:22

8:22 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord ¹  that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart. ² 

Kisah Para Rasul 8:1

8:1 And Saul agreed completely with killing ³  him.

Saul Begins to Persecute the Church

Now on that day a great ⁴  persecution began ⁵  against the church in Jerusalem, ⁶  and all ⁷  except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions ⁸  of Judea and Samaria.

Titus 2:4

2:4 In this way ⁹  they will train ¹⁰  the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

[8:22]  ¹ tn Or “and implore the Lord.”

[8:22]  ² tn Grk “that if possible the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.” The passive construction is somewhat awkward in contemporary English and has thus been converted to an active construction in the translation.

[8:1]  ³ tn The term ἀναίρεσις (anairesi") can refer to murder (BDAG 64 s.v.; 2 Macc 5:13; Josephus, Ant. 5.2.12 [5.165]).

[8:1]  ⁴ tn Or “severe.”

[8:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “Now there happened on that day a great persecution.” It is less awkward to say in English “Now on that day a great persecution began.”

[8:1]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ⁷ sn All. Given that the Jerusalem church is still active after this and that the Hellenists are the focus of Acts 6-8, it is possible to argue that only the Hellenistic Christians were forced to scatter.

[8:1]  ⁸ tn Or “countryside.”

[2:4]  ⁹ tn Grk “that they may train” (continuing the sentence of 2:3).

[2:4]  ¹⁰ tn This verb, σωφρονίζω (swfronizw), denotes teaching in the sense of bringing people to their senses, showing what sound thinking is.