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‘dates’ [HNTC; NEB], ‘duration periods’ [Hn], ‘periods of time’ [LN], ‘eras’ [Hb]. c. καιρός (LN 67.1; 67.145): ‘seasons’ [ICC, Lns, WBC; KJV, RSV, TNT], ‘appropriate seasons’ [Hn], ‘epochs’ [NASB], ‘specific moments’ [NAB], ‘times’ [HNTC, LN; NEB], ‘dates’ [NIV, NJB], ‘occasions’ [LN; TEV], ‘crises’ [Hb], ‘ages’ [LN], ‘eras’ [LN]. QUESTION—What do τῶν χρόνων ‘the times’ and τῶν καιρῶν ‘the seasons’ relate to and how do the terms differ? 1. This is an idiom for referring to the time when the
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