Kisah Para Rasul 11:19
Konteks11:19 Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen 1 went as far as 2 Phoenicia, 3 Cyprus, 4 and Antioch, 5 speaking the message 6 to no one but Jews.
Kisah Para Rasul 26:16
Konteks26:16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance 7 as a servant and witness 8 to the things 9 you have seen 10 and to the things in which I will appear to you.
[11:19] 1 sn The phrase over Stephen means in connection with Stephen’s death. See Acts 8:1b-3.
[11:19] 2 tn Or “finally reached.” The translations “went as far as” and “finally reached” for διῆλθον (dihlqon) in this verse are given in L&N 15.17.
[11:19] 3 sn Phoenicia was an area along the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine.
[11:19] 4 tn Grk “and Cyprus,” but 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.
[11:19] sn Cyprus was a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.
[11:19] 5 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). This was probably the third largest city in the Greco-Roman world (Alexandria in Egypt was the second largest, and Rome the largest) and was the seat of government in Syria. Five miles away was a major temple to Artemis, Apollo, and Astarte, major pagan deities.
[11:19] map For location see JP1 F2; JP2 F2; JP3 F2; JP4 F2.
[26:16] 7 tn L&N 30.89 has “‘to choose in advance, to select beforehand, to designate in advance.’”
[26:16] 8 sn As a servant and witness. The commission is similar to Acts 1:8 and Luke 1:2. Paul was now an “eyewitness” of the Lord.
[26:16] 9 tn BDAG 719 s.v. ὁράω A.1.b states, “W. attraction of the relative ὧν = τούτων ἅ Lk 9:36; Ac 22:15. The attraction may be due to colloq. breviloquence in μάρτυρα ὧν τε εἶδες με ὧν τε ὀφθήσομαί σοι a witness to the things in which you saw me and to those in which I shall appear to you Ac 26:16b.”
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