Acts 4:25

4:25 who said by the Holy Spirit through ¹  your servant David our forefather, ² 

‘Why do the nations ³  rage, ⁴ 

and the peoples plot foolish ⁵  things?

Acts 7:26

7:26 The next day Moses ⁶  saw two men ⁷  fighting, and tried to make peace between ⁸  them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?’

Acts 7:60

7:60 Then he fell ⁹  to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” ¹⁰  When ¹¹  he had said this, he died. ¹² 

¹ tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).

² tn Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”

³ tn Or “Gentiles.”

⁴ sn The Greek word translated rage includes not only anger but opposition, both verbal and nonverbal. See L&N 88.185.

⁵ tn Or “futile”; traditionally, “vain.”

⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “saw them”; the context makes clear that two individuals were involved (v. 27).

⁸ tn Or “tried to reconcile” (BDAG 964-65 s.v. συναλλάσσω).

¹¹ tn Grk “Then falling to his knees he cried out.” The participle θείς (qeis) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹² sn The remarks Lord Jesus, receive my spirit and Lord, do not hold this sin against them recall statements Jesus made on the cross (Luke 23:34, 46).

¹³ tn Grk “And when.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences, καί (kai) has not been translated here; a new sentence is begun instead.

¹⁴ tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.