Act 21:40 | NET2full | STEP | When the commanding officer had given him permission , Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the people with his hand . When they had become silent , he addressed them in Aramaic ,

‏ Acts 21:40

40 When the commanding officer ^{▼▼tn The referent (the commanding officer) has been supplied here in the translation for clarity.} had given him permission, ^{▼▼tn Grk “When he gave permission.” The participle ἐπιτρέψαντος (epitrepsantos) is part of a genitive absolute construction and has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.} Paul stood ^{▼▼tn Grk “standing.” The participle ἑστώς (hestōs) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.} on the steps and gestured ^{▼▼tn Or “motioned.”} to the people with his hand. When they had become silent, ^{▼▼tn γενομένης (genomenēs) has been taken temporally. BDAG 922 s.v. σιγή has “πολλῆς σιγῆς γενομένης when a great silence had fallen = when they had become silent Ac 21:40.”} he addressed ^{▼▼tn Or “spoke out to.” L&N 33.27 has “to address an audience, with possible emphasis upon loudness—‘to address, to speak out to.’ πολλῆς δέ σιγῆς γενομένης προσεφώνησεν τῇ ᾿Εβραίδι διαλέκτῳ ‘when they were quiet, he addressed them in Hebrew’ Ac 21:40.”} them in Aramaic, ^{▼▼tn Grk “in the Hebrew dialect, saying.” This refers to the Aramaic spoken in Palestine in the 1st century (BDAG 270 s.v. ῾Εβραΐς). The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.}