Kisah Para Rasul 17:16

Paul at Athens

17:16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, ¹  his spirit was greatly upset ²  because he saw ³  the city was full of idols.

Kisah Para Rasul 18:25

18:25 He had been instructed in ⁴  the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm ⁵  he spoke and taught accurately the facts ⁶  about Jesus, although he knew ⁷  only the baptism of John.

Kisah Para Rasul 19:21

A Riot in Ephesus

19:21 Now after all these things had taken place, ⁸  Paul resolved ⁹  to go to Jerusalem, ¹⁰  passing through Macedonia ¹¹  and Achaia. ¹²  He said, ¹³  “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.” ¹⁴ 

[17:16]  ¹ map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[17:16]  ² tn Grk “greatly upset within him,” but the words “within him” were not included in the translation because they are redundant in English. See L&N 88.189. The term could also be rendered “infuriated.”

[17:16]  sn His spirit was greatly upset. See Rom 1:18-32 for Paul’s feelings about idolatry. Yet he addressed both Jews and Gentiles with tact and reserve.

[17:16]  ³ tn Or “when he saw.” The participle θεωροῦντος (qewrounto") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle; it could also be translated as temporal.

[18:25]  ⁴ tn Or “had been taught.”

[18:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “and boiling in spirit” (an idiom for great eagerness or enthusiasm; BDAG 426 s.v. ζέω).

[18:25]  ⁶ tn Grk “the things.”

[18:25]  ⁷ tn Grk “knowing”; the participle ἐπιστάμενος (epistameno") has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

[19:21]  ⁸ tn Grk “all these things had been fulfilled.”

[19:21]  ⁹ tn Grk “Paul purposed in [his] spirit” (an idiom). According to BDAG 1003 s.v. τίθημι 1.b.ε the entire idiom means “to resolve” (or “decide”): “ἔθετο ὁ Παῦλος ἐν τῷ πνεύματι w. inf. foll. Paul resolved 19:21.”

[19:21]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:21]  ¹¹ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[19:21]  ¹² sn Achaia was the Roman province of Achaia located across the Aegean Sea from Ephesus. Its principal city was Corinth.

[19:21]  ¹³ tn Grk “Achaia, saying.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the awkwardness in English of having two participial clauses following one another (“passing through…saying”), the participle εἰπών (eipwn) has been translated as a finite verb and a new sentence begun here in the translation.

[19:21]  ¹⁴ sn This is the first time Paul mentions Rome. He realized the message of Christianity could impact that society even at its heights.

[19:21]  map For location see JP4 A1.