Kisah Para Rasul 9:4

9:4 He ¹  fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, ²  why are you persecuting me?” ³ 

Kisah Para Rasul 22:27

22:27 So the commanding officer ⁴  came and asked ⁵  Paul, ⁶  “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” ⁷  He replied, ⁸  “Yes.”

[9:4]  ¹ tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

[9:4]  ² tn The double vocative suggests emotion.

[9:4]  ³ sn Persecuting me. To persecute the church is to persecute Jesus.

[22:27]  ⁴ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 24.

[22:27]  ⁵ tn Grk “and said to.”

[22:27]  ⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:27]  ⁷ tn The word “citizen” is supplied here for emphasis and clarity.

[22:27]  ⁸ tn Grk “He said.”