Kisah Para Rasul 9:29

9:29 He was speaking and debating ¹  with the Greek-speaking Jews, ²  but they were trying to kill him.

Kisah Para Rasul 13:12

13:12 Then when the proconsul ³  saw what had happened, he believed, ⁴  because he was greatly astounded ⁵  at the teaching about ⁶  the Lord.

[9:29]  ¹ tn Or “arguing.” BDAG 954 s.v. συζητέω 2 gives “dispute, debate, argue…τινί ‘w. someone’” for συνεζήτει (sunezhtei).

[9:29]  ² tn Grk “the Hellenists,” but this descriptive term is largely unknown to the modern English reader. The translation “Greek-speaking Jews” attempts to convey something of who these were, but it was more than a matter of language spoken; it involved a degree of adoption of Greek culture as well.

[13:12]  ³ sn See the note on proconsul in v. 8.

[13:12]  ⁴ sn He believed. The faith of the proconsul in the face of Jewish opposition is a theme of the rest of Acts. Paul has indeed become “a light to the Gentiles” (Acts 13:47).

[13:12]  ⁵ tn The translation “greatly astounded” for ἐκπλησσόμενος (ekplhssomeno") is given by L&N 25.219.

[13:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “of,” but this could give the impression the Lord himself had done the teaching (a subjective genitive) when actually the Lord was the object of the teaching (an objective genitive).