Kisah Para Rasul 5:23

5:23 “We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, ¹  we found no one inside.”

Kisah Para Rasul 9:38

9:38 Because Lydda ²  was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Come to us without delay.” ³ 

Kisah Para Rasul 23:27

23:27 This man was seized ⁴  by the Jews and they were about to kill him, ⁵  when I came up ⁶  with the detachment ⁷  and rescued him, because I had learned that he was ⁸  a Roman citizen. ⁹ 

[5:23]  ¹ tn The word “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[9:38]  ² sn Lydda was a city northwest of Jerusalem on the way to Joppa.

[9:38]  ³ tn Grk “Do not delay to come to us.” It is somewhat smoother to say in English, “Come to us without delay.”

[23:27]  ⁴ tn The participle συλλημφθέντα (sullhmfqenta) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. The remark reviews events of Acts 21:27-40.

[23:27]  ⁵ tn Grk “and was about to be killed by them.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:27]  ⁶ tn Or “approached.”

[23:27]  ⁷ tn Normally this term means “army,” but according to BDAG 947 s.v. στράτευμα, “Of a smaller detachment of soldiers, sing. Ac 23:10, 27.” In the plural it can be translated “troops,” but it is singular here.

[23:27]  ⁸ tn In Greek this is a present tense retained in indirect discourse.

[23:27]  ⁹ tn The word “citizen” is supplied here for emphasis and clarity.

[23:27]  sn The letter written by the Roman commander Claudius Lysias was somewhat self-serving. He made it sound as if the rescue of a Roman citizen had been a conscious act on his part. In fact, he had made the discovery of Paul’s Roman citizenship somewhat later. See Acts 21:37-39 and 22:24-29.