Acts 21:40

21:40 When the commanding officer157 had given him permission,158 Paul stood159 on the steps and gestured160 to the people with his hand. When they had become silent,161 he addressed162 them in Aramaic,163

157	tn The referent (the commanding officer) has been supplied here in the translation for clarity.
158	tn Grk “Giving him permission.” The participle ἐπιτρέψαντος (epitrepsantos) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
159	tn Grk “standing.” The participle ἑστώς (hestōs) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
160	tn Or “motioned.”
161	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.”
162	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 Ἐβραίδι διαλέκτῳ ‘when they were quiet, he addressed them in Hebrew’ Ac 21:40.”
163	tn Grk “in the Hebrew dialect, saying.” This refers to the Aramaic spoken in Palestine in the 1st century (BDAG 270 s.v. Ἑβραΐς). The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.