Kisah Para Rasul 2:26

2:26 Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced;

my body ¹  also will live in hope,

Kisah Para Rasul 12:21

12:21 On a day determined in advance, Herod ²  put on his royal robes, ³  sat down on the judgment seat, ⁴  and made a speech ⁵  to them.

[2:26]  ¹ tn Grk “my flesh.”

[12:21]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Herod) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:21]  sn Herod was Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod I (Herod the Great).

[12:21]  ³ tn Or “apparel.” On Herod’s robes see Josephus, Ant. 19.8.2 (19.344), summarized in the note at the end of v. 23.

[12:21]  ⁴ tn Although BDAG 175 s.v. βῆμα 3 gives the meaning “speaker’s platform” for this verse, and a number of modern translations use similar terms (“rostrum,” NASB; “platform,” NRSV), since the bema was a standard feature in Greco-Roman cities of the time, there is no need for an alternative translation here.

[12:21]  sn The judgment seat (βῆμα, bhma) was a raised platform mounted by steps and sometimes furnished with a seat, used by officials in addressing an assembly or making pronouncements, often on judicial matters. The judgment seat was a familiar item in Greco-Roman culture, often located in the agora, the public square or marketplace in the center of a city.

[12:21]  ⁵ tn Or “delivered a public address.”