Acts 13:1 New English Translation

The Church at Antioch Commissions Barnabas and Saul

13 Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch:^[a] Barnabas, Simeon called Niger,^[b] Lucius the Cyrenian,^[c] Manaen (a close friend of Herod^[d] the tetrarch^[e] from childhood^[f]) and Saul.

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Acts 13:1 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).
Acts 13:1 sn Simeon may well have been from North Africa, since the Latin loanword Niger refers to someone as “dark-complexioned.”
Acts 13:1 sn The Cyrenian refers to a native of the city of Cyrene, on the coast of northern Africa west of Egypt.
Acts 13:1 sn Herod is generally taken as a reference to Herod Antipas, who governed Galilee from 4 b.c. to a.d. 39, who had John the Baptist beheaded, and who is mentioned a number of times in the gospels.
Acts 13:1 tn Or “the governor.”sn A tetrarch was a ruler with rank and authority lower than a king, who ruled only with the approval of the Roman authorities. This was roughly equivalent to being governor of a region. Several times in the NT, Herod tetrarch of Galilee is called a king (Matt 14:9, Mark 6:14-29), reflecting popular usage.
Acts 13:1 tn Or “(a foster brother of Herod the tetrarch).” The meaning “close friend from childhood” is given by L&N 34.15, but the word can also mean “foster brother” (L&N 10.51). BDAG 976 s.v. σύντροφας states, “pert. to being brought up with someone, either as a foster-brother or as a companion/friend,” which covers both alternatives. Context does not given enough information to be certain which is the case here, although many modern translations prefer the meaning “close friend from childhood.”

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