Acts 7:22

7:22 So Moses was trained ¹  in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful ²  in his words and deeds.

Acts 2:40

2:40 With many other words he testified ³  and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse ⁴  generation!”

Acts 15:24

15:24 Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused ⁵  you, upsetting ⁶  your minds ⁷  by what they said, ⁸ 

¹ tn Or “instructed.”

² tn Or “was able” (BDAG 264 s.v. δυνατός 1.b.α).

³ tn Or “warned.”

⁴ tn Or “crooked” (in a moral or ethical sense). See Luke 3:5.

⁵ tn Here BDAG 990-91 s.v. ταράσσω 2 states, “Of mental confusion caused by false teachings ταρ. τινά Ac 15:24 (w. λόγοις foll.).”

⁶ tn BDAG 71 s.v. ἀνασκευάζω describes this verb with a figurative meaning: “to cause inward distress, upset, unsettle.”

⁷ tn Grk “souls.”

⁸ tn Grk “by words”; L&N 25.231 translates the phrase “they troubled and upset you by what they said.”