Text -- Acts 5:7 (NET)

5:7 After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 5:7

¹ tn Grk “It happened that after an interval of about three hours.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

² tn Grk “came in, not knowing.” The participle has been translated with concessive or adversative force: “although she did not know.” In English, the adversative conjunction (“but”) conveys this nuance more smoothly.