Kisah Para Rasul 19:8

Paul Continues to Minister at Ephesus

19:8 So Paul ¹  entered ²  the synagogue ³  and spoke out fearlessly ⁴  for three months, addressing ⁵  and convincing ⁶  them about the kingdom of God. ⁷ 

Kisah Para Rasul 22:11

22:11 Since I could not see because of ⁸  the brilliance ⁹  of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of ¹⁰  those who were with me.

Kisah Para Rasul 23:16

23:16 But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, ¹¹  he came and entered ¹²  the barracks ¹³  and told Paul.

[19:8]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:8]  ² tn Grk “So entering the synagogue, he spoke out fearlessly.” The participle εἰσελθών (eiselqwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[19:8]  ³ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

[19:8]  ⁴ tn Or “boldly.”

[19:8]  ⁵ tn Although the word διελέξατο (dielexato; from διαλέγομαι, dialegomai) is frequently translated “reasoned,” “disputed,” or “argued,” this sense comes from its classical meaning where it was used of philosophical disputation, including the Socratic method of questions and answers. However, there does not seem to be contextual evidence for this kind of debate in Acts 19:8. As G. Schrenk (TDNT 2:94-95) points out, “What is at issue is the address which any qualified member of a synagogue might give.” Other examples of this may be found in the NT in Matt 4:23 and Mark 1:21.

[19:8]  ⁶ tn Or “addressing them persuasively.” The two participles διαλεγόμενος and πείθων (dialegomeno" and peiqwn) can be understood as a hendiadys (so NIV, NRSV), thus, “addressing them persuasively.”

[19:8]  ⁷ sn To talk about Jesus as the Christ who has come is to talk about the kingdom of God. This is yet another summary of the message like that in 18:28.

[22:11]  ⁸ tn BDAG 106 s.v. ἀπό 5.a has “οὐκ ἐνέβλεπον ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τοῦ φωτός I could not see because of the brilliance of the light Ac 22:11.”

[22:11]  ⁹ tn Or “brightness”; Grk “glory.”

[22:11]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “by” (ὑπό, Jupo), but this would be too awkward in English following the previous “by.”

[23:16]  ¹¹ tn Or “plot” (BDAG 334 s.v. ἐνέδρα).

[23:16]  ¹² tn Grk “coming and entering…, he told.” The participles παραγενόμενος (paragenomeno") and εἰσελθών (eiselqwn) have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:16]  ¹³ tn Or “the headquarters.” BDAG 775 s.v. παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Roman troops in Jerusalem Ac 21:34, 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.”