Kisah Para Rasul 18:14

18:14 But just as Paul was about to speak, ¹  Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, ²  I would have been justified in accepting the complaint ³  of you Jews, ⁴ 

Kisah Para Rasul 24:21

24:21 other than ⁵  this one thing ⁶  I shouted out while I stood before ⁷  them: ‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’” ⁸ 

[18:14]  ¹ tn Grk “about to open his mouth” (an idiom).

[18:14]  ² tn BDAG 902 s.v. ῥᾳδιούργημα states, “From the sense ‘prank, knavery, roguish trick, slick deed’ it is but a short step to that of a serious misdeed, crime, villainy…a serious piece of villainy Ac 18:14 (w. ἀδίκημα).”

[18:14]  ³ tn According to BDAG 78 s.v. ἀνέχω 3 this is a legal technical term: “Legal t.t. κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἀνεσχόμην ὑμῶν I would have been justified in accepting your complaint Ac 18:14.”

[18:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “accepting your complaint, O Jews.”

[24:21]  ⁵ tn BDAG 433 s.v. ἤ 2.c has “οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἤ nothing else than…Ac 17:21. τί…ἤ what other…than…24:21.”

[24:21]  ⁶ tn Grk “one utterance.”

[24:21]  ⁷ tn Cf. BDAG 327 s.v. ἐν 1.e, which has “before, in the presence of, etc.”

[24:21]  ⁸ sn The resurrection of the dead. Paul’s point was, what crime was there in holding this religious belief?