1
Μετὰ δὲ τὸ παύσασθαι τὸν θόρυβον ⸀μεταπεμψάμενος ὁ Παῦλος τοὺς μαθητὰς καὶ ⸀παρακαλέσας, ἀσπασάμενος ἐξῆλθεν ⸀πορεύεσθαι ⸀εἰς Μακεδονίαν.
And after the uproar had ceased, Paul, sending for the disciples and exhorting them, greeted them and went out to go to Macedonia.
2
διελθὼν δὲ τὰ μέρη ἐκεῖνα καὶ παρακαλέσας αὐτοὺς λόγῳ πολλῷ ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα
And having passed through those parts and exhorted them with much speech, he came to Greece,
3
ποιήσας τε μῆνας τρεῖς· γενομένης ⸂ἐπιβουλῆς αὐτῷ⸃ ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων μέλλοντι ἀνάγεσθαι εἰς τὴν Συρίαν ἐγένετο ⸀γνώμης τοῦ ὑποστρέφειν διὰ Μακεδονίας.
and spent three months. And when a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to put out to sea for Syria, he came to the purpose of returning through Macedonia.
first here Jews Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios
first here Syria Συρία Syria
4
συνείπετο δὲ ⸀αὐτῷ Σώπατρος ⸀Πύρρου Βεροιαῖος, Θεσσαλονικέων δὲ Ἀρίσταρχος καὶ Σεκοῦνδος, καὶ Γάϊος Δερβαῖος καὶ Τιμόθεος, Ἀσιανοὶ δὲ Τυχικὸς καὶ Τρόφιμος·
And there accompanied him Sopater of Pyrrhus, a Berean, and of the Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe and Timothy, and the Asians Tychicus and Trophimus.
5
οὗτοι ⸀δὲ ⸀προσελθόντες ἔμενον ἡμᾶς ἐν Τρῳάδι·
These came and were waiting for us at Troas.
6
ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐξεπλεύσαμεν μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν ἀζύμων ἀπὸ Φιλίππων, καὶ ἤλθομεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν Τρῳάδα ἄχρι ἡμερῶν πέντε, ⸀οὗ διετρίψαμεν ἡμέρας ἑπτά.
But we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas within five days, where we stayed seven days.
7
Ἐν δὲ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων συνηγμένων ⸀ἡμῶν κλάσαι ἄρτον ὁ Παῦλος διελέγετο αὐτοῖς, μέλλων ἐξιέναι τῇ ἐπαύριον, παρέτεινέν τε τὸν λόγον μέχρι μεσονυκτίου.
And on the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul was reasoning with them, about to go out on the next day, and he prolonged the word until midnight.
Why this rendering
Acts.20.7 Observation
Syntactic observation
Ἐν δὲ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων συνηγμένων ἡμῶν κλάσαι ἄρτον — on the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread. μία τῶν σαββάτων is the day-phrase of the empty tomb at Luke 24:1 — this edition joins the two places with the first day of the week. To break bread (κλάω ἄρτον) is the phrase of 2:42, 46, and the verb of the breaking of the bread at Emmaus (Luke 24:30, 35) — the base text does not name what it is, and neither does this edition (no Eucharist). From v.5 the we returns — the first person that broke off at Philippi (16:17) starts again from Philippi (v.6, ἀπὸ Φιλίππων). V.9 Eutychus was being borne down by a deep sleep (καταφερόμενος ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ) — and was taken up dead (ἤρθη νεκρός). Paul’s his life is in him (ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ ἐστιν) does not settle whether he is alive or has been made alive — neither does this edition. V.12, they brought the boy living — παῖς (boy) is a different word from v.9 νεανίας (young man).
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Adopted “break bread” — unnamed; “his life is in him” — unsettled
Basis What the base text does not name is not named.
8
ἦσαν δὲ λαμπάδες ἱκαναὶ ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ οὗ ἦμεν συνηγμένοι·
And there were many torches in the upper room where we were gathered.
9
⸀καθεζόμενος δέ τις νεανίας ὀνόματι Εὔτυχος ἐπὶ τῆς θυρίδος, καταφερόμενος ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ διαλεγομένου τοῦ Παύλου ἐπὶ πλεῖον, κατενεχθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου ἔπεσεν ἀπὸ τοῦ τριστέγου κάτω καὶ ἤρθη νεκρός.
And a certain young man named Eutychus, sitting in the window, was being borne down by a deep sleep as Paul reasoned longer; and borne down by the sleep he fell down from the third storey and was taken up dead.
10
καταβὰς δὲ ὁ Παῦλος ἐπέπεσεν αὐτῷ καὶ συμπεριλαβὼν εἶπεν· Μὴ θορυβεῖσθε, ἡ γὰρ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ ἐστιν.
But Paul, going down, fell upon him, and embracing him said, “Do not be in commotion, for his life is in him.”
11
ἀναβὰς δὲ καὶ κλάσας ⸀τὸν ἄρτον καὶ γευσάμενος ἐφ’ ἱκανόν τε ὁμιλήσας ἄχρι αὐγῆς, οὕτως ἐξῆλθεν.
And going up and breaking the bread and tasting it, and conversing for a long while until dawn, so he went out.
12
ἤγαγον δὲ τὸν παῖδα ζῶντα, καὶ παρεκλήθησαν οὐ μετρίως.
And they brought the boy living, and were comforted not a little.
13
Ἡμεῖς δὲ ⸀προελθόντες ⸀ἐπὶ τὸ πλοῖον ἀνήχθημεν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἆσσον, ἐκεῖθεν μέλλοντες ἀναλαμβάνειν τὸν Παῦλον, οὕτως γὰρ ⸂διατεταγμένος ἦν⸃ μέλλων αὐτὸς πεζεύειν.
But we, going ahead to the ship, put out to sea for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for so he had directed, intending himself to go on foot.
14
ὡς δὲ ⸀συνέβαλλεν ἡμῖν εἰς τὴν Ἆσσον, ἀναλαβόντες αὐτὸν ἤλθομεν εἰς Μιτυλήνην,
And when he met us at Assos, taking him on board we came to Mitylene;
15
κἀκεῖθεν ἀποπλεύσαντες τῇ ἐπιούσῃ κατηντήσαμεν ⸀ἄντικρυς Χίου, τῇ δὲ ἑτέρᾳ παρεβάλομεν εἰς ⸀Σάμον, τῇ ⸀δὲ ἐχομένῃ ἤλθομεν εἰς Μίλητον·
and sailing from there, on the following day we arrived opposite Chios, and on the next day we crossed over to Samos, and on the day after we came to Miletus.
16
⸀κεκρίκει γὰρ ὁ Παῦλος παραπλεῦσαι τὴν Ἔφεσον, ὅπως μὴ γένηται αὐτῷ χρονοτριβῆσαι ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ, ἔσπευδεν γὰρ εἰ δυνατὸν ⸀εἴη αὐτῷ τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς πεντηκοστῆς γενέσθαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα.
For Paul had judged to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
17
Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς Μιλήτου πέμψας εἰς Ἔφεσον μετεκαλέσατο τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς ἐκκλησίας.
And from Miletus, sending to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly.
18
ὡς δὲ παρεγένοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε ἀπὸ πρώτης ἡμέρας ἀφ’ ἧς ἐπέβην εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν πῶς μεθ’ ὑμῶν τὸν πάντα χρόνον ἐγενόμην,
And when they arrived to him, he said to them, “You know, from the first day on which I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,
19
δουλεύων τῷ κυρίῳ μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης ⸀καὶ δακρύων καὶ πειρασμῶν τῶν συμβάντων μοι ἐν ταῖς ἐπιβουλαῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων·
being a slave to the Lord with all lowliness of mind and tears and testings that came upon me through the plots of the Jews;
20
ὡς οὐδὲν ὑπεστειλάμην τῶν συμφερόντων τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι ὑμῖν καὶ διδάξαι ὑμᾶς δημοσίᾳ καὶ κατ’ οἴκους,
how I shrank from nothing that was profitable, so as not to report it to you and to teach you publicly and from house to house,
21
διαμαρτυρόμενος Ἰουδαίοις τε καὶ Ἕλλησιν τὴν ⸀εἰς θεὸν μετάνοιαν καὶ ⸀πίστιν εἰς τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν ⸀Ἰησοῦν.
solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks the repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
first here Greeks Ἕλλην Hellēn
first here Jesus Ἰησοῦς Iēsous
22
καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ⸂δεδεμένος ἐγὼ⸃ τῷ πνεύματι πορεύομαι εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ συναντήσοντά ⸀μοι μὴ εἰδώς,
And now behold, bound in the spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will meet me there,
first here Jerusalem Ἰερουσαλήμ Ierousalēm
23
πλὴν ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον κατὰ πόλιν διαμαρτύρεταί ⸀μοι λέγον ὅτι δεσμὰ ⸂καὶ θλίψεις με⸃ μένουσιν·
except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.
24
ἀλλ’ οὐδενὸς ⸀λόγου ⸀ποιοῦμαι τὴν ⸀ψυχὴν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ ὡς ⸀τελειῶσαι τὸν δρόμον ⸀μου καὶ τὴν διακονίαν ἣν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, διαμαρτύρασθαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ.
But I count my life of no account, as precious to myself, so as to complete my course and the service which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly to the good news of the grace of God.
Why this rendering
Acts.20.24 Observation
Syntactic observation
οὐδενὸς λόγου ποιοῦμαι τὴν ψυχὴν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ ὡς τελειῶσαι τὸν δρόμον μου καὶ τὴν διακονίαν — I count my life of no account, as precious to myself, so as to complete my course and the service. δρόμος, course, is the word of 13:25, as John was fulfilling his course — the word used of the Baptist, Paul uses of himself (2 Tim 4:7, I have completed the course, is the third in the New Testament). τελειόω, complete, is the verb of Luke 2:43, when they had completed the days. ψυχή, life, is as fixed — not raised to soul. V.22 δεδεμένος τῷ πνεύματι, bound in the spirit — whether Paul’s spirit or the Holy Spirit, the base text leaves without a name (τῷ πνεύματι); v.23 names τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον. This edition keeps spirit at v.22 and does not fill in Holy. V.25, you will see my face no more — v.38 takes up that word (τῷ λόγῳ ᾧ εἰρήκει).
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Adopted “bound in the spirit” — not filled in as “Holy” at v.22
Basis V.23 names it and v.22 does not — the base text’s order is kept.
25
Καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ οἶδα ὅτι οὐκέτι ὄψεσθε τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ὑμεῖς πάντες ἐν οἷς διῆλθον κηρύσσων τὴν ⸀βασιλείαν.
And now behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about proclaiming the kingdom, will see my face no more.
26
⸀διότι μαρτύρομαι ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ ὅτι καθαρός ⸀εἰμι ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος πάντων,
Therefore I testify to you on this very day that I am clean of the blood of all;
27
οὐ γὰρ ὑπεστειλάμην τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι ⸂πᾶσαν τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῖν⸃.
for I did not shrink from reporting to you the whole counsel of God.
28
⸀προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς καὶ παντὶ τῷ ποιμνίῳ, ἐν ᾧ ὑμᾶς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἔθετο ἐπισκόπους, ποιμαίνειν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ ⸀θεοῦ, ἣν περιεποιήσατο διὰ τοῦ ⸂αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου⸃.
Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he acquired through the blood of his own.
Why this rendering
Acts.20.28 Observation
Syntactic observation
ποιμαίνειν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἣν περιεποιήσατο διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου — to shepherd the assembly of God, which he acquired through the blood of his own. The base text marks two places, ⸀ and ⸂⸃ — τοῦ θεοῦ (of God; manuscripts divide with of the Lord) and τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου (the blood of his own; the Received Text has τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος, his own blood). The printed order τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου can be read as his own blood or as the blood of his Own — reading ὁ ἴδιος as a noun is open. This edition keeps the blood of his own and closes neither way. ἐπίσκοπος, overseer, is built on ἐπισκέπτομαι (look upon — Luke 1:68, 78; Acts 15:14) — this edition keeps the seeing in the word rather than bishop. V.17 calls the same men πρεσβύτεροι, elders — one group, two names. ποιμαίνω, shepherd, is the verb of John 21:16, shepherd my sheep, and ποίμνιον, flock, is the word of Luke 12:32, little flock.
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Adopted “through the blood of his own” — both readings left open
Basis What the printed word order leaves open, the translation does not close.
“with his own blood”
Basis The Received Text’s order.
Rejected Not the base text’s order, and it closes the second reading.
29
ἐγὼ ⸀οἶδα ὅτι εἰσελεύσονται μετὰ τὴν ἄφιξίν μου λύκοι βαρεῖς εἰς ὑμᾶς μὴ φειδόμενοι τοῦ ποιμνίου,
I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
Why this rendering
Acts.20.29 Observation
Syntactic observation
λύκοι βαρεῖς … μὴ φειδόμενοι τοῦ ποιμνίου — fierce wolves … not sparing the flock. λύκος, wolf, is the word of Matt 7:15 (wolves in sheep’s clothing), 10:16 and John 10:12. βαρύς is heavy in this edition (Matt 23:4, heavy burdens), but of wolves it is fierce — the division by place is recorded in the table. V.30 διεστραμμένα, twisted things, is the verb of 2:40, this crooked generation, and 13:10, making crooked the straight paths. V.31 γρηγορεῖτε, stay awake, is as fixed at Mark 13:34-37 and 14:34-38. τριετία, three years, is unique in the New Testament; reading it as the sum of 19:10 two years and 19:8 three months is outside the text. V.35, it is more blessed to give than to receive (Μακάριόν ἐστιν μᾶλλον διδόναι ἢ λαμβάνειν) — a saying of Jesus found in none of the four Gospels. This edition records only that it is not in the Gospels and names no source.
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Adopted “fierce wolves” — βαρύς divided by place
Basis Heavy wolves makes no picture — the division is in the table.
30
καὶ ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ἀναστήσονται ἄνδρες λαλοῦντες διεστραμμένα τοῦ ἀποσπᾶν τοὺς μαθητὰς ὀπίσω ⸀ἑαυτῶν·
and from among you yourselves men will rise up speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.
31
διὸ γρηγορεῖτε, μνημονεύοντες ὅτι τριετίαν νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν οὐκ ἐπαυσάμην μετὰ δακρύων νουθετῶν ἕνα ἕκαστον.
Therefore stay awake, remembering that for three years, night and day, I did not cease admonishing each one with tears.
32
καὶ τὰ νῦν παρατίθεμαι ⸀ὑμᾶς τῷ ⸀θεῷ καὶ τῷ λόγῳ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ, τῷ δυναμένῳ ⸀οἰκοδομῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι ⸀τὴν κληρονομίαν ἐν τοῖς ἡγιασμένοις πᾶσιν.
And now I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give the inheritance among all those who have been sanctified.
33
ἀργυρίου ἢ χρυσίου ἢ ἱματισμοῦ οὐδενὸς ἐπεθύμησα·
I desired no one’s silver or gold or raiment.
34
αὐτοὶ γινώσκετε ὅτι ταῖς χρείαις μου καὶ τοῖς οὖσι μετ’ ἐμοῦ ὑπηρέτησαν αἱ χεῖρες αὗται.
You yourselves know that these hands served my needs and those who were with me.
35
πάντα ὑπέδειξα ὑμῖν ὅτι οὕτως κοπιῶντας δεῖ ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι τῶν ἀσθενούντων, μνημονεύειν τε τῶν λόγων τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπεν Μακάριόν ἐστιν μᾶλλον διδόναι ἢ λαμβάνειν.
In all things I showed you that by labouring in this way we must take hold of the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
36
Καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν θεὶς τὰ γόνατα αὐτοῦ σὺν πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς προσηύξατο.
And having said these things, he knelt down with them all and prayed.
37
ἱκανὸς δὲ ⸂κλαυθμὸς ἐγένετο⸃ πάντων, καὶ ἐπιπεσόντες ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον τοῦ Παύλου κατεφίλουν αὐτόν,
And there was much weeping from all, and falling on Paul’s neck they were kissing him,
Why this rendering
Acts.20.37 Observation
Syntactic observation
ἐπιπεσόντες ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον τοῦ Παύλου κατεφίλουν αὐτόν — falling on Paul’s neck they were kissing him. The two movements of the father to the son at Luke 15:20 — ἐπέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ καὶ κατεφίλησεν αὐτόν. All three words are the same (ἐπιπίπτω, τράχηλος, καταφιλέω), and this edition renders the two places with the same sentence. καταφιλέω is also the verb of Judas’s kiss (Matt 26:49; Mark 14:45) — Luke does not use it of Judas (Luke 22:47 has φιλέω). V.36 θεὶς τὰ γόνατα, kneeling down, is the phrase of Stephen (7:60), Peter (9:40) and 21:5. V.38 προέπεμπον, sending him on his way, is the verb of 15:3, sent on their way by the assembly. ὀδυνώμενοι, in anguish, is the word of Luke 2:48 (your father and I in anguish) and 16:24-25 — only these four in the New Testament, all Luke-Acts.
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Adopted “falling on his neck … kissing him” — the sentence of Luke 15:20
Basis Three words the same, so the sentence is the same.
38
ὀδυνώμενοι μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ ᾧ εἰρήκει ὅτι οὐκέτι μέλλουσιν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ θεωρεῖν. προέπεμπον δὲ αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον.
being in anguish most of all at the word he had spoken, that they were going to see his face no more. And they were sending him on his way to the ship.