Kisah Para Rasul 19:14

19:14 (Now seven sons of a man named ¹  Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.) ² 

Kisah Para Rasul 19:18

19:18 Many of those who had believed came forward, ³  confessing and making their deeds known. ⁴ 

[19:14]  ¹ tn Grk “a certain Sceva.”

[19:14]  ² sn Within the sequence of the narrative, this amounts to a parenthetical note by the author.

[19:18]  ³ tn Grk “came”; the word “forward” is supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning and to conform to the contemporary English idiom.

[19:18]  ⁴ tn Or “confessing and disclosing their deeds.” BDAG 59 s.v. ἀναγγέλλω 2 has “W. ἐξομολογεῖσθαι: ἀ. τὰς πράξεις αὐτο'ν make their deeds known Ac 19:18.”

[19:18]  sn Making their deeds known. Ephesus was a major pagan religious center with much syncretistic “magical” practice. Coming to Jesus changed the lives and attitudes of these believers, creating a social impact.