Kisah Para Rasul 1:1

Jesus Ascends to Heaven

1:1 I wrote ¹  the former ²  account, ³  Theophilus, ⁴  about all that Jesus began to do and teach

Kisah Para Rasul 5:13

5:13 None of the rest dared to join them, ⁵  but the people held them in high honor. ⁶ 

Kisah Para Rasul 7:21

7:21 and when he had been abandoned, ⁷  Pharaoh’s daughter adopted ⁸  him and brought him up ⁹  as her own son.

Kisah Para Rasul 13:12

13:12 Then when the proconsul ¹⁰  saw what had happened, he believed, ¹¹  because he was greatly astounded ¹²  at the teaching about ¹³  the Lord.

Kisah Para Rasul 16:7

16:7 When they came to ¹⁴  Mysia, ¹⁵  they attempted to go into Bithynia, ¹⁶  but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow ¹⁷  them to do this, ¹⁸ 

Kisah Para Rasul 21:23

21:23 So do what ¹⁹  we tell you: We have four men ²⁰  who have taken ²¹  a vow; ²² 

[1:1]  ¹ tn Or “produced,” Grk “made.”

[1:1]  ² tn Or “first.” The translation “former” is preferred because “first” could imply to the modern English reader that the author means that his previous account was the first one to be written down. The Greek term πρῶτος (prwtos) does not necessarily mean “first” in an absolute sense, but can refer to the first in a set or series. That is what is intended here – the first account (known as the Gospel of Luke) as compared to the second one (known as Acts).

[1:1]  ³ tn The Greek word λόγος (logos) is sometimes translated “book” (NRSV, NIV) or “treatise” (KJV). A formal, systematic treatment of a subject is implied, but the word “book” may be too specific and slightly misleading to the modern reader, so “account” has been used.

[1:1]  sn The former account refers to the Gospel of Luke, which was “volume one” of the two-volume work Luke-Acts.

[1:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “O Theophilus,” but the usage of the vocative in Acts with ὦ (w) is unemphatic, following more the classical idiom (see ExSyn 69).

[5:13]  ⁵ tn Or “to associate with them.” The group was beginning to have a controversial separate identity. People were cautious about joining them. The next verse suggests that the phrase “none of the rest” in this verse is rhetorical hyperbole.

[5:13]  ⁶ tn Or “the people thought very highly of them.”

[7:21]  ⁷ tn Or “exposed” (see v. 19).

[7:21]  ⁸ tn Grk “Pharaoh’s daughter took him up for herself.” According to BDAG 64 s.v. ἀναιρέω, “The pap. exx. involve exposed children taken up and reared as slaves…The rendering ‘adopt’ lacks philological precision and can be used only in a loose sense (as NRSV), esp. when Gr-Rom. terminology relating to adoption procedures is taken into account.” In this instance both the immediate context and the OT account (Exod 2:3-10) do support the normal sense of the English word “adopt,” although it should not be understood to refer to a technical, legal event.

[7:21]  ⁹ tn Or “and reared him” (BDAG 74 s.v. ἀνατρέφω b).

[13:12]  ¹⁰ sn See the note on proconsul in v. 8.

[13:12]  ¹¹ sn He believed. The faith of the proconsul in the face of Jewish opposition is a theme of the rest of Acts. Paul has indeed become “a light to the Gentiles” (Acts 13:47).

[13:12]  ¹² tn The translation “greatly astounded” for ἐκπλησσόμενος (ekplhssomeno") is given by L&N 25.219.

[13:12]  ¹³ tn Grk “of,” but this could give the impression the Lord himself had done the teaching (a subjective genitive) when actually the Lord was the object of the teaching (an objective genitive).

[16:7]  ¹⁴ tn BDAG 511 s.v. κατά B.1.b has “to Mysia” here.

[16:7]  ¹⁵ sn Mysia was a province in northwest Asia Minor.

[16:7]  ¹⁶ sn Bithynia was a province in northern Asia Minor northeast of Mysia.

[16:7]  ¹⁷ tn Or “permit”; see BDAG 269 s.v. ἐάω 1.

[16:7]  ¹⁸ tn The words “do this” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons, since English handles ellipses differently than Greek.

[21:23]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “do this that.”

[21:23]  ²⁰ tn Grk “There are four men here.”

[21:23]  ²¹ tn L&N 33.469 has “‘there are four men here who have taken a vow’ or ‘we have four men who…’ Ac 21:23.”

[21:23]  ²² tn On the term for “vow,” see BDAG 416 s.v. εὐχή 2.