Kisah Para Rasul 7:23

7:23 But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind ¹  to visit his fellow countrymen ²  the Israelites. ³ 

Kisah Para Rasul 7:25

7:25 He thought his own people ⁴  would understand that God was delivering them ⁵  through him, ⁶  but they did not understand. ⁷ 

Kisah Para Rasul 9:29

9:29 He was speaking and debating ⁸  with the Greek-speaking Jews, ⁹  but they were trying to kill him.

Kisah Para Rasul 21:31

21:31 While they were trying ¹⁰  to kill him, a report ¹¹  was sent up ¹²  to the commanding officer ¹³  of the cohort ¹⁴  that all Jerusalem was in confusion. ¹⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 25:13

Festus Asks King Agrippa for Advice

25:13 After several days had passed, King Agrippa ¹⁶  and Bernice arrived at Caesarea ¹⁷  to pay their respects ¹⁸  to Festus. ¹⁹ 

Kisah Para Rasul 28:22

28:22 But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know ²⁰  that people ²¹  everywhere speak against ²²  it.”

[7:23]  ¹ tn Grk “heart.”

[7:23]  ² tn Grk “brothers.” The translation “compatriot” is given by BDAG 18-19 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.b.

[7:23]  ³ tn Grk “the sons of Israel.”

[7:25]  ⁴ tn Grk “his brothers.”

[7:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “was granting them deliverance.” The narrator explains that this act pictured what Moses could do for his people.

[7:25]  ⁶ tn Grk “by his hand,” where the hand is a metaphor for the entire person.

[7:25]  ⁷ sn They did not understand. Here is the theme of the speech. The people did not understand what God was doing through those he chose. They made the same mistake with Joseph at first. See Acts 3:17; 13:27. There is good precedent for this kind of challenging review of history in the ancient scriptures: Ps 106:6-46; Ezek 20; and Neh 9:6-38.

[9:29]  ⁸ tn Or “arguing.” BDAG 954 s.v. συζητέω 2 gives “dispute, debate, argue…τινί ‘w. someone’” for συνεζήτει (sunezhtei).

[9:29]  ⁹ tn Grk “the Hellenists,” but this descriptive term is largely unknown to the modern English reader. The translation “Greek-speaking Jews” attempts to convey something of who these were, but it was more than a matter of language spoken; it involved a degree of adoption of Greek culture as well.

[21:31]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “seeking.”

[21:31]  ¹¹ tn Or “information” (originally concerning a crime; BDAG 1050 s.v. φάσις).

[21:31]  ¹² tn Grk “went up”; this verb is used because the report went up to the Antonia Fortress where the Roman garrison was stationed.

[21:31]  ¹³ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). In Greek the term χιλίαρχος (ciliarco") literally described the “commander of a thousand,” but it was used as the standard translation for the Latin tribunus militum or tribunus militare, the military tribune who commanded a cohort of 600 men.

[21:31]  ¹⁴ sn A cohort was a Roman military unit of about 600 soldiers, one-tenth of a legion.

[21:31]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 953 s.v. συγχέω has “Pass. w. act.force be in confusion…ὅλη συγχύννεται ᾿Ιερουσαλήμ 21:31.”

[25:13]  ¹⁶ sn King Agrippa was Herod Agrippa II (a.d. 27-92/93), son of Herod Agrippa I (see Acts 12:1). He ruled over parts of Palestine from a.d. 53 until his death. His sister Bernice was widowed when her second husband, Herod King of Chalcis, died in a.d. 48. From then she lived with her brother. In an attempt to quiet rumors of an incestuous relationship between them, she resolved to marry Polemo of Cilicia, but she soon left him and returned to Herod Agrippa II. Their incestuous relationship became the gossip of Rome according to Josephus (Ant. 20.7.3 [20.145-147]). The visit of Agrippa and Bernice gave Festus the opportunity to get some internal Jewish advice. Herod Agrippa II was a trusted adviser because he was known to be very loyal to Rome (Josephus, J. W. 2.16.4 [2.345-401]).

[25:13]  ¹⁷ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.

[25:13]  map For location see Map2 C1; Map4 B3; Map5 F2; Map7 A1; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[25:13]  ¹⁸ tn BDAG 144 s.v. ἀσπάζομαι 1.b states, “Of official visits pay one’s respects to…Ac 25:13.”

[25:13]  ¹⁹ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[28:22]  ²⁰ tn Grk “regarding this sect it is known to us.” The passive construction “it is known to us” has been converted to an active one to simplify the translation.

[28:22]  ²¹ tn Grk “that everywhere it is spoken against.” To simplify the translation the passive construction “it is spoken against” has been converted to an active one with the subject “people” supplied.

[28:22]  ²² tn On the term translated “speak against,” see BDAG 89 s.v. ἀντιλέγω 1.