Kisah Para Rasul 8:14
Konteks8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem 1 heard that Samaria had accepted the word 2 of God, they sent 3 Peter and John to them.
Kisah Para Rasul 11:1
Konteks11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted 4 the word of God. 5
Kisah Para Rasul 17:11
Konteks17:11 These Jews 6 were more open-minded 7 than those in Thessalonica, 8 for they eagerly 9 received 10 the message, examining 11 the scriptures carefully every day 12 to see if these things were so.
[8:14] 1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[8:14] 3 sn They sent. The Jerusalem church with the apostles was overseeing the expansion of the church, as the distribution of the Spirit indicates in vv. 15-17.
[11:1] 4 tn See BDAG 221 s.v. δέχομαι 5 for this translation of ἐδέξαντο (edexanto) here.
[11:1] 5 tn Here the phrase “word of God” is another way to describe the gospel (note the preceding verb ἐδέξαντο, edexanto, “accepted”). The phrase could also be translated “the word [message] from God.”
[17:11] 6 tn Grk “These”; the referent (the Jews in the synagogue at Berea) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[17:11] 7 tn Or “more willing to learn.” L&N 27.48 and BDAG 404 s.v. εὐγενής 2 both use the term “open-minded” here. The point is that they were more receptive to Paul’s message.
[17:11] 8 sn Thessalonica was a city in Macedonia (modern Salonica).
[17:11] map For location see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.
[17:11] 9 tn Or “willingly,” “readily”; Grk “with all eagerness.”
[17:11] 10 tn Grk “who received.” Here the relative pronoun (“who”) has been translated as a pronoun (“they”) preceded by a semicolon, which is less awkward in contemporary English than a relative clause at this point.
[17:11] 11 tn This verb (BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνακρίνω 1) refers to careful examination.
[17:11] 12 tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase in this verse.
