Kisah Para Rasul 20:23
Konteks20:23 except 1 that the Holy Spirit warns 2 me in town after town 3 that 4 imprisonment 5 and persecutions 6 are waiting for me.
Kisah Para Rasul 16:26
Konteks16:26 Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds 7 of all the prisoners came loose.
[20:23] 1 tn BDAG 826 s.v. πλήν 1.d has “πλὴν ὅτι except that…Ac 20:23.”
[20:23] 2 tn The verb διαμαρτύρομαι (diamarturomai) can mean “warn” (BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 2 has “solemnly urge, exhort, warn…w. dat. of pers. addressed”), and this meaning better fits the context here, although BDAG categorizes Acts 20:23 under the meaning “testify of, bear witness to” (s.v. 1).
[20:23] 3 tn The Greek text here reads κατὰ πόλιν (kata polin).
[20:23] 4 tn Grk “saying that,” but the participle λέγον (legon) is redundant in English and has not been translated.
[20:23] 6 tn Or “troubles,” “suffering.” See Acts 19:21; 21:4, 11.
[16:26] 7 tn Or perhaps, “chains.” The translation of τὰ δεσμά (ta desma) is to some extent affected by the understanding of ξύλον (xulon, “stocks”) in v. 24. It is possible (as mentioned in L&N 18.12) that this does not mean “stocks” but a block of wood (a log or wooden column) in the prison to which prisoners’ feet were chained or tied.