Kisah Para Rasul 13:24

13:24 Before ¹  Jesus ²  arrived, John ³  had proclaimed a baptism for repentance ⁴  to all the people of Israel.

Kisah Para Rasul 17:30

17:30 Therefore, although God has overlooked ⁵  such times of ignorance, ⁶  he now commands all people ⁷  everywhere to repent, ⁸ 

Kisah Para Rasul 18:9

18:9 The Lord said to Paul by a vision ⁹  in the night, ¹⁰  “Do not be afraid, ¹¹  but speak and do not be silent,

[13:24]  ¹ tn Grk “John having already proclaimed before his coming a baptism…,” a genitive absolute construction which is awkward in English. A new sentence was begun in the translation at this point.

[13:24]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the context for clarity, since God is mentioned in the preceding context and John the Baptist in the following clause.

[13:24]  ³ sn John refers here to John the Baptist.

[13:24]  ⁴ tn Grk “a baptism of repentance”; the genitive has been translated as a genitive of purpose.

[17:30]  ⁵ tn Or “has deliberately paid no attention to.”

[17:30]  ⁶ tn Or “times when people did not know.”

[17:30]  ⁷ tn Here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).

[17:30]  ⁸ sn He now commands all people everywhere to repent. God was now asking all mankind to turn to him. No nation or race was excluded.

[18:9]  ⁹ sn Frequently in Acts such a vision will tell the reader where events are headed. See Acts 10:9-16 and 16:9-10 for other accounts of visions.

[18:9]  ¹⁰ tn BDAG 682 s.v. νύξ 1.c has “W. prep. ἐν ν. at night, in the night…Ac 18:9.”

[18:9]  ¹¹ tn The present imperative here (with negation) is used (as it normally is) of a general condition (BDF §335).