Kisah Para Rasul 12:18

12:18 At daybreak ¹  there was great consternation ²  among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

Kisah Para Rasul 21:35

21:35 When he came to the steps, Paul ³  had to be carried ⁴  by the soldiers because of the violence ⁵  of the mob,

Kisah Para Rasul 23:31

23:31 So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, ⁶  took ⁷  Paul and brought him to Antipatris ⁸  during the night.

Kisah Para Rasul 27:42

27:42 Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners ⁹  so that none of them would escape by swimming away. ¹⁰ 

Kisah Para Rasul 28:16

28:16 When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live ¹¹  by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

[12:18]  ¹ tn BDAG 436 s.v. ἡμέρα 1.a has “day is breaking” for ἡμέρα γίνεται (Jhmera ginetai) in this verse.

[12:18]  ² tn Grk “no little consternation.” The translation given for τάραχος (taraco") in this verse by BDAG 991 s.v. τάραχος 1 is “mental agitation.” The situation indicated by the Greek word is described in L&N 25.243 as “a state of acute distress and great anxiety, with the additional possible implications of dismay and confusion – ‘great distress, extreme anxiety.’” The English word “consternation” is preferred here because it conveys precisely such a situation of anxiety mixed with fear. The reason for this anxiety is explained in the following verse.

[21:35]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:35]  ⁴ sn Paul had to be carried. Note how the arrest really ended up protecting Paul. The crowd is portrayed as irrational at this point.

[21:35]  ⁵ tn This refers to mob violence (BDAG 175 s.v. βία b).

[23:31]  ⁶ tn BDAG 237-38 s.v. διατάσσω 2 has “κατὰ τὸ δ. αὐτοῖς in accordance w. their orders…Ac 23:31.”

[23:31]  ⁷ tn Grk “taking.” The participle ἀναλαβόντες (analabonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:31]  ⁸ sn Antipatris was a city in Judea about 35 mi (55 km) northwest of Jerusalem (about halfway to Caesarea). It was mentioned several times by Josephus (Ant. 13.15.1 [13.390]; J. W. 1.4.7 [1.99]).

[27:42]  ⁹ sn The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners. The issue here was not cruelty, but that the soldiers would be legally responsible if any prisoners escaped and would suffer punishment themselves. So they were planning to do this as an act of self-preservation. See Acts 16:27 for a similar incident.

[27:42]  ¹⁰ tn The participle ἐκκολυμβήσας (ekkolumbhsa") has been taken instrumentally.

[28:16]  ¹¹ tn Or “to stay.”

[28:16]  sn Allowed to live by himself. Paul continued to have a generous prison arrangement (cf. Acts 27:3).