1 Timothy 1:9

1:9 realizing that law ¹  is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

Numbers 31:8

31:8 They killed the kings of Midian in addition to those slain – Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba – five Midianite kings. ²  They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. ³ 

Joshua 7:24-26

7:24 Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster. ⁴  7:25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster ⁵  on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.) ⁶  7:26 Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day ⁷ ) and the Lord’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.

Matthew 27:3-5

Judas’ Suicide

27:3 Now when ⁸  Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus ⁹  had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders, 27:4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!” 27:5 So ¹⁰  Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.

Acts 5:4-5

5:4 Before it was sold, ¹¹  did it not ¹²  belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money ¹³  not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? ¹⁴  You have not lied to people ¹⁵  but to God!”

5:5 When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped ¹⁶  all who heard about it.

Acts 8:20

8:20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, ¹⁷  because you thought you could acquire ¹⁸  God’s gift with money!

Acts 8:2

8:2 Some ¹⁹  devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation ²⁰  over him. ²¹ 

Acts 2:3

2:3 And tongues spreading out like a fire ²²  appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.

[1:9]  ¹ sn Law. There is no definite article (“the”) with this word in Greek and so the inherent quality of the OT law as such is in view. But the OT law is still in mind, since the types of sinful people surveyed in vv. 9b-11a follow the general outline of sins prohibited in the Decalogue.

[31:8]  ² sn Here again we see that there was no unified empire, but Midianite tribal groups.

[31:8]  ³ sn And what was Balaam doing among the Midianites? The implication is strong. This pagan diviner had to submit to the revealed will of God in the oracles, but he nonetheless could be hired. He had been a part of the attempt to destroy Israel that failed; he then apparently became part of the plan, if not the adviser, to destroy them with sexual immorality and pagan ritual.

[7:24]  ⁴ tn Or “Trouble” The name is “Achor” in Hebrew, which means “disaster” or “trouble” (also in v. 26).

[7:25]  ⁵ tn Or “trouble.” The word is “achor” in Hebrew (also in the following clause).

[7:25]  ⁶ tc Heb “and they burned them with fire and they stoned them with stones.” These words are somewhat parenthetical in nature and are omitted in the LXX; they may represent a later scribal addition.

[7:26]  ⁷ tc Heb “to this day.” The phrase “to this day” is omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition.

[27:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “Then when.” Here τότε (tote) has been translated as “now” to indicate a somewhat parenthetical interlude in the sequence of events.

[27:3]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[27:5]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the leaders’ response to Judas.

[5:4]  ¹¹ tn Grk “Remaining to you.”

[5:4]  ¹² tn The negative interrogative particle οὐχί (ouci) expects a positive reply to this question and the following one (“And when it was sold, was it not at your disposal?”).

[5:4]  ¹³ tn Grk “it”; the referent of the pronoun (the money generated from the sale of the land) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:4]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “How is it that you have [or Why have you] placed this deed in your heart?” Both of these literal translations differ from the normal way of expressing the thought in English.

[5:4]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “to men.” If Peter’s remark refers only to the apostles, the translation “to men” would be appropriate. But if (as is likely) the action was taken to impress the entire congregation (who would presumably have witnessed the donation or been aware of it) then the more general “to people” is more appropriate, since the audience would have included both men and women.

[5:5]  ¹⁶ tn Or “fear came on,” “fear seized”; Grk “fear happened to.”

[8:20]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “May your silver together with you be sent into destruction.” This is a strong curse. The gifts of God are sovereignly bestowed and cannot be purchased.

[8:20]  ¹⁸ tn Or “obtain.”

[8:2]  ¹⁹ tn “Some” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[8:2]  ²⁰ sn Made loud lamentation. For someone who was stoned to death, lamentation was normally not allowed (m. Sanhedrin 6:6). The remark points to an unjust death.

[8:2]  ²¹ tn Or “mourned greatly for him.”

[2:3]  ²² tn Or “And divided tongues as of fire.” The precise meaning of διαμερίζομαι (diamerizomai) in Acts 2:3 is difficult to determine. The meaning could be “tongues as of fire dividing up one to each person,” but it is also possible that the individual tongues of fire were divided (“And divided tongues as of fire appeared”). The translation adopted in the text (“tongues spreading out like a fire”) attempts to be somewhat ambiguous.