Kisah Para Rasul 15:8
Konteks15:8 And God, who knows the heart, 1 has testified 2 to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, 3
Kisah Para Rasul 26:31
Konteks26:31 and as they were leaving they said to one another, 4 “This man is not doing anything deserving 5 death or imprisonment.”
[15:8] 1 sn The expression who knows the heart means “who knows what people think.”
[15:8] 2 tn Or “has borne witness.”
[15:8] 3 sn By giving them…just as he did to us. The allusion is to the events of Acts 10-11, esp. 10:44-48 and Peter’s remarks in 11:15-18.
[26:31] 4 tn Grk “they spoke to one another saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.
[26:31] 5 tn BDAG 93 s.v. ἄξιος 1.b has “θανάτου ἢ δεσμῶν ἄ. nothing deserving death or imprisonment 23:29; 26:31.”
[26:31] sn Not doing anything deserving death… Here is yet another declaration of Paul’s innocence, but still no release. The portrayal shows how unjust Paul’s confinement was.