Kisah Para Rasul 7:19

7:19 This was the one who exploited ¹  our people ²  and was cruel to our ancestors, ³  forcing them to abandon ⁴  their infants so they would die. ⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 13:31

13:31 and ⁶  for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied ⁷  him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These ⁸  are now his witnesses to the people.

Kisah Para Rasul 19:8

Paul Continues to Minister at Ephesus

19:8 So Paul ⁹  entered ¹⁰  the synagogue ¹¹  and spoke out fearlessly ¹²  for three months, addressing ¹³  and convincing ¹⁴  them about the kingdom of God. ¹⁵ 

[7:19]  ¹ tn According to L&N 88.147 it is also possible to translate κατασοφισάμενος (katasofisameno") as “took advantage by clever words” or “persuaded by sweet talk.”

[7:19]  ² tn Or “race.”

[7:19]  ³ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[7:19]  ⁴ tn Or “expose” (BDAG 303 s.v. ἔκθετος).

[7:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “so that they could not be kept alive,” but in this context the phrase may be translated either “so that they would not continue to live,” or “so that they would die” (L&N 23.89).

[13:31]  ⁶ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun (“who”) was replaced by the conjunction “and” and the pronoun “he” at this point to improve the English style.

[13:31]  ⁷ sn Those who had accompanied him refers to the disciples, who knew Jesus in ministry. Luke is aware of resurrection appearances in Galilee though he did not relate any of them in Luke 24.

[13:31]  ⁸ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun (“who”) was replaced by the demonstrative pronoun “these” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek and the awkwardness of two relative clauses (“who for many days appeared” and “who are now his witnesses”) following one another.

[19:8]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:8]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “So entering the synagogue, he spoke out fearlessly.” The participle εἰσελθών (eiselqwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[19:8]  ¹¹ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

[19:8]  ¹² tn Or “boldly.”

[19:8]  ¹³ tn Although the word διελέξατο (dielexato; from διαλέγομαι, dialegomai) is frequently translated “reasoned,” “disputed,” or “argued,” this sense comes from its classical meaning where it was used of philosophical disputation, including the Socratic method of questions and answers. However, there does not seem to be contextual evidence for this kind of debate in Acts 19:8. As G. Schrenk (TDNT 2:94-95) points out, “What is at issue is the address which any qualified member of a synagogue might give.” Other examples of this may be found in the NT in Matt 4:23 and Mark 1:21.

[19:8]  ¹⁴ tn Or “addressing them persuasively.” The two participles διαλεγόμενος and πείθων (dialegomeno" and peiqwn) can be understood as a hendiadys (so NIV, NRSV), thus, “addressing them persuasively.”

[19:8]  ¹⁵ sn To talk about Jesus as the Christ who has come is to talk about the kingdom of God. This is yet another summary of the message like that in 18:28.