Kisah Para Rasul 20:13--21:17
Konteks20:13 We went on ahead 1 to the ship and put out to sea 2 for Assos, 3 intending 4 to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. 5 He 6 himself was intending 7 to go there by land. 8 20:14 When he met us in Assos, 9 we took him aboard 10 and went to Mitylene. 11 20:15 We set sail 12 from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. 13 The next day we approached 14 Samos, 15 and the day after that we arrived at Miletus. 16 20:16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus 17 so as not to spend time 18 in the province of Asia, 19 for he was hurrying 20 to arrive in Jerusalem, 21 if possible, 22 by the day of Pentecost. 20:17 From Miletus 23 he sent a message 24 to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him. 25
20:18 When they arrived, he said to them, “You yourselves know how I lived 26 the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot 27 in the province of Asia, 28 20:19 serving the Lord with all humility 29 and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots 30 of the Jews. 20:20 You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming 31 to you anything that would be helpful, 32 and from teaching you publicly 33 and from house to house, 20:21 testifying 34 to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. 35 20:22 And now, 36 compelled 37 by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem 38 without knowing what will happen to me there, 39 20:23 except 40 that the Holy Spirit warns 41 me in town after town 42 that 43 imprisonment 44 and persecutions 45 are waiting for me. 20:24 But I do not consider my life 46 worth anything 47 to myself, so that 48 I may finish my task 49 and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news 50 of God’s grace.
20:25 “And now 51 I know that none 52 of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom 53 will see me 54 again. 20:26 Therefore I declare 55 to you today that I am innocent 56 of the blood of you all. 57 20:27 For I did not hold back from 58 announcing 59 to you the whole purpose 60 of God. 20:28 Watch out for 61 yourselves and for all the flock of which 62 the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, 63 to shepherd the church of God 64 that he obtained 65 with the blood of his own Son. 66 20:29 I know that after I am gone 67 fierce wolves 68 will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 20:30 Even from among your own group 69 men 70 will arise, teaching perversions of the truth 71 to draw the disciples away after them. 20:31 Therefore be alert, 72 remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning 73 each one of you with tears. 20:32 And now I entrust 74 you to God and to the message 75 of his grace. This message 76 is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 20:33 I have desired 77 no one’s silver or gold or clothing. 20:34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine 78 provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me. 20:35 By all these things, 79 I have shown you that by working in this way we must help 80 the weak, 81 and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” 82
20:36 When 83 he had said these things, he knelt down 84 with them all and prayed. 20:37 They all began to weep loudly, 85 and hugged 86 Paul and kissed him, 87 20:38 especially saddened 88 by what 89 he had said, that they were not going to see him 90 again. Then they accompanied 91 him to the ship.
21:1 After 92 we 93 tore ourselves away 94 from them, we put out to sea, 95 and sailing a straight course, 96 we came to Cos, 97 on the next day to Rhodes, 98 and from there to Patara. 99 21:2 We found 100 a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, 101 went aboard, 102 and put out to sea. 103 21:3 After we sighted Cyprus 104 and left it behind on our port side, 105 we sailed on to Syria and put in 106 at Tyre, 107 because the ship was to unload its cargo there. 21:4 After we located 108 the disciples, we stayed there 109 seven days. They repeatedly told 110 Paul through the Spirit 111 not to set foot 112 in Jerusalem. 113 21:5 When 114 our time was over, 115 we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied 116 us outside of the city. After 117 kneeling down on the beach and praying, 118 21:6 we said farewell 119 to one another. 120 Then 121 we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes. 122 21:7 We continued the voyage from Tyre 123 and arrived at Ptolemais, 124 and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day. 21:8 On the next day we left 125 and came to Caesarea, 126 and entered 127 the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, 128 and stayed with him. 21:9 (He had four unmarried 129 daughters who prophesied.) 130
21:10 While we remained there for a number of days, 131 a prophet named Agabus 132 came down from Judea. 21:11 He came 133 to us, took 134 Paul’s belt, 135 tied 136 his own hands and feet with it, 137 and said, “The Holy Spirit says this: ‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over 138 to the Gentiles.’” 21:12 When we heard this, both we and the local people 139 begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. 21:13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking 140 my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, 141 but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” 21:14 Because he could not be persuaded, 142 we said no more except, 143 “The Lord’s will be done.” 144
21:15 After these days we got ready 145 and started up 146 to Jerusalem. 21:16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea 147 came along with us too, and brought us to the house 148 of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, 149 with whom we were to stay. 21:17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly. 150
[20:13] 1 tn Grk “going on ahead.” The participle προελθόντες (proelqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[20:13] 2 tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”
[20:13] 3 sn Assos was a city of Mysia about 24 mi (40 km) southeast of Troas.
[20:13] 4 tn BDAG 628 s.v. μέλλω 1.c.γ has “denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind…Ac 17:31; 20:3, 7, 13ab; 23:15; 26:2; 27:30.”
[20:13] 5 tn Or “for he told us to do this.” Grk “for having arranged it this way, he.” The participle διατεταγμένος (diatetagmeno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. BDAG 237 s.v. διατάσσω 1 has “οὕτως διατεταγμένος ἦν he had arranged it so Ac 20:13.” L&N 15.224 has “‘he told us to do this.”
[20:13] 6 tn A new sentence was begun here in the translation because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence; in Greek this is part of the preceding sentence beginning “We went on ahead.”
[20:13] 7 tn BDAG 628 s.v. μέλλω 1.c.γ has “denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind…Ac 17:31; 20:3, 7, 13ab; 23:15; 26:2; 27:30.”
[20:13] 8 tn Or “there on foot.”
[20:14] 9 sn Assos was a city of Mysia about 24 mi (40 km) southeast of Troas.
[20:14] 10 tn Grk “taking him aboard, we.” The participle ἀναλαβόντες (analabonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[20:14] 11 sn Mitylene was the most important city on the island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea. It was about 44 mi (70 km) from Assos.
[20:15] 12 tn Grk “setting sail from there.” The participle ἀποπλεύσαντες (apopleusante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[20:15] 13 tn Or “offshore from Chios.”
[20:15] sn Chios was an island in the Aegean Sea off the western coast of Asia Minor with a city of the same name.
[20:15] 14 tn Or “crossed over to,” “arrived at.” L&N 54.12 has “παραβάλλω: (a technical, nautical term) to sail up to or near – ‘to approach, to arrive at, to sail to.’ παρεβάλομεν εἰς Σάμον ‘we approached Samos’ or ‘we arrived at Samos’ Ac 20:15.”
[20:15] 15 sn Samos is an island in the Aegean Sea off the western coast of Asia Minor.
[20:15] 16 sn Miletus was a seaport on the western coast of Asia Minor about 40 mi (70 km) south of Ephesus. From Mitylene to Miletus was about 125 mi (200 km).
[20:16] 17 map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.
[20:16] 18 tn Grk “so that he might not have to spend time.” L&N 67.79 has “ὅπως μὴ γένηται αὐτῷ χρονοτριβῆσαι ἐν τῇ ᾿Ασίᾳ ‘so as not to spend any time in the province of Asia’ Ac 20:16.”
[20:16] 19 tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.
[20:16] 21 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[20:16] 22 tn Grk “if it could be to him” (an idiom).
[20:17] 23 sn Miletus was a seaport on the western coast of Asia Minor about 45 mi (72 km) south of Ephesus.
[20:17] 24 tn The words “a message” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.
[20:17] 25 tn The words “to him” are not in the Greek text but are implied. L&N 33.311 has for the verb μετακαλέομαι (metakaleomai) “to summon someone, with considerable insistence and authority – ‘to summon, to tell to come.’”
[20:18] 26 tn Grk “You yourselves know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time.” This could be understood to mean “how I stayed with you the whole time,” but the following verses make it clear that Paul’s lifestyle while with the Ephesians is in view here. Thus the translation “how I lived the whole time I was with you” makes this clear.
[20:18] 27 tn Or “I arrived.” BDAG 367 s.v. ἐπιβαίνω 2, “set foot in…εἰς τ. ᾿Ασίαν set foot in Asia Ac 20:18.” However, L&N 15.83 removes the idiom: “you know that since the first day that I came to Asia.”
[20:18] 28 tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 16.
[20:19] 29 sn On humility see 2 Cor 10:1; 11:7; 1 Thess 2:6; Col 3:12; Eph 4:2; Phil 2:3-11.
[20:19] 30 sn These plots are mentioned in Acts 9:24; 20:13.
[20:20] 32 tn Or “profitable.” BDAG 960 s.v. συμφέρω 2.b.α has “τὰ συμφέροντα what advances your best interests or what is good for you Ac 20:20,” but the broader meaning (s.v. 2, “to be advantageous, help, confer a benefit, be profitable/useful”) is equally possible in this context.
[20:21] 34 tn BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 1 has “testify of, bear witness to (orig. under oath)…of repentance to Judeans and Hellenes Ac 20:21.”
[20:21] 35 tc Several
[20:21] sn Repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. Note the twofold description of the message. It is a turning to God involving faith in Jesus Christ.
[20:22] 36 tn Grk “And now, behold.” Here ἰδού (idou) has not been translated.
[20:22] 38 sn This journey to Jerusalem suggests a parallel between Paul and Jesus, since the “Jerusalem journey” motif figures so prominently in Luke’s Gospel (9:51-19:44).
[20:22] 39 tn BDAG 965 s.v. συναντάω 2 has τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ συναντήσοντα ἐμοὶ μὴ εἰδώς without knowing what will happen to me there Ac 20:22.”
[20:23] 40 tn BDAG 826 s.v. πλήν 1.d has “πλὴν ὅτι except that…Ac 20:23.”
[20:23] 41 tn The verb διαμαρτύρομαι (diamarturomai) can mean “warn” (BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 2 has “solemnly urge, exhort, warn…w. dat. of pers. addressed”), and this meaning better fits the context here, although BDAG categorizes Acts 20:23 under the meaning “testify of, bear witness to” (s.v. 1).
[20:23] 42 tn The Greek text here reads κατὰ πόλιν (kata polin).
[20:23] 43 tn Grk “saying that,” but the participle λέγον (legon) is redundant in English and has not been translated.
[20:23] 45 tn Or “troubles,” “suffering.” See Acts 19:21; 21:4, 11.
[20:24] 47 tn Or “I do not consider my life worth a single word.” According to BDAG 599 s.v. λόγος 1.a.α, “In the textually uncertain pass. Ac 20:24 the text as it stands in N., οὐδενὸς λόγου (v.l. λόγον) ποιοῦμαι τὴν ψυχὴν τιμίαν, may well mean: I do not consider my life worth a single word (cp. λόγου ἄξιον [ἄξιος 1a] and our ‘worth mention’).”
[20:24] 48 tn BDAG 1106 s.v. ὡς 9 describes this use as “a final particle, expressing intention/purpose, with a view to, in order to.”
[20:24] 49 tn Grk “course.” See L&N 42.26, “(a figurative extension of meaning of δρόμος ‘race’) a task or function involving continuity, serious, effort, and possibly obligation – ‘task, mission’…Ac 20:24.” On this Pauline theme see also Phil 1:19-26; Col 1:24; 2 Tim 4:6-7.
[20:24] 50 tn Or “to the gospel.”
[20:25] 51 tn Grk “And now, behold.” Here ἰδού (idou) has not been translated.
[20:25] 52 tn Grk “all of you…will not see.” Greek handles its negation somewhat differently from English, and the translation follows English grammatical conventions.
[20:25] 53 sn Note how Paul’s usage of the expression proclaiming the kingdom is associated with (and intertwined with) his testifying to the good news of God’s grace in v. 24. For Paul the two concepts were interrelated.
[20:25] 54 tn Grk “will see my face” (an idiom for seeing someone in person).
[20:26] 56 tn Grk “clean, pure,” thus “guiltless” (BDAG 489 s.v. καθαρός 3.a).
[20:26] sn I am innocent. Paul had a clear conscience, since he had faithfully carried out his responsibility of announcing to (the Ephesians) the whole purpose of God.
[20:26] 57 tn That is, “that if any of you should be lost, I am not responsible” (an idiom). According to L&N 33.223, the meaning of the phrase “that I am innocent of the blood of all of you” is “that if any of you should be lost, I am not responsible.” However, due to the length of this phrase and its familiarity to many modern English readers, the translation was kept closer to formal equivalence in this case. The word “you” is not in the Greek text, but is implied; Paul is addressing the Ephesian congregation (in the person of its elders) in both v. 25 and 27.
[20:27] 58 tn Or “did not avoid.” BDAG 1041 s.v. ὑποστέλλω 2.b has “shrink from, avoid implying fear…οὐ γὰρ ὑπεστειλάμην τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι I did not shrink from proclaiming Ac 20:27”; L&N 13.160 has “to hold oneself back from doing something, with the implication of some fearful concern – ‘to hold back from, to shrink from, to avoid’…‘for I have not held back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God’ Ac 20:27.”
[20:27] 59 tn Or “proclaiming,” “declaring.”
[20:28] 61 tn Or “Be on your guard for” (cf. v. 29). Paul completed his responsibility to the Ephesians with this warning.
[20:28] 63 tn Or “guardians.” BDAG 379-80 s.v. ἐπίσκοπος 2 states, “The term was taken over in Christian communities in ref. to one who served as overseer or supervisor, with special interest in guarding the apostolic tradition…Ac 20:28.” This functional term describes the role of the elders (see v. 17). They were to guard and shepherd the congregation.
[20:28] 64 tc The reading “of God” (τοῦ θεοῦ, tou qeou) is found in א B 614 1175 1505 al vg sy; other witnesses have “of the Lord” (τοῦ κυρίου, tou kuriou) here (so Ì74 A C* D E Ψ 33 1739 al co), while the majority of the later minuscule
[20:28] 66 tn Or “with his own blood”; Grk “with the blood of his own.” The genitive construction could be taken in two ways: (1) as an attributive genitive (second attributive position) meaning “his own blood”; or (2) as a possessive genitive, “with the blood of his own.” In this case the referent is the Son, and the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. See further C. F. DeVine, “The Blood of God,” CBQ 9 (1947): 381-408.
[20:28] sn That he obtained with the blood of his own Son. This is one of only two explicit statements in Luke-Acts highlighting the substitutionary nature of Christ’s death (the other is in Luke 22:19).
[20:29] 67 tn Grk “after my departure.”
[20:29] 68 tn That is, people like fierce wolves. See BDAG 167-68 s.v. βαρύς 4 on the term translated “fierce.” The battle that will follow would be a savage one.
[20:30] 69 tn Grk “from among yourselves.”
[20:30] 70 tn The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which only rarely is used in a generic sense to refer to both males and females. Since Paul is speaking to the Ephesian elders at this point and there is nothing in the context to suggest women were included in that group (“from among your own group”), it is most likely Paul was not predicting that these false teachers would include women.
[20:30] 71 tn Grk “speaking crooked things”; BDAG 237 s.v. διαστρέφω 2 has “λαλεῖν διεστραμμένα teach perversions (of the truth) Ac 20:30.”
[20:30] sn These perversions of the truth refer to the kinds of threats that would undermine repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (cf. v. 21). Instead these false teachers would arise from within the Ephesian congregation (cf. 1 John 2:18-19) and would seek to draw the disciples away after them.
[20:31] 72 tn Or “be watchful.”
[20:31] 73 tn Or “admonishing.”
[20:32] 74 tn Or “commend.” BDAG 772 s.v. παρατίθημι 3.b has “τινά τινι entrust someone to the care or protection of someone…Of divine protection παρέθεντο αὐτοὺς τῷ κυρίῳ Ac 14:23; cp. 20:32.”
[20:32] 76 tn Grk “the message of his grace, which.” The phrase τῷ δυναμένῳ οἰκοδομῆσαι… (tw dunamenw oikodomhsai…) refers to τῷ λόγω (tw logw), not τῆς χάριτος (ths caritos); in English it could refer to either “the message” or “grace,” but in Greek, because of agreement in gender, the referent can only be “the message.” To make this clear, a new sentence was begun in the translation and the referent “the message” was repeated at the beginning of this new sentence.
[20:33] 77 tn Traditionally, “coveted.” BDAG 371 s.v. ἐπιθυμέω 1 has “to have a strong desire to do or secure someth., desire, long for w. gen. of the thing desired…silver, gold, clothing Ac 20:33.” The traditional term “covet” is not in common usage and difficult for many modern English readers to understand. The statement affirms Paul’s integrity. He was not doing this for personal financial gain.
[20:34] 78 tn The words “of mine” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to clarify whose hands Paul is referring to.
[20:35] 79 sn The expression By all these things means “In everything I did.”
[20:35] 80 tn Or “must assist.”
[20:35] 81 tn Or “the sick.” See Eph 4:28.
[20:35] 82 sn The saying is similar to Matt 10:8. Service and generosity should be abundant. Interestingly, these exact words are not found in the gospels. Paul must have known of this saying from some other source.
[20:36] 83 tn Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
[20:36] 84 tn Grk “kneeling down…he prayed.” The participle θείς (qeis) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[20:37] 85 tn Grk “weeping a great deal,” thus “loudly” (BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός and BDAG 546 s.v. κλαυθμός).
[20:37] 86 tn Grk “fell on Paul’s neck” (an idiom, see BDAG 1014 s.v. τράχηλος).
[20:37] 87 sn The Ephesians elders kissed Paul as a sign of both affection and farewell. The entire scene shows how much interrelationship Paul had in his ministry and how much he and the Ephesians meant to each other.
[20:38] 89 tn Grk “by the word that he had said.”
[20:38] 90 tn Grk “to see his face” (an idiom for seeing someone in person).
[20:38] 91 tn BDAG 873 s.v. προπέμπω 1 has “they accompanied him to the ship Ac 20:38.”
[21:1] 92 tn Grk “It happened that when.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Since the action described by the participle ἀποσπασθέντας (apospasqenta", “tearing ourselves away”) is prior to the departure of the ship, it has been translated as antecedent action (“after”).
[21:1] 93 sn This marks the beginning of another “we” section in Acts. These have been traditionally understood to mean that Luke was in the company of Paul for this part of the journey.
[21:1] 94 tn BDAG 120 s.v. ἀποσπάω 2.b has “pass. in mid. sense ἀ. ἀπό τινος tear oneself away Ac 21:1”; LSJ 218 gives several illustrations of this verb meaning “to tear or drag away from.”
[21:1] 95 tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”
[21:1] 96 tn BDAG 406 s.v. εὐθυδρομέω has “of a ship run a straight course”; L&N 54.3 has “to sail a straight course, sail straight to.”
[21:1] 97 sn Cos was an island in the Aegean Sea.
[21:1] 98 sn Rhodes was an island off the southwestern coast of Asia Minor.
[21:1] 99 sn Patara was a city in Lycia on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor. The entire journey was about 185 mi (295 km).
[21:2] 100 tn Grk “and finding.” The participle εὑρόντες (Jeuronte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun in the translation.
[21:2] 101 sn Phoenicia was the name of an area along the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine.
[21:2] 102 tn Grk “going aboard, we put out to sea.” The participle ἐπιβάντες (epibante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[21:2] 103 tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”
[21:3] 104 sn Cyprus is a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.
[21:3] 105 sn The expression left it behind on our port side here means “sailed past to the south of it” since the ship was sailing east.
[21:3] 106 tn BDAG 531 s.v. κατέρχομαι 2 states, “arrive, put in, nautical t.t. of ships and those who sail in them, who ‘come down’ fr. the ‘high seas’…ἔις τι at someth. a harbor 18:22; 21:3; 27:5.”
[21:3] 107 sn Tyre was a city and seaport on the coast of Phoenicia. From Patara to Tyre was about 400 mi (640 km). It required a large cargo ship over 100 ft (30 m) long, and was a four to five day voyage.
[21:3] map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
[21:4] 108 tn BDAG 78 s.v. ἀνευρίσκω has “look/search for (w. finding presupposed) τινά…τοὺς μαθητάς Ac 21:4.” The English verb “locate,” when used in reference to persons, has the implication of both looking for and finding someone. The participle ἀνευρόντες (aneuronte") has been taken temporally.
[21:4] 109 tn BDAG 154 s.v. αὐτοῦ states, “deictic adv. designating a position relatively near or far…there…Ac 21:4.”
[21:4] 110 tn The imperfect verb ἔλεγον (elegon) has been taken iteratively.
[21:4] 111 sn Although they told this to Paul through the Spirit, it appears Paul had a choice here (see v. 14). Therefore this amounted to a warning: There was risk in going to Jerusalem, so he was urged not to go.
[21:4] 112 tn BDAG 367 s.v. ἐπιβαίνω places Ac 21:4 under 1, “go up/upon, mount, board…πλοίῳ…Ac 27:2…Abs. go on board, embark…21:1 D, 2. – So perh. also ἐ. εἰς ᾿Ιεροσόλυμα embark for Jerusalem (i.e. to the seaport of Caesarea) vs. 4.” BDAG notes, however, “But this pass. may also belong to 2. to move to an area and be there, set foot in.” Because the message from the disciples to Paul through the Holy Spirit has the character of a warning, the latter meaning has been adopted for this translation.
[21:4] 113 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[21:5] 114 tn Grk “It happened that when.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
[21:5] 115 tn Grk “When our days were over.” L&N 67.71 has “ὅτε δὲ ἐγένετο ἡμᾶς ἐξαρτίσαι τὰς ἡμέρας ‘when we brought that time to an end’ or ‘when our time with them was over’ Ac 21:5.”
[21:5] 116 tn Grk “accompanying.” Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation and the participle προπεμπόντων (propempontwn) translated as a finite verb.
[21:5] 117 tn Grk “city, and after.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.
[21:5] 118 sn On praying in Acts, see 1:14, 24; 2:47; 4:23; 6:6; 10:2; 12:5, 12; 13:3; 16:25.
[21:6] 119 tn BDAG 98 s.v. ἀπασπάζομαι has “take leave of, say farewell to τινά someone…ἀπησπασάμεθα ἀλλήλους we said farewell to one another Ac 21:6.”
[21:6] 120 sn These words are part of v. 5 in the standard critical Greek text.
[21:6] 121 tn Grk “and.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.
[21:6] 122 tn Grk “to their own”; the word “homes” is implied.
[21:7] 123 sn Tyre was a city and seaport on the coast of Phoenicia.
[21:7] 124 sn Ptolemais was a seaport on the coast of Palestine about 30 mi (48 km) south of Tyre.
[21:8] 125 tn Grk “On the next day leaving, we came.” The participle ἐξελθόντες (exelqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[21:8] 126 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was another 40 mi (65 km).
[21:8] map For location see Map2 C1; Map4 B3; Map5 F2; Map7 A1; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[21:8] 127 tn Grk “and entering…we stayed.” The participle εἰσελθόντες (eiselqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[21:8] 128 sn Philip was one of the seven deacons appointed in the Jerusalem church (Acts 6:1-7).
[21:9] 129 tn Grk “virgin.” While the term παρθένος (parqeno") can refer to a woman who has never had sexual relations, the emphasis in this context seems to be on the fact that Philip’s daughters were not married (L&N 9.39).
[21:9] 130 sn This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author. Luke again noted women who were gifted in the early church (see Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 3.31; 3.39).
[21:10] 131 tn BDAG 848 s.v. πολύς 1.b.α has “ἐπὶ ἡμέρας πλείους for a (large) number of days, for many days…Ac 13:31. – 21:10…24:17; 25:14; 27:20.”
[21:10] 132 sn Agabus also appeared in Acts 11:28. He was from Jerusalem, so the two churches were still in contact with one another.
[21:11] 133 tn Grk “And coming.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here. The participle ἐλθών (elqwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[21:11] 134 tn Grk “and taking.” This καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more. The participle ἄρας (aras) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[21:11] 135 sn The belt was a band or sash used to keep money as well as to gird up the tunic (BDAG 431 s.v. ζώνη).
[21:11] 136 tn The participle δήσας (dhsas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
[21:11] 137 tn The words “with it” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
[21:11] 138 tn Grk “and will deliver him over into the hands of” (a Semitic idiom).
[21:11] sn The Jews…will tie up…and will hand him over. As later events will show, the Jews in Jerusalem did not personally tie Paul up and hand him over to the Gentiles, but their reaction to him was the cause of his arrest (Acts 21:27-36).
[21:12] 139 tn Or “the people there.”
[21:13] 140 tn The term translated “breaking” as used by Josephus (Ant. 10.10.4 [10.207]) means to break something into pieces, but in its only NT use (it is a hapax legomenon) it is used figuratively (BDAG 972 s.v. συνθρύπτω).
[21:13] 141 tn L&N 18.13 has “to tie objects together – ‘to tie, to tie together, to tie up.’” The verb δέω (dew) is sometimes figurative for imprisonment (L&N 37.114), but it is preferable to translate it literally here in light of v. 11 where Agabus tied himself up with Paul’s belt.
[21:14] 142 tn The participle πειθομένου (peiqomenou) in this genitive absolute construction has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.
[21:14] 143 tn Grk “we became silent, saying.”
[21:14] 144 sn “The Lord’s will be done.” Since no one knew exactly what would happen, the matter was left in the Lord’s hands.
[21:15] 145 tn Or “we made preparations.”
[21:15] 146 tn Grk “were going up”; the imperfect verb ἀνεβαίνομεν (anebainomen) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
[21:15] sn In colloquial speech Jerusalem was always said to be “up” from any other location in Palestine. The group probably covered the 65 mi (105 km) in two days using horses. Their arrival in Jerusalem marked the end of Paul’s third missionary journey.
[21:16] 147 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.
[21:16] map For location see Map2 C1; Map4 B3; Map5 F2; Map7 A1; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[21:16] 148 tn Grk “to Mnason…”; the words “the house of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by the verb ξενισθῶμεν (xenisqwmen).
[21:16] 149 tn Or perhaps, “Mnason of Cyprus, one of the original disciples.” BDAG 137 s.v. ἀρχαῖος 1 has “ἀ. μαθητής a disciple of long standing (perh. original disc.) Ac 21:16.”
