Kisah Para Rasul 12:5

12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly ¹  praying to God for him. ² 

Kisah Para Rasul 27:11

27:11 But the centurion ³  was more convinced ⁴  by the captain ⁵  and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said. ⁶ 

[12:5]  ¹ tn Or “constantly.” This term also appears in Luke 22:14 and Acts 26:7.

[12:5]  ² tn Grk “but earnest prayer was being made by the church to God for him.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged to follow English style, and the somewhat awkward passive “prayer was being made” has been changed to the simpler active verb “were praying.” Luke portrays what follows as an answer to prayer.

[27:11]  ³ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[27:11]  ⁴ tn Or “persuaded.”

[27:11]  ⁵ tn BDAG 456 s.v. κυβερνήτης 1 has “one who is responsible for the management of a ship, shipmaster…W. ναύκληρος, the ‘shipowner’…Ac 27:11” See further L. Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World, 316-18.

[27:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “than by what was said by Paul.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one to simplify the translation.

[27:11]  sn More convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said. The position taken by the centurion was logical, since he was following “professional” advice. But this was not a normal voyage.