1 Corinthians 15:18

15:18 Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep ¹  in Christ have also perished.

Acts 7:60

7:60 Then he fell ²  to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” ³  When ⁴  he had said this, he died. ⁵ 

Acts 13:36

13:36 For David, after he had served ⁶  God’s purpose in his own generation, died, ⁷  was buried with his ancestors, ⁸  and experienced ⁹  decay,

Acts 13:1

The Church at Antioch Commissions Barnabas and Saul

13:1 Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: ¹⁰  Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, ¹¹  Lucius the Cyrenian, ¹²  Manaen (a close friend of Herod ¹³  the tetrarch ¹⁴  from childhood ¹⁵ ) and Saul.

Acts 4:13

4:13 When they saw the boldness ¹⁶  of Peter and John, and discovered ¹⁷  that they were uneducated ¹⁸  and ordinary ¹⁹  men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

Acts 4:15

4:15 But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, ²⁰  they began to confer with one another,

Acts 4:2

4:2 angry ²¹  because they were teaching the people and announcing ²²  in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

Acts 3:4

3:4 Peter looked directly ²³  at him (as did John) and said, “Look at us!”

[15:18]  ¹ tn See the note on the word “asleep” in 15:6. This term is also used in v. 20.

[7:60]  ² tn Grk “Then falling to his knees he cried out.” The participle θείς (qeis) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[7:60]  ³ sn The remarks Lord Jesus, receive my spirit and Lord, do not hold this sin against them recall statements Jesus made on the cross (Luke 23:34, 46).

[7:60]  ⁴ tn Grk “And when.” 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; a new sentence is begun instead.

[7:60]  ⁵ tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.

[13:36]  ⁶ tn The participle ὑπηρετήσας (Juphrethsa") is taken temporally.

[13:36]  ⁷ tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.

[13:36]  ⁸ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “was gathered to his fathers” (a Semitic idiom).

[13:36]  ⁹ tn Grk “saw,” but the literal translation of the phrase “saw decay” could be misunderstood to mean simply “looked at decay,” while here “saw decay” is really figurative for “experienced decay.” This remark explains why David cannot fulfill the promise.

[13:1]  ¹⁰ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).

[13:1]  ¹¹ sn Simeon may well have been from North Africa, since the Latin loanword Niger refers to someone as “dark-complexioned.”

[13:1]  ¹² sn The Cyrenian refers to a native of the city of Cyrene, on the coast of northern Africa west of Egypt.

[13:1]  ¹³ sn Herod is generally taken as a reference to Herod Antipas, who governed Galilee from 4 b.c. to a.d. 39, who had John the Baptist beheaded, and who is mentioned a number of times in the gospels.

[13:1]  ¹⁴ tn Or “the governor.”

[13:1]  ¹⁵ tn Or “(a foster brother of Herod the tetrarch).” The meaning “close friend from childhood” is given by L&N 34.15, but the word can also mean “foster brother” (L&N 10.51). BDAG 976 s.v. σύντροφας states, “pert. to being brought up with someone, either as a foster-brother or as a companion/friend,” which covers both alternatives. Context does not given enough information to be certain which is the case here, although many modern translations prefer the meaning “close friend from childhood.”

[4:13]  ¹⁶ tn Or “courage.”

[4:13]  ¹⁷ tn Or “and found out.”

[4:13]  ¹⁸ sn Uneducated does not mean “illiterate,” that is, unable to read or write. Among Jews in NT times there was almost universal literacy, especially as the result of widespread synagogue schools. The term refers to the fact that Peter and John had no formal rabbinic training and thus, in the view of their accusers, were not qualified to expound the law or teach publicly. The objection is like Acts 2:7.

[4:13]  ¹⁹ tn For the translation of ἰδιῶται (idiwtai) as “ordinary men” see L&N 27.26.

[4:15]  ²⁰ tn Or “the Sanhedrin” (the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[4:2]  ²¹ tn Or “greatly annoyed,” “provoked.”

[4:2]  ²² tn Or “proclaiming.”

[3:4]  ²³ tn Grk “Peter, looking directly at him, as did John, said.” The participle ἀτενίσας (atenisas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.