Acts 23:5-7

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Acts 23:5 tn Grk “said.”
2. Acts 23:5 tn Or “know.”
3. Acts 23:5 sn A quotation from Exod 22:28. This text defines a form of blasphemy. Paul, aware of the fact that he came close to crossing the line, backed off out of respect for the law.
4. Acts 23:6 tn BDAG 200 s.v. γινώσκω 4 has “to be aware of someth., perceive, notice, realize”; this is further clarified by section 4.c: “w. ὅτι foll….Ac 23:6.”
5. Acts 23:6 sn See the note on Sadducees in 4:1.
6. Acts 23:6 sn See the note on Pharisee in 5:34.
7. Acts 23:6 tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
8. Acts 23:6 tn That is, concerning the hope that the dead will be resurrected. Grk “concerning the hope and resurrection.” BDAG 320 s.v. ἐλπίς 1.b.α states, “Of Israel’s messianic hope Ac 23:6 (ἐ. καὶ ἀνάστασις for ἐ. τῆς ἀν. [obj. gen] as 2 Macc 3:29 ἐ. καὶ σωτηρία).” With an objective genitive construction, the resurrection of the dead would be the “object” of the hope.
9. Acts 23:7 tn The participle εἰπόντος (eipontos) has been translated temporally.
10. Acts 23:7 tn Or “a dispute” (BDAG 940 s.v. στάσις 3).
11. Acts 23:7 tn Grk “there came about an argument.” This has been simplified to “an argument began”