Acts 9:17

9:17 So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed ¹  his hands on Saul ²  and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, ³  has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” ⁴ 

Acts 13:4

Paul and Barnabas Preach in Cyprus

13:4 So Barnabas and Saul, ⁵  sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, ⁶  and from there they sailed to Cyprus. ⁷ 

Isaiah 48:16

48:16 Approach me! Listen to this!

From the very first I have not spoken in secret;

when it happens, ⁸  I am there.”

So now, the sovereign Lord has sent me, accompanied by his spirit. ⁹ 

Zechariah 2:9-11

2:9 “I am about to punish them ¹⁰  in such a way,” he says, “that they will be looted by their own slaves.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me.

2:10 “Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! ¹¹  For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,” says the Lord. 2:11 “Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, ¹²  and they will also be my ¹³  people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.

¹ tn Grk “and placing his hands on Saul, he said.” The participle ἐπιθείς (epiqei") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. For the same reason καί (kai) has not been translated before the participle.

² tn Grk “on him”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “on the road in which you came,” but the relative clause makes for awkward English style, so it was translated as a temporal clause (“as you came here”).

⁴ sn Be filled with the Holy Spirit. Here someone who is not an apostle (Ananias) commissions another person with the Spirit.

⁵ tn Grk “they”; the referents (Barnabas and Saul) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ sn Seleucia was the port city of Antioch in Syria.

⁷ sn Cyprus was a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.

⁸ tn Heb “from the time of its occurring.”

⁹ sn The speaker here is not identified specifically, but he is probably Cyrus, the Lord’s “ally” mentioned in vv. 14-15.

¹⁰ tn Heb “I will wave my hand over them” (so NASB); NIV, NRSV “raise my hand against them.”

¹¹ sn This individualizing of Zion as a daughter draws attention to the corporate nature of the covenant community and also to the tenderness with which the Lord regards his chosen people.

¹² tn Heb “on that day.” The descriptive phrase “of salvation” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tc The LXX and Syriac have the 3rd person masculine singular suffix in both places (“his people” and “he will settle”; cf. NAB, TEV) in order to avoid the Lord’s speaking of himself in the third person. Such resort is unnecessary, however, in light of the common shifting of person in Hebrew narrative (cf. 3:2).