Kisah Para Rasul 18:15

18:15 but since it concerns points of disagreement ¹  about words and names and your own law, settle ²  it yourselves. I will not be ³  a judge of these things!”

Kisah Para Rasul 19:38

19:38 If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint ⁴  against someone, the courts are open ⁵  and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there. ⁶ 

Kisah Para Rasul 24:6

24:6 He ⁷  even tried to desecrate ⁸  the temple, so we arrested ⁹  him.

Kisah Para Rasul 25:14

25:14 While ¹⁰  they were staying there many days, Festus ¹¹  explained Paul’s case to the king to get his opinion, ¹²  saying, “There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix.

Kisah Para Rasul 25:20

25:20 Because I was at a loss ¹³  how I could investigate these matters, ¹⁴  I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried ¹⁵  there on these charges. ¹⁶ 

[18:15]  ¹ tn Or “dispute.”

[18:15]  ² tn Grk “see to it” (an idiom).

[18:15]  ³ tn Or “I am not willing to be.” Gallio would not adjudicate their religious dispute.

[19:38]  ⁴ tn BDAG 600 s.v. λόγος 1.a.ε has “ἔχειν πρός τινα λόγον have a complaint against someone…19:38.”

[19:38]  ⁵ tn L&N 56.1 has ‘if Demetrius and his workers have an accusation against someone, the courts are open’ Ac 19:38.”

[19:38]  ⁶ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied. The official’s request is that the legal system be respected.

[24:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“who”) was replaced by the third person singular pronoun (“he”) and a new sentence begun here in the translation.

[24:6]  ⁸ tn Or “profane” (BDAG 173 s.v. βεβηλόω). The term was also used of profaning the Sabbath.

[24:6]  ⁹ tn Or “seized.” Grk “whom also we arrested.” Because of the awkwardness of a relative clause in English at this point, the relative pronoun (“whom”) was replaced by the pronoun “him” as object of the verb.

[25:14]  ¹⁰ tn BDAG 1105-6 s.v. ὡς 8.b states, “w. pres. or impf. while, when, as long as…Ac 1:10; 7:23; 9:23; 10:17; 13:25; 19:9; 21:27; 25:14.”

[25:14]  ¹¹ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[25:14]  ¹² tn Grk “Festus laid Paul’s case before the king for consideration.” BDAG 74 s.v. ἀνατίθημι 2 states, “otherw. only mid. to lay someth. before someone for consideration, declare, communicate, refer w. the added idea that the pers. to whom a thing is ref. is asked for his opinion lay someth. before someone for consideration…Ac 25:14.”

[25:20]  ¹³ tn Or “Because I was undecided.” Grk “Being at a loss.” The participle ἀπορούμενος (aporoumeno") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[25:20]  ¹⁴ tn L&N 27.34 states, “ἀπορούμενος δὲ ἐγὼ τὴν περὶ τούτων ζήτησιν ‘I was undecided about how I could get information on these matters’ Ac 25:20. The clause ‘about how I could get information on these matters’ may also be rendered as ‘about how I should try to find out about these matters’ or ‘about how I could learn about these matters.’”

[25:20]  ¹⁵ tn Or “stand trial.”

[25:20]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “on these things.”