27 This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them when I[a] came upon them[b] with the detachment and[c] rescued him,[d] because I[e] learned that he was a Roman citizen.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 23:27 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came upon”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 23:27 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Acts 23:27 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came upon”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Acts 23:27 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Acts 23:27 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“learned”) which is understood as causal