John 3:26

3:26 So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, ¹  about whom you testified – see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!”

John 17:21

17:21 that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray ²  that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.

Psalms 22:27

22:27 Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the Lord and turn to him! ³ 

Let all the nations ⁴  worship you! ⁵ 

Psalms 49:1

Psalm 49 ⁶ 

For the music director, a psalm by the Korahites.

49:1 Listen to this, all you nations!

Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world! ⁷ 

Isaiah 27:6

27:6 The time is coming when Jacob will take root; ⁸ 

Israel will blossom and grow branches.

The produce ⁹  will fill the surface of the world. ¹⁰ 

Acts 17:6

17:6 When they did not find them, they dragged ¹¹  Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, ¹²  screaming, “These people who have stirred up trouble ¹³  throughout the world ¹⁴  have come here too,

Acts 17:1

Paul and Silas at Thessalonica

17:1 After they traveled through ¹⁵  Amphipolis ¹⁶  and Apollonia, ¹⁷  they came to Thessalonica, ¹⁸  where there was a Jewish synagogue. ¹⁹ 

Acts 2:2

2:2 Suddenly ²⁰  a sound ²¹  like a violent wind blowing ²²  came from heaven ²³  and filled the entire house where they were sitting.

[3:26]  ¹ tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.

[17:21]  ² tn The words “I pray” are repeated from the first part of v. 20 for clarity.

[22:27]  ³ tn Heb “may all the ends of the earth remember and turn to the Lord.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 27 are understood as jussives (cf. NEB). Another option (cf. NIV, NRSV) is to take the forms as imperfects and translate, “all the people of the earth will acknowledge and turn…and worship.” See vv. 29-32.

[22:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “families of the nations.”

[22:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “before you.”

[49:1]  ⁶ sn Psalm 49. In this so-called wisdom psalm (see v. 3) the psalmist states that he will not fear the rich enemies who threaten him, for despite their wealth, they are mere men who will die like everyone else. The psalmist is confident the Lord will vindicate the godly and protect them from the attacks of their oppressors.

[49:1]  ⁷ tn The rare noun חָלֶד (kheled, “world”) occurs in Ps 17:14 and perhaps also in Isa 38:11 (see the note on “world” there).

[27:6]  ⁸ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “the coming ones, let Jacob take root.” הַבָּאִים (habba’im, “the coming ones”) should probably be emended to יָמִים בָאִים (yamim va’im, “days [are] coming”) or בְּיָמִים הַבָּאִים (biyamim habba’im, “in the coming days”).

[27:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “fruit” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[27:6]  ¹⁰ sn This apparently refers to a future population explosion. See 26:18.

[17:6]  ¹¹ tn See BDAG 977-78 s.v. σύρω on this verb. It was used in everyday speech of dragging in fish by a net, or dragging away someone’s (presumably) dead body (Paul in Acts 14:19).

[17:6]  ¹² tn L&N 37.93 defines πολιτάρχης (politarch") as “a public official responsible for administrative matters within a town or city and a member of the ruling council of such a political unit – ‘city official’” (see also BDAG 845 s.v.).

[17:6]  ¹³ tn Or “rebellion.” BDAG 72 s.v. ἀναστατόω has “disturb, trouble, upset,” but in light of the references in the following verse to political insurrection, “stirred up rebellion” would also be appropriate.

[17:6]  ¹⁴ tn Or “the empire.” This was a way of referring to the Roman empire (BDAG 699 s.v. οἰκουμένη 2.b).

[17:1]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 250 s.v. διοδεύω 1 has “go, travel through” for this verse.

[17:1]  ¹⁶ sn Amphipolis. The capital city of the southeastern district of Macedonia (BDAG 55 s.v. ᾿Αμφίπολις). It was a military post. From Philippi this was about 33 mi (53 km).

[17:1]  ¹⁷ sn Apollonia was a city in Macedonia about 27 mi (43 km) west southwest of Amphipolis.

[17:1]  ¹⁸ sn Thessalonica (modern Salonica) was a city in Macedonia about 33 mi (53 km) west of Apollonia. It was the capital of Macedonia. The road they traveled over was called the Via Egnatia. It is likely they rode horses, given their condition in Philippi. The implication of v. 1 is that the two previously mentioned cities lacked a synagogue.

[17:1]  ¹⁹ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

[2:2]  ²⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated for stylistic reasons. It occurs as part of the formula καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto) which is often left untranslated in Luke-Acts because it is redundant in contemporary English. Here it is possible (and indeed necessary) to translate ἐγένετο as “came” so that the initial clause of the English translation contains a verb; nevertheless the translation of the conjunction καί is not necessary.

[2:2]  ²¹ tn Or “a noise.”

[2:2]  ²² tn While φέρω (ferw) generally refers to movement from one place to another with the possible implication of causing the movement of other objects, in Acts 2:2 φέρομαι (feromai) should probably be understood in a more idiomatic sense of “blowing” since it is combined with the noun for wind (πνοή, pnoh).

[2:2]  ²³ tn Or “from the sky.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven” depending on the context.