Footnotes

1. Acts 21:6 tn BDAG 98 s.v. ἀπασπάζομαι has “take leave of, say farewell to τινά someone…ἀπησπασάμεθα ἀλλήλους we said farewell to one another Ac 21:6.”
2. Acts 21:6 tn Grk “and.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.
3. Acts 21:6 tn Grk “to their own”; the word “homes” is implied.
4. Acts 21:7 sn Tyre was a city and seaport on the coast of Phoenicia.
5. Acts 21:7 sn Ptolemais was a seaport on the coast of Palestine about 30 mi (48 km) south of Tyre.
6. Acts 21:8 tn Grk “On the next day leaving, we came.” The participle ἐξελθόντες (exelthontes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
7. Acts 21:8 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was another 40 mi (65 km).
8. Acts 21:8 tn Grk “and entering…we stayed.” The participle εἰσελθόντες (eiselthontes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
9. Acts 21:8 sn Philip was one of the seven deacons appointed in the Jerusalem church (Acts 6:1-7).