Kisah Para Rasul 4:21

4:21 After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising ¹  God for what had happened.

Kisah Para Rasul 15:2

15:2 When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate ²  with them, the church ³  appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with ⁴  the apostles and elders in Jerusalem ⁵  about this point of disagreement. ⁶ 

Kisah Para Rasul 23:9

23:9 There was a great commotion, ⁷  and some experts in the law ⁸  from the party of the Pharisees stood up ⁹  and protested strongly, ¹⁰  “We find nothing wrong ¹¹  with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

[4:21]  ¹ tn Or “glorifying.”

[15:2]  ² tn Grk “no little argument and debate” (an idiom).

[15:2]  ³ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the church, or the rest of the believers at Antioch) has been specified to avoid confusion with the Judaizers mentioned in the preceding clause.

[15:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “go up to,” but in this context a meeting is implied.

[15:2]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:2]  ⁶ tn Or “point of controversy.” It is unclear whether this event parallels Gal 2:1-10 or that Gal 2 fits with Acts 11:30. More than likely Gal 2:1-10 is to be related to Acts 11:30.

[23:9]  ⁷ tn Or “clamor” (cf. BDAG 565 s.v. κραυγή 1.a, which has “there arose a loud outcry” here, and Exod 12:30).

[23:9]  ⁸ tn Or “and some scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 4:5.

[23:9]  ⁹ tn Grk “standing up.” The participle ἀναστάντες (anastante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:9]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “protested strongly, saying.” L&N 39.27 has “διαμάχομαι: to fight or contend with, involving severity and thoroughness – ‘to protest strongly, to contend with.’…‘some scribes from the party of the Pharisees protested strongly’ Ac 23:9.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant and has not been translated.

[23:9]  ¹¹ sn “We find nothing wrong with this man.” Here is another declaration of innocence. These leaders recognized the possibility that Paul might have the right to make his claim.