Acts 22:16-18
New English Translation
16 And now what are you waiting for?[a] Get up,[b] be baptized, and have your sins washed away,[c] calling on his name.’[d] 17 When[e] I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance[f] 18 and saw the Lord[g] saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
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- Acts 22:16 tn L&N 67.121 has “to extend time unduly, with the implication of lack of decision—‘to wait, to delay.’ νῦν τί μέλλεις…ἀναστὰς βάπτισαι ‘what are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized’ Ac 22:16.”
- Acts 22:16 tn Grk “getting up.” The participle ἀναστάς (anastas) is an adverbial participle of attendant circumstance and has been translated as a finite verb.
- Acts 22:16 sn The expression have your sins washed away means “have your sins purified” (the washing is figurative).
- Acts 22:16 sn The expression calling on his name describes the confession of the believer: Acts 2:17-38, esp. v. 38; Rom 10:12-13; 1 Cor 1:2.
- Acts 22:17 tn Grk “It happened to me that.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
- Acts 22:17 tn BDAG 309 s.v. ἔκστασις 2 has “γενέσθαι ἐν ἐκστάσει fall into a trance Ac 22:17.”
- Acts 22:18 tn Or “Jesus”; Grk “him.” The referent (the Lord, cf. v. 19) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
Acts 22:16-18
New International Version
16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized(A) and wash your sins away,(B) calling on his name.’(C)
17 “When I returned to Jerusalem(D) and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance(E) 18 and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’
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