From 6827d2967a104016c9575c5a242c2ff342810141 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 19:21:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] tN Issue 1811. Hope --- act/24/26.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/act/24/26.md b/act/24/26.md index 14ae0a414e..878a9f449f 100644 --- a/act/24/26.md +++ b/act/24/26.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -# Paul would give money to him +# he hoped that Paul would give money to him -Felix was hoping Paul would offer him a bribe to set him free. +Here the word "hope" means "want" or "expect," but the person who hopes in this way does not know if what he hopes for will happen. Sometimes prisoners gave money to government officials so that the officials would free them from prison early, and Felix hoped that Paul would do that. Alternate translation: "he wanted Paul to give money to him" or "he expected that Paul might give money to him" # so he often sent for him and spoke with him