Acts 7:26

7:26 The next day Moses ¹  saw two men ²  fighting, and tried to make peace between ³  them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?’

Acts 19:13

19:13 But some itinerant ⁴  Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name ⁵  of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by ⁶  evil spirits, saying, “I sternly warn ⁷  you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

Acts 19:26

19:26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded ⁸  and turned away ⁹  a large crowd, ¹⁰  not only in Ephesus ¹¹  but in practically all of the province of Asia, ¹²  by saying ¹³  that gods made by hands are not gods at all. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “saw them”; the context makes clear that two individuals were involved (v. 27).

³ tn Or “tried to reconcile” (BDAG 964-65 s.v. συναλλάσσω).

⁴ tn Grk “some Jewish exorcists who traveled about.” The adjectival participle περιερχομένων (periercomenwn) has been translated as “itinerant.”

⁵ tn Grk “to name the name.”

⁶ tn Grk “who had.” Here ἔχω (ecw) is used of demon possession, a common usage according to BDAG 421 s.v. ἔχω 7.a.α.

⁷ sn The expression I sternly warn you means “I charge you as under oath.”

⁷ tn Grk “persuading.” The participle πείσας (peisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁸ tn Or “misled.”

⁹ tn BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός 3.a has “of pers. ὄχλος a large crowd…Ac 11:24, 26; 19:26.”

¹⁰ map For location see JP1-D2; JP2-D2; JP3-D2; JP4-D2.

¹¹ tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 22.

¹² tn The participle λέγων (legwn) has been regarded as indicating instrumentality.

¹³ tn The words “at all” are not in the Greek text but are implied.