Acts 21:34

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Acts 21:34 tn L&N 33.77 has “ἄλλοι δὲ ἄλλο τι ἐπεφώνουν ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ‘some in the crowd shouted one thing; others, something else’ Ac 21:34.”
2. Acts 21:34 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the commanding officer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3. Acts 21:34 tn This genitive absolute construction has been translated temporally; it could also be taken causally: “and since the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth.”
4. Acts 21:34 tn Or “find out what had happened”; Grk “the certainty” (BDAG 147 s.v. ἀσφαλής 2).
5. Acts 21:34 tn Or “clamor,” “uproar” (BDAG 458 s.v. θόρυβος).
6. Acts 21:34 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7. Acts 21:34 tn Or “the headquarters.” BDAG 775 s.v. παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Roman troops in Jerusalem Ac 21:34, 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.”