Acts 18:14-16

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Acts 18:14 tn Grk “about to open his mouth” (an idiom).
2. Acts 18:14 tn BDAG 902 s.v. ῥᾳδιούργημα states, “From the sense ‘prank, knavery, roguish trick, slick deed’ it is but a short step to that of a serious misdeed, crime, villainy…a serious piece of villainy Ac 18:14 (w. ἀδίκημα).”
3. Acts 18:14 tn According to BDAG 78 s.v. ἀνέχω 3 this is a legal technical term: “Legal t.t. κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἀνεσχόμην ὑμῶν I would have been justified in accepting your complaint Ac 18:14.”
4. Acts 18:14 tn Grk “accepting your complaint, O Jews.”
5. Acts 18:15 tn Or “dispute.”
6. Acts 18:15 tn Grk “see to it” (an idiom).
7. Acts 18:15 tn Or “I am not willing to be.” Gallio would not adjudicate their religious dispute.
8. Acts 18:16 tn Grk “driven away,” but this could result in a misunderstanding in English (“driven” as in a cart or wagon?). “Forced away” conveys the idea; Gallio rejected their complaint. In contemporary English terminology the case was “thrown out of court.” The verb ἀπήλασεν (apēlasen) has been translated as a causative since Gallio probably did not perform this action in person, but ordered his aides or officers to remove the plaintiffs.
9. Acts 18:16 sn See the note on the term judgment seat in 18:12.