1 Peter 1:12

1:12 They were shown ¹  that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven – things angels long to catch a glimpse of.

Luke 24:48

24:48 You are witnesses ²  of these things.

John 15:26-27

15:26 When the Advocate ³  comes, whom I will send you from the Father – the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father – he ⁴  will testify about me, 15:27 and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

Acts 1:8

1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts ⁵  of the earth.”

Acts 1:22

1:22 beginning from his baptism by John until the day he ⁶  was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”

Acts 2:32

2:32 This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it. ⁷ 

Acts 3:15

3:15 You killed ⁸  the Originator ⁹  of life, whom God raised ¹⁰  from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses! ¹¹ 

Acts 5:30-32

5:30 The God of our forefathers ¹²  raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree. ¹³  5:31 God exalted him ¹⁴  to his right hand as Leader ¹⁵  and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. ¹⁶  5:32 And we are witnesses of these events, ¹⁷  and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey ¹⁸  him.”

Acts 10:39-41

10:39 We ¹⁹  are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea ²⁰  and in Jerusalem. ²¹  They ²²  killed him by hanging him on a tree, ²³  10:40 but ²⁴  God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen, ²⁵  10:41 not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, ²⁶  who ate and drank ²⁷  with him after he rose from the dead.

[1:12]  ¹ tn Grk “to whom [pl.] it was revealed.”

[24:48]  ² sn You are witnesses. This becomes a key concept of testimony in Acts. See Acts 1:8.

[15:26]  ³ tn Or “Helper” or “Counselor”; Grk “Paraclete,” from the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklhto"). See the note on the word “Advocate” in John 14:16 for discussion of how this word is translated.

[15:26]  ⁴ tn Grk “that one.”

[1:8]  ⁵ tn Or “to the ends.”

[1:22]  ⁶ tn Here the pronoun “he” refers to Jesus.

[2:32]  ⁷ tn Or “of him”; Grk “of which [or whom] we are all witnesses” (Acts 1:8).

[3:15]  ⁸ tn Or “You put to death.”

[3:15]  ⁹ tn Or “Founder,” “founding Leader.”

[3:15]  ¹⁰ sn Whom God raised. God is the main actor here, as he testifies to Jesus and vindicates him.

[3:15]  ¹¹ tn Grk “whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.” The two consecutive relative clauses make for awkward English style, so the second was begun as a new sentence with the words “to this fact” supplied in place of the Greek relative pronoun to make a complete sentence in English.

[5:30]  ¹² tn Or “ancestors”; Grk “fathers.”

[5:30]  ¹³ tn Or “by crucifying him” (“hang on a tree” is by the time of the first century an idiom for crucifixion). The allusion is to the judgment against Jesus as a rebellious figure, appealing to the language of Deut 21:23. The Jewish leadership has badly “misjudged” Jesus.

[5:31]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “This one God exalted” (emphatic).

[5:31]  ¹⁵ tn Or “Founder” (of a movement).

[5:31]  ¹⁶ tn Or “to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.”

[5:32]  ¹⁷ tn Or “things.” They are preaching these things even to the hostile leadership.

[5:32]  ¹⁸ sn Those who obey. The implication, of course, is that the leadership is disobeying God.

[10:39]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “And we.” 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.

[10:39]  ²⁰ tn Grk “the land of the Jews,” but this is similar to the phrase used as the name of the province of Judea in 1 Macc 8:3 (see BDAG 1093-94 s.v. χώρα 2.b).

[10:39]  ²¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:39]  ²² tn Grk “in Jerusalem, whom they killed.” The relative pronoun was replaced by the pronoun “him” 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.

[10:39]  ²³ tn Or “by crucifying him” (“hang on a tree” is by the time of the 1st century an idiom for crucifixion). The allusion is to the judgment against Jesus as a rebellious figure, appealing to the language of Deut 21:23. The Jewish leadership has badly “misjudged” Jesus.

[10:40]  ²⁴ tn The conjunction “but” is not in the Greek text, but the contrast is clearly implied in the context. This is technically asyndeton, or lack of a connective, in Greek.

[10:40]  ²⁵ tn Grk “and granted that he should become visible.” The literal Greek idiom is somewhat awkward in English. L&N 24.22 offers the translation “caused him to be seen” for this verse.

[10:41]  ²⁶ tn Or “the witnesses God had previously chosen.” See Acts 1:8.

[10:41]  ²⁷ sn Ate and drank. See Luke 24:35-49.