Acts 14:3

14:3 So they stayed there ¹  for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified ²  to the message ³  of his grace, granting miraculous signs ⁴  and wonders to be performed through their hands.

Acts 19:26

19:26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded ⁵  and turned away ⁶  a large crowd, ⁷  not only in Ephesus ⁸  but in practically all of the province of Asia, ⁹  by saying ¹⁰  that gods made by hands are not gods at all. ¹¹ 

¹ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

² sn The Lord testified to the message by granting the signs described in the following clause.

³ tn Grk “word.”

⁴ tn Here the context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned.

⁵ tn Grk “persuading.” The participle πείσας (peisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁶ tn Or “misled.”

⁷ tn BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός 3.a has “of pers. ὄχλος a large crowd…Ac 11:24, 26; 19:26.”

⁸ map For location see JP1-D2; JP2-D2; JP3-D2; JP4-D2.

⁹ tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 22.

¹⁰ tn The participle λέγων (legwn) has been regarded as indicating instrumentality.

¹¹ tn The words “at all” are not in the Greek text but are implied.