Acts 15:8

15:8 And God, who knows the heart, ¹  has testified ²  to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, ³ 

Acts 22:12

22:12 A man named Ananias, ⁴  a devout man according to the law, ⁵  well spoken of by all the Jews who live there, ⁶ 

Acts 26:5

26:5 They know, ⁷  because they have known ⁸  me from time past, ⁹  if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party ¹⁰  of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee. ¹¹ 

¹ sn The expression who knows the heart means “who knows what people think.”

² tn Or “has borne witness.”

³ sn By giving them…just as he did to us. The allusion is to the events of Acts 10-11, esp. 10:44-48 and Peter’s remarks in 11:15-18.

⁴ tn Grk “a certain Ananias.”

⁵ sn The law refers to the law of Moses.

⁶ tn BDAG 534 s.v. κατοικέω 1.a translates this present participle “ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν (sc. ἐκεῖ) κατοικούντων ᾿Ιουδαίων by all the Jews who live there Ac 22:12.”

⁷ tn These words are repeated from v. 4 (“all the Jews know”). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, it was necessary to begin a new sentence at the beginning of v. 5 in the translation, but for this to make sense, the main verb ἵσασι ({isasi) has to be repeated to connect with the ὅτι (Joti) clause (indirect discourse) in v. 5.

⁸ tn Grk “having known me from time past.” The participle προγινώσκοντες (proginwskonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

⁹ tn BDAG 866 s.v. προγινώσκω 2 has “Know from time past…προγινώσκοντές με ἄνωθεν Ac 26:5.” L&N 28.6 states, “‘they have already known me beforehand, if they are willing to testify’ Ac 26:5.”

¹⁰ tn That is, strictest religious party. “Party” alone is used in the translation because “the strictest religious party of our religion” would be redundant.

¹¹ sn See the note on Pharisee in 5:34.