Text -- Acts 7:12 (NET)

7:12 So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 7:12

¹ tn Or possibly “food,” since in a number of extrabiblical contexts the phrase σιτία καὶ ποτά (sitia kai pota) means “food and drink,” where solid food is contrasted with liquid nourishment (L&N 3.42).

² tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

³ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.