Kisah Para Rasul 8:2

8:2 Some ¹  devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation ²  over him. ³ 

Kisah Para Rasul 12:18

12:18 At daybreak ⁴  there was great consternation ⁵  among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

Kisah Para Rasul 27:42

27:42 Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners ⁶  so that none of them would escape by swimming away. ⁷ 

[8:2]  ¹ tn “Some” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[8:2]  ² sn Made loud lamentation. For someone who was stoned to death, lamentation was normally not allowed (m. Sanhedrin 6:6). The remark points to an unjust death.

[8:2]  ³ tn Or “mourned greatly for him.”

[12:18]  ⁴ tn BDAG 436 s.v. ἡμέρα 1.a has “day is breaking” for ἡμέρα γίνεται (Jhmera ginetai) in this verse.

[12:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “no little consternation.” The translation given for τάραχος (taraco") in this verse by BDAG 991 s.v. τάραχος 1 is “mental agitation.” The situation indicated by the Greek word is described in L&N 25.243 as “a state of acute distress and great anxiety, with the additional possible implications of dismay and confusion – ‘great distress, extreme anxiety.’” The English word “consternation” is preferred here because it conveys precisely such a situation of anxiety mixed with fear. The reason for this anxiety is explained in the following verse.

[27:42]  ⁶ sn The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners. The issue here was not cruelty, but that the soldiers would be legally responsible if any prisoners escaped and would suffer punishment themselves. So they were planning to do this as an act of self-preservation. See Acts 16:27 for a similar incident.

[27:42]  ⁷ tn The participle ἐκκολυμβήσας (ekkolumbhsa") has been taken instrumentally.