Acts 18:5

18:5 Now when Silas and Timothy arrived20 from Macedonia,21 Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming22 the word, testifying23 to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.24

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20	tn Grk “came down.”
21	sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.
22	tn BDAG 971 s.v. συνέχω 6 states, “συνείχετο τῷ λόγῳ (Paul) was wholly absorbed in preaching Ac 18:5 … in contrast to the activity cited in vs. 3.” The imperfect συνείχετο (suneicheto) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect (“became wholly absorbed …”), stressing the change in Paul’s activity once Silas and Timothy arrived. At this point Paul apparently began to work less and preach more.
23	tn BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 2 has “testify of, bear witness to solemnly (orig. under oath) … W. acc. and inf. foll. Ac 18:5.”
24	tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.” sn See the note on Christ in 2:31.