Acts 3:12

3:12 When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, “Men of Israel, ¹  why are you amazed at this? Why ²  do you stare at us as if we had made this man ³  walk by our own power or piety?

Luke 24:5

24:5 The ⁴  women ⁵  were terribly frightened ⁶  and bowed ⁷  their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living ⁸  among the dead?

¹ tn Or perhaps “People of Israel,” since this was taking place in Solomon’s Portico and women may have been present. The Greek ἄνδρες ᾿Ισραηλῖται (andre" Israhlitai) used in the plural would normally mean “men, gentlemen” (BDAG 79 s.v. ἀνήρ 1.a).

² tn Grk “or why.”

³ tn Grk “him”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁵ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the women) has been specified in the translation for clarity (the same has been done in v. 8).

⁶ tn Or “They were extremely afraid.”

⁷ sn Bowed their faces to the ground. Such respect for angels is common: Dan 7:28; 10:9, 15.

⁸ sn By referring to Jesus as the living, the angels make it clear that he is alive. There should be no surprise.