Kisah Para Rasul 7:44

7:44 Our ancestors ¹  had the tabernacle ²  of testimony in the wilderness, ³  just as God ⁴  who spoke to Moses ordered him ⁵  to make it according to the design he had seen.

Kisah Para Rasul 24:22

24:22 Then Felix, ⁶  who understood the facts ⁷  concerning the Way ⁸  more accurately, ⁹  adjourned their hearing, ¹⁰  saying, “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.” ¹¹ 

[7:44]  ¹ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[7:44]  ² tn Or “tent.”

[7:44]  sn The tabernacle was the tent used to house the ark of the covenant before the construction of Solomon’s temple. This is where God was believed to reside, yet the people were still unfaithful.

[7:44]  ³ tn Or “desert.”

[7:44]  ⁴ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:44]  ⁵ tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[24:22]  ⁶ sn See the note on Antonius Felix in 23:24.

[24:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “the things.”

[24:22]  ⁸ tn That is, concerning Christianity.

[24:22]  ⁹ tn BDAG 39 s.v. ἀκριβῶς has “Comp. ἀκριβέστερον more exactly…ἀ. ἐκτίθεσθαι explain more exactly Ac 18:26, cp. 23:15, 20; also more accurately…24:22.” Felix knew more about the Christian movement than what the Jewish leaders had told him.

[24:22]  ¹⁰ tn L&N 56.18 s.v. ἀναβάλλω has “to adjourn a court proceeding until a later time – ‘to adjourn a hearing, to stop a hearing and put it off until later.’…‘then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned their hearing’ Ac 24:22.”

[24:22]  ¹¹ tn BDAG 227 s.v. διαγινώσκω 2 states, “to make a judicial decision, decide/hear (a case)…τὰ καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς decide your case Ac 24:22.”