Kisah Para Rasul 23:1

23:1 Paul looked directly ¹  at the council ²  and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience ³  before God to this day.”

Kisah Para Rasul 24:10

Paul’s Defense Before Felix

24:10 When the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I know ⁴  that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I confidently make my defense. ⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 24:24-25

Paul Speaks Repeatedly to Felix

24:24 Some days later, when Felix ⁶  arrived with his wife Drusilla, ⁷  who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak ⁸  about faith in Christ Jesus. ⁹  24:25 While Paul ¹⁰  was discussing ¹¹  righteousness, self-control, ¹²  and the coming judgment, Felix ¹³  became ¹⁴  frightened and said, “Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, ¹⁵  I will send for you.”

Kisah Para Rasul 25:23

Paul Before King Agrippa and Bernice

25:23 So the next day Agrippa ¹⁶  and Bernice came with great pomp ¹⁷  and entered the audience hall, ¹⁸  along with the senior military officers ¹⁹  and the prominent men of the city. When Festus ²⁰  gave the order, ²¹  Paul was brought in.

Kisah Para Rasul 26:1

Paul Offers His Defense

26:1 So Agrippa ²²  said to Paul, “You have permission ²³  to speak for yourself.” Then Paul held out his hand ²⁴  and began his defense: ²⁵ 

[23:1]  ¹ tn Grk “Paul, looking directly at the council, said.” The participle ἀτενίσας (atenisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:1]  ² tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[23:1]  ³ tn BDAG 846 s.v. πολιτεύομαι 3 has “W. a double dat. συνειδήσει ἀγαθῇ πεπολίτευμαι τῷ θεῷ I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God Ac 23:1.”

[24:10]  ⁴ tn Grk “knowing.” The participle ἐπιστάμενος (epistamenos) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[24:10]  ⁵ sn “Because…defense.” Paul also paid an indirect compliment to the governor, implying that he would be fair in his judgment.

[24:24]  ⁶ sn See the note on Antonius Felix in 23:24.

[24:24]  ⁷ sn It is possible that Drusilla, being Jewish, was the source of Felix’s knowledge about the new movement called Christianity. The youngest daughter of Herod Agrippa I and sister of Agrippa II, she would have been close to 20 years old at the time. She had married the king of a small region in Syria but divorced him at the age of 16 to marry Felix. This was her second marriage and Felix’s third (Josephus, Ant. 19.9.1 [19.354], 20.7.2 [20.141-144]). As a member of Herod’s family, she probably knew about the Way.

[24:24]  ⁸ tn The word “speak” is implied; BDAG 32 s.v. ἀκούω 1.c has “ἤκουσεν αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆς…πίστεως he heard him speak about faith Ac 24:24.”

[24:24]  ⁹ tn Or “Messiah Jesus”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[24:25]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:25]  ¹¹ tn Or “speaking about.”

[24:25]  ¹² tn Grk “and self-control.” 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.

[24:25]  sn The topic of self-control was appropriate in view of the personal history of both Felix and Drusilla (see the note on “Drusilla” in the previous verse), and might well account for Felix’s anxiety.

[24:25]  ¹³ sn See the note on Felix in 23:26.

[24:25]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “becoming.” The participle γενόμενος (genomenos) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[24:25]  ¹⁵ tn Or “when I find time.” BDAG 639 s.v. μεταλαμβάνω 2 has “καιρὸν μ. have an opportunity = find time…Ac 24:25.”

[25:23]  ¹⁶ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[25:23]  ¹⁷ tn Or “great pageantry” (BDAG 1049 s.v. φαντασία; the term is a NT hapax legomenon).

[25:23]  sn Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp. The “royals” were getting their look at Paul. Everyone who was anyone would have been there.

[25:23]  ¹⁸ tn Or “auditorium.” “Auditorium” may suggest to the modern English reader a theater where performances are held. Here it is the large hall where a king or governor would hold audiences. Paul once spoke of himself as a “spectacle” to the world (1 Cor 4:8-13).

[25:23]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “the chiliarchs” (officers in command of a thousand soldiers). In Greek the term χιλίαρχος (ciliarco") literally described the “commander of a thousand,” but it was used as the standard translation for the Latin tribunus militum or tribunus militare, the military tribune who commanded a cohort of 600 men.

[25:23]  ²⁰ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[25:23]  ²¹ tn Grk “and Festus ordering, Paul was brought in.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has not been translated. The participle κελεύσαντος (keleusanto") has been taken temporally.

[26:1]  ²² sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[26:1]  ²³ tn Grk “It is permitted for you.”

[26:1]  ²⁴ tn Or “extended his hand” (a speaker’s gesture).

[26:1]  ²⁵ tn Or “and began to speak in his own defense.”