Kisah Para Rasul 7:51

7:51 “You stubborn ¹  people, with uncircumcised ²  hearts and ears! ³  You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors ⁴  did!

Kisah Para Rasul 16:33

16:33 At ⁵  that hour of the night he took them ⁶  and washed their wounds; ⁷  then ⁸  he and all his family ⁹  were baptized right away. ¹⁰ 

Kisah Para Rasul 26:24

26:24 As Paul ¹¹  was saying these things in his defense, Festus ¹²  exclaimed loudly, “You have lost your mind, ¹³  Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

[7:51]  ¹ sn Traditionally, “stiff-necked people.” Now the critique begins in earnest.

[7:51]  ² tn The term ἀπερίτμητοι (aperitmhtoi, “uncircumcised”) is a NT hapax legomenon (occurs only once). See BDAG 101-2 s.v. ἀπερίτμητος and Isa 52:1.

[7:51]  ³ tn Or “You stubborn and obstinate people!” (The phrase “uncircumcised hearts and ears” is another figure for stubbornness.)

[7:51]  ⁴ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[16:33]  ⁵ tn Grk “And at.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[16:33]  ⁶ tn Grk “taking them…he washed.” The participle παραλαβών (paralabwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:33]  ⁷ tn On this phrase BDAG 603 s.v. λούω 1 gives a literal translation as “by washing he freed them from the effects of the blows.”

[16:33]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

[16:33]  ⁹ sn All his family. It was often the case in the ancient world that conversion of the father led to the conversion of all those in the household.

[16:33]  ¹⁰ tn Or “immediately.”

[26:24]  ¹¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:24]  ¹² sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[26:24]  ¹³ tn On the term translated “lost your mind” see BDAG 610 s.v. μαίνομαι, which has “you’re out of your mind, you’re raving, said to one whose enthusiasm seems to have outrun better judgment 26:24.”

[26:24]  sn The expression “You have lost your mind” would be said to someone who speaks incredible things, in the opinion of the hearer. Paul’s mention of the resurrection (v. 23) was probably what prompted Festus to say this.