5:5 When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped 11 all who heard about it.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
2 tn Grk “seven thousand names of men.”
3 tn Heb “has given the land to you.” Rahab’s statement uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.
4 tn Heb “terror of you has fallen upon us.”
5 tn Or “melting away because of.”
6 tn Both of these statements are actually subordinated to “I know” in the Hebrew text, which reads, “I know that the
7 tn Heb “And it [the city] will be to me for a name for joy and for praise and for honor before all the nations of the earth which will hear of all the good things which I will do for them and which will be in awe and tremble for all the good things and all the peace [or prosperity] which I will do for them.” The long complex Hebrew sentence has been broken down to better conform with contemporary English style.
8 tn Heb “David their king”; cf. NCV “the king from David’s family”; TEV “a descendant of David their king”; NLT “David’s descendant, their king.”
9 tn Heb “his goodness”; NLT “his good gifts.”
10 tn Heb “in the end of the days.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV, NLT “in the last days.”
11 tn Or “fear came on,” “fear seized”; Grk “fear happened to.”
12 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.
13 tn Or “fear came on,” “fear seized”; Grk “fear happened to.”
14 sn This is the first occurrence of the term church (ἐκκλησία, ekklhsia) in Acts. It refers to an assembly of people.