Hebrews 10:24-25

10:24 And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works, ¹  10:25 not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day ²  drawing near. ³ 

Acts 11:23

11:23 When ⁴  he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true ⁵  to the Lord with devoted hearts, ⁶ 

Acts 11:1

Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church

11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted ⁷  the word of God. ⁸ 

Acts 2:11

2:11 both Jews and proselytes, ⁹  Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!” ¹⁰ 

Acts 4:18

4:18 And they called them in and ordered ¹¹  them not to speak or teach at all in the name ¹²  of Jesus.

Acts 5:11

5:11 Great ¹³  fear gripped ¹⁴  the whole church ¹⁵  and all who heard about these things.

Acts 5:2

5:2 He ¹⁶  kept back for himself part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge; he brought ¹⁷  only part of it and placed it at the apostles’ feet.

Acts 4:2

4:2 angry ¹⁸  because they were teaching the people and announcing ¹⁹  in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

¹ tn Grk “let us consider one another for provoking of love and good deeds.”

² sn The day refers to that well-known time of Christ’s coming and judgment in the future; see a similar use of “day” in 1 Cor 3:13.

³ tn This paragraph (vv. 19-25) is actually a single, skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments for English idiom. It begins with several subordinate phrases (since we have confidence and a great priest), has three parallel exhortations as its main verbs (let us draw near, hold, and take thought), and concludes with several subordinate phrases related to the final exhortation (not abandoning but encouraging).

⁴ tn Grk “Antioch, who when.” The relative pronoun was omitted and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.

⁵ tn BDAG 883 s.v. προσμένω 1.a.β has “remain true to the Lord” for προσμένειν (prosmenein) in this verse.

⁶ tn Grk “with purpose of heart”; BDAG 869 s.v. πρόθεσις 2.a translates this phrase “purpose of heart, i.e. devotion” here.

⁷ tn See BDAG 221 s.v. δέχομαι 5 for this translation of ἐδέξαντο (edexanto) here.

⁸ tn Here the phrase “word of God” is another way to describe the gospel (note the preceding verb ἐδέξαντο, edexanto, “accepted”). The phrase could also be translated “the word [message] from God.”

⁹ sn Proselytes refers to Gentile (i.e., non-Jewish) converts to Judaism.

¹⁰ tn Or “God’s mighty works.” Here the genitive τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) has been translated as a subjective genitive.

¹¹ tn Or “commanded.”

¹² sn In the name of Jesus. Once again, the “name” reflects the person. The person of Jesus and his authority is the “troubling” topic that, as far as the Jewish leadership is concerned, needs controlling.

¹³ tn Grk “And great.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

¹⁴ tn Or “fear came on,” “fear seized”; Grk “fear happened to.”

¹⁵ sn This is the first occurrence of the term church (ἐκκλησία, ekklhsia) in Acts. It refers to an assembly of people.

¹⁶ tn Grk “And he.” 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.

¹⁷ tn The participle ἐνέγκας (enenka") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁸ tn Or “greatly annoyed,” “provoked.”

¹⁹ tn Or “proclaiming.”