Kisah Para Rasul 5:13

5:13 None of the rest dared to join them, ¹  but the people held them in high honor. ² 

Kisah Para Rasul 20:2

20:2 After he had gone through those regions ³  and spoken many words of encouragement ⁴  to the believers there, ⁵  he came to Greece, ⁶ 

Kisah Para Rasul 24:9

24:9 The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, ⁷  claiming ⁸  that these things were true.

[5:13]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Or “the people thought very highly of them.”

[20:2]  ³ tn BDAG 633 s.v. μέρος 1.b.γ gives the meanings “the parts (of a geographical area), region, district,” but the use of “district” in this context probably implies too much specificity.

[20:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “and encouraging them with many words.” The participle παρακαλέσας (parakalesa", “encouraging”) has been translated by the phrase “spoken…words of encouragement” because the formal equivalent is awkward in contemporary English.

[20:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “[to] them”; the referent (the believers there) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ⁶ tn In popular usage the term translated “Greece” here could also refer to the Roman province officially known as Achaia (BDAG 318 s.v. ῾Ελλάς).

[24:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “joined in the attack,” but the adjective “verbal” has been supplied to clarify that this was not another physical assault on Paul. The verb is another NT hapax legomenon (BDAG 969 s.v. συνεπιτίθημι).

[24:9]  ⁸ tn Or “asserting” (BDAG 1050 s.v. φάσκω).