Kisah Para Rasul 8:1

8:1 And Saul agreed completely with killing ¹  him.

Saul Begins to Persecute the Church

Now on that day a great ²  persecution began ³  against the church in Jerusalem, ⁴  and all ⁵  except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions ⁶  of Judea and Samaria.

Matius 10:23

10:23 Whenever ⁷  they persecute you in one place, ⁸  flee to another. I tell you the truth, ⁹  you will not finish going through all the towns ¹⁰  of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Matius 10:2

10:2 Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: ¹¹  first, Simon ¹²  (called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother;

Titus 3:11

3:11 You know ¹³  that such a person is twisted by sin ¹⁴  and is conscious of it himself. ¹⁵ 

[8:1]  ¹ tn The term ἀναίρεσις (anairesi") can refer to murder (BDAG 64 s.v.; 2 Macc 5:13; Josephus, Ant. 5.2.12 [5.165]).

[8:1]  ² tn Or “severe.”

[8:1]  ³ tn Grk “Now there happened on that day a great persecution.” It is less awkward to say in English “Now on that day a great persecution began.”

[8:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ⁵ sn All. Given that the Jerusalem church is still active after this and that the Hellenists are the focus of Acts 6-8, it is possible to argue that only the Hellenistic Christians were forced to scatter.

[8:1]  ⁶ tn Or “countryside.”

[10:23]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:23]  ⁸ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.”

[10:23]  ⁹ tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn) I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar, “for”) has not been translated.

[10:23]  ¹⁰ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.” “Town” was chosen here to emphasize the extensive nature of the disciples’ ministry. The same word is translated earlier in the verse as “place.”

[10:2]  ¹¹ sn The term apostles is rare in the gospels, found only here, Mark 3:14, and six more times in Luke (6:13; 9:10; 11:49; 17:5; 22:14; 24:10).

[10:2]  ¹² sn In the various lists of the twelve, Simon (that is, Peter) is always mentioned first (see also Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:13-16; Acts 1:13) and the first four are always the same, though not in the same order after Peter.

[3:11]  ¹³ tn Grk “knowing” (as a continuation of the previous clause).

[3:11]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “is perverted and is sinning.”

[3:11]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “is sinning, being self-condemned.”