Acts 4:9

4:9 if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man – by what means this man was healed

Acts 12:22

12:22 But the crowd began to shout, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

tn This clause is a first class condition. It assumes for the sake of argument that this is what they were being questioned about.

tn Or “questioned.” The Greek term ἀνακρίνω (anakrinw) points to an examination similar to a legal one.

tn Or “for an act of kindness.”

tn Or “delivered” (σέσωται [seswtai], from σώζω [swzw]). See 4:12.

tn The translation “crowd” is given by BDAG 223 s.v. δῆμος; the word often means a gathering of citizens to conduct public business. Here it is simply the group of people gathered to hear the king’s speech.

tn The imperfect verb ἐπεφώνει (epefwnei) is taken ingressively in the sequence of events. Presumably the king had started his speech when the crowd began shouting.

sn The voice of a god. Contrast the response of Paul and Barnabas in Acts 14:13-15.