Kisah Para Rasul 8:36
Konteks8:36 Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me 1 from being baptized?”
Kisah Para Rasul 12:8
Konteks12:8 The angel said to him, “Fasten your belt 2 and put on your sandals.” Peter 3 did so. Then the angel 4 said to him, “Put on your cloak 5 and follow me.”
Kisah Para Rasul 25:19
Konteks25:19 Rather they had several points of disagreement 6 with him about their own religion 7 and about a man named Jesus 8 who was dead, whom Paul claimed 9 to be alive.
[8:36] 1 tn Or “What prevents me.” The rhetorical question means, “I should get baptized, right?”
[12:8] 2 tn While ζώννυμι (zwnnumi) sometimes means “to dress,” referring to the fastening of the belt or sash as the final act of getting dressed, in this context it probably does mean “put on your belt” since in the conditions of a prison Peter had probably not changed into a different set of clothes to sleep. More likely he had merely removed his belt or sash, which the angel now told him to replace. The translation “put on your belt” is given by L&N 49.14 for this verse. The archaic English “girdle” for the sash or belt has an entirely different meaning today.
[12:8] 3 tn Grk “He”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[12:8] 4 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[12:8] 5 tn Or “outer garment.”
[25:19] 6 tn Grk “several controversial issues.” BDAG 428 s.v. ζήτημα states, “in our lit. only in Ac, w. the mng. it still has in Mod. Gk. (controversial) question, issue, argument…Ac 15:2; 26:3. ζ. περί τινος questions about someth.…18:15; 25:19.”
[25:19] 7 tn On this term see BDAG 216 s.v. δεισιδαιμονία 2. It is a broad term for religion.
[25:19] sn About their own religion. Festus made it clear that in his view as a neutral figure (and as one Luke had noted was disposed to help the Jews), he saw no guilt in Paul. The issue was a simple religious dispute.
