Acts 1:8

1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts ¹  of the earth.”

Acts 10:41

10:41 not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, ²  who ate and drank ³  with him after he rose from the dead.

Acts 22:20

22:20 And when the blood of your witness ⁴  Stephen was shed, ⁵  I myself was standing nearby, approving, ⁶  and guarding the cloaks ⁷  of those who were killing him.’ ⁸ 

Acts 26:16

26:16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance ⁹  as a servant and witness ¹⁰  to the things ¹¹  you have seen ¹²  and to the things in which I will appear to you.

¹ tn Or “to the ends.”

² tn Or “the witnesses God had previously chosen.” See Acts 1:8.

³ sn Ate and drank. See Luke 24:35-49.

³ sn Now Paul referred to Stephen as your witness, and he himself had also become a witness. The reversal was now complete; the opponent had now become a proponent.

⁴ sn When the blood of your witness Stephen was shed means “when your witness Stephen was murdered.”

⁵ tn Grk “and approving.” This καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

⁶ tn Or “outer garments.”

⁷ tn Or “who were putting him to death.” For the translation of ἀναιρούντων (anairountwn) as “putting to death” see BDAG 64 s.v. ἀναιρέω 2.

⁴ tn L&N 30.89 has “‘to choose in advance, to select beforehand, to designate in advance.’”

⁵ sn As a servant and witness. The commission is similar to Acts 1:8 and Luke 1:2. Paul was now an “eyewitness” of the Lord.

⁶ tn BDAG 719 s.v. ὁράω A.1.b states, “W. attraction of the relative ὧν = τούτων ἅ Lk 9:36; Ac 22:15. The attraction may be due to colloq. breviloquence in μάρτυρα ὧν τε εἶδες με ὧν τε ὀφθήσομαί σοι a witness to the things in which you saw me and to those in which I shall appear to you Ac 26:16b.”

⁷ tc ‡ Some mss read “of the things in which you have seen me.” The accusative object με (me, “me”) is found after εἶδές (eide") in B C*^vid 614 945 1175 1505 1739 1891 2464 pc sy sa; it is lacking in Ì⁷⁴ א A C² E Ψ 096 Ï latt bo. The external evidence is relatively evenly divided, though there is a slight preference for the omission. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating some doubt as to its authenticity.