Kisah Para Rasul 13:48

13:48 When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice ¹  and praise ²  the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life ³  believed.

Kisah Para Rasul 17:25

17:25 nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, ⁴  because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone. ⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 25:19

25:19 Rather they had several points of disagreement ⁶  with him about their own religion ⁷  and about a man named Jesus ⁸  who was dead, whom Paul claimed ⁹  to be alive.

[13:48]  ¹ tn The imperfect verb ἔχαιρον (ecairon) and the following ἐδόξαζον (edoxazon) are translated as ingressive imperfects.

[13:48]  ² tn Or “glorify.” Although “honor” is given by BDAG 258 s.v. δοξάζω as a translation, it would be misleading here, because the meaning is “to honor in the sense of attributing worth to something,” while in contemporary English usage one speaks of “honoring” a contract in the sense of keeping its stipulations. It is not a synonym for “obey” in this context (“obey the word of the Lord”), but that is how many English readers would understand it.

[13:48]  ³ sn Note the contrast to v. 46 in regard to eternal life.

[17:25]  ⁴ tn L&N 57.45 has “nor does he need anything more that people can supply by working for him.”

[17:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “he himself gives to all [people] life and breath and all things.”

[25:19]  ⁶ tn Grk “several controversial issues.” BDAG 428 s.v. ζήτημα states, “in our lit. only in Ac, w. the mng. it still has in Mod. Gk. (controversial) question, issue, argument…Ac 15:2; 26:3. ζ. περί τινος questions about someth.…18:15; 25:19.”

[25:19]  ⁷ tn On this term see BDAG 216 s.v. δεισιδαιμονία 2. It is a broad term for religion.

[25:19]  sn About their own religion. Festus made it clear that in his view as a neutral figure (and as one Luke had noted was disposed to help the Jews), he saw no guilt in Paul. The issue was a simple religious dispute.

[25:19]  ⁸ tn Grk “a certain Jesus.”

[25:19]  ⁹ tn Or “asserted.”