Kisah Para Rasul 1:3

1:3 To the same apostles ¹  also, after his suffering, ²  he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period ³  and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.

Kisah Para Rasul 25:26

25:26 But I have nothing definite ⁴  to write to my lord ⁵  about him. ⁶  Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, ⁷  so that after this preliminary hearing ⁸  I may have something to write.

Kisah Para Rasul 28:6

28:6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up ⁹  or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited ¹⁰  a long time and had seen ¹¹  nothing unusual happen ¹²  to him, they changed their minds ¹³  and said he was a god. ¹⁴ 

[1:3]  ¹ tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the apostles) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:3]  ² sn After his suffering is a reference to Jesus’ crucifixion and the abuse which preceded it.

[1:3]  ³ tn Grk “during forty days.” The phrase “over a forty-day period” is used rather than “during forty days” because (as the other NT accounts of Jesus’ appearances make clear) Jesus was not continually visible to the apostles during the forty days, but appeared to them on various occasions.

[25:26]  ⁴ sn There is irony here. How can Festus write anything definite about Paul, if he is guilty of nothing.

[25:26]  ⁵ sn To my lord means “to His Majesty the Emperor.”

[25:26]  ⁶ tn Grk “about whom I have nothing definite…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“whom”) was replaced with a personal pronoun (“him”) and a new sentence begun in the translation at the beginning of v. 26.

[25:26]  ⁷ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[25:26]  ⁸ tn Or “investigation.” BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνάκρισις has “a judicial hearing, investigation, hearing, esp. preliminary hearing…τῆς ἀ. γενομένης Ac 25:26.” This is technical legal language.

[28:6]  ⁹ tn Or “going to burn with fever.” According to BDAG 814 s.v. πίμπρημι, either meaning (“swell up” or “burn with fever”) is possible for Acts 28:6.

[28:6]  ¹⁰ tn The participle προσδοκώντων (prosdokwntwn) has been taken temporally.

[28:6]  ¹¹ tn The participle θεωρούντων (qewrountwn) has been taken temporally.

[28:6]  ¹² tn Grk “happening.” The participle γινόμενον (ginomenon) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[28:6]  ¹³ tn Grk “changing their minds.” The participle μεταβαλόμενοι (metabalomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[28:6]  ¹⁴ sn And said he was a god. The reaction is like Acts 14:11-19 where the crowd wanted to make Paul and Barnabas into gods. The providence of God had protected Paul again.