Kisah Para Rasul 18:20

18:20 When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent, ¹ 

Kisah Para Rasul 24:22

24:22 Then Felix, ²  who understood the facts ³  concerning the Way ⁴  more accurately, ⁵  adjourned their hearing, ⁶  saying, “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.” ⁷ 

[18:20]  ¹ sn He would not consent. Paul probably refused because he wanted to reach Jerusalem for the festival season before the seas became impassable during the winter.

[24:22]  ² sn See the note on Antonius Felix in 23:24.

[24:22]  ³ tn Grk “the things.”

[24:22]  ⁴ tn That is, concerning Christianity.

[24:22]  ⁵ tn BDAG 39 s.v. ἀκριβῶς has “Comp. ἀκριβέστερον more exactly…ἀ. ἐκτίθεσθαι explain more exactly Ac 18:26, cp. 23:15, 20; also more accurately…24:22.” Felix knew more about the Christian movement than what the Jewish leaders had told him.

[24:22]  ⁶ tn L&N 56.18 s.v. ἀναβάλλω has “to adjourn a court proceeding until a later time – ‘to adjourn a hearing, to stop a hearing and put it off until later.’…‘then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned their hearing’ Ac 24:22.”

[24:22]  ⁷ tn BDAG 227 s.v. διαγινώσκω 2 states, “to make a judicial decision, decide/hear (a case)…τὰ καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς decide your case Ac 24:22.”