Acts 28:27-28

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Acts 28:27 tn Or “insensitive.”sn The heart of this people has become dull. The charge from Isaiah is like Stephen’s against the Jews of Jerusalem (Acts 7:51-53). They were a hard-hearted and disobedient people.
2. Acts 28:27 tn Grk “they hear heavily with their ears” (an idiom for slow comprehension).
3. Acts 28:27 sn Note how the failure to respond to the message of the gospel is seen as a failure to turn.
4. Acts 28:27 sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10.
5. Acts 28:28 tn Grk “Therefore let it be known to you.”
6. Acts 28:28 tn Or “of God.”
7. Acts 28:28 sn The term Gentiles is in emphatic position in the Greek text of this clause. Once again there is the pattern: Jewish rejection of the gospel leads to an emphasis on Gentile inclusion (Acts 13:44-47).
8. Acts 28:28 tn Grk “they also.”
9. Acts 28:28 tc Some later mss include 28:29: “When he had said these things, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.” Verse 29 is lacking in P^74vid א A B E Ψ 048 33 81 1175 1739 2464 and a number of versions. They are included (with a few minor variations) in M it and some versions. This verse is almost certainly not a part of the original text of Acts, as it lacks the best credentials. The present translation follows NA²⁸ in omitting the verse number, a procedure also followed by a number of other modern translations.