Acts 28:17 New English Translation
Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome
17 After three days[a] Paul[b] called the local Jewish leaders[c] together. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers,[d] although I had done[e] nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors,[f] from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.[g]
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- Acts 28:17 tn Grk “It happened that after three days.” 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 28:17 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Acts 28:17 tn L&N 33.309 has “‘after three days, he called the local Jewish leaders together’ Ac 28:17.”
- Acts 28:17 tn Grk “Men brothers,” but this is both awkward and unnecessary in English.
- Acts 28:17 tn The participle ποιήσας (poiēsas) has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.
- Acts 28:17 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”sn I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors. Once again Paul claimed to be faithful to the Jewish people and to the God of Israel.
- Acts 28:17 tn Grk “into the hands of the Romans,” but this is redundant when παρεδόθην (paredothēn) has been translated “handed over.”
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