Acts 4:30

4:30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs ¹  and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

Acts 5:12

The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders

5:12 Now many miraculous signs ²  and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By ³  common consent ⁴  they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico. ⁵ 

Acts 8:4-6

Philip Preaches in Samaria

8:4 Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word. 8:5 Philip went down to the main city of Samaria ⁶  and began proclaiming ⁷  the Christ ⁸  to them. 8:6 The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, ⁹  as they heard and saw the miraculous signs ¹⁰  he was performing.

Acts 14:3

14:3 So they stayed there ¹¹  for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified ¹²  to the message ¹³  of his grace, granting miraculous signs ¹⁴  and wonders to be performed through their hands.

Acts 14:8-10

Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

14:8 In ¹⁵  Lystra ¹⁶  sat a man who could not use his feet, ¹⁷  lame from birth, ¹⁸  who had never walked. 14:9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul ¹⁹  stared ²⁰  intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed, 14:10 he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” ²¹  And the man ²²  leaped up and began walking. ²³ 

Romans 15:19

15:19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

Romans 15:1

Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak

15:1 But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. ²⁴ 

Colossians 2:4-5

2:4 I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments ²⁵  that sound reasonable. ²⁶  2:5 For though ²⁷  I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see ²⁸  your morale ²⁹  and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

Colossians 3:6-9

3:6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. ³⁰  3:7 You also lived your lives ³¹  in this way at one time, when you used to live among them. 3:8 But now, put off all such things ³²  as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth. 3:9 Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

Colossians 3:2

3:2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ³³  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Hebrews 2:4

2:4 while God confirmed their witness ³⁴  with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed ³⁵  according to his will.

[4:30]  ¹ tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context.

[5:12]  ² tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context.

[5:12]  ³ tn Grk “And by.” 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.

[5:12]  ⁴ tn Or “With one mind.”

[5:12]  ⁵ tn Or “colonnade”; Grk “stoa.”

[8:5]  ⁶ tn The word “main” is supplied in the translation to clarify that “Samaria” is not the name of the city (at least in NT times). See both BDAG 912 s.v. Σαμάρεια, and L&N 93.568.

[8:5]  ⁷ tn The imperfect ἐκήρυσσεν (ekhrussen) has been translated as an ingressive, since this is probably the first time such preaching took place.

[8:5]  ⁸ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[8:6]  ⁹ tn Grk “to what was being said by Philip,” a passive construction that has been changed to active voice in the translation.

[8:6]  ¹⁰ tn Here the following context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned. This term appears 13 times in Acts, but only twice more after Acts 8:13 (i.e., 14:3; 15:12).

[14:3]  ¹¹ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[14:3]  ¹² sn The Lord testified to the message by granting the signs described in the following clause.

[14:3]  ¹³ tn Grk “word.”

[14:3]  ¹⁴ tn Here the context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned.

[14:8]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “And in.” 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.

[14:8]  ¹⁶ sn Lystra was a city in Lycaonia about 18 mi (30 km) south of Iconium.

[14:8]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “powerless in his feet,” meaning he was unable to use his feet to walk.

[14:8]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “lame from his mother’s womb” (an idiom).

[14:9]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “speaking, who.” The relative pronoun has been replaced by the noun “Paul,” and a new sentence begun in the translation because an English relative clause would be very awkward here.

[14:9]  ²⁰ tn Or “looked.”

[14:10]  ²¹ tn BDAG 722 s.v. ὀρθός 1.a has “stand upright on your feet.”

[14:10]  ²² tn Grk “he”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:10]  ²³ tn This verb is imperfect tense in contrast to the previous verb, which is aorist. It has been translated ingressively, since the start of a sequence is in view here.

[15:1]  ²⁴ tn Grk “and not please ourselves.” NT Greek negatives used in contrast like this are often not absolute, but relative: “not so much one as the other.”

[2:4]  ²⁵ tn BDAG 812 s.v. πιθανολογία states, “persuasive speech, art of persuasion (so Pla., Theaet. 162e) in an unfavorable sense in its only occurrence in our lit. ἐν πιθανολογίᾳ by specious arguments Col 2:4 (cp. PLips 40 III, 7 διὰ πιθανολογίας).”

[2:4]  ²⁶ sn Paul’s point is that even though the arguments seem to make sense (sound reasonable), they are in the end false. Paul is not here arguing against the study of philosophy or serious thinking per se, but is arguing against the uncritical adoption of a philosophy that is at odds with a proper view of Christ and the ethics of the Christian life.

[2:5]  ²⁷ tn The conditional particle εἰ (ei) together with καί (kai) here indicates a first class condition in Greek and carries a concessive force, especially when seen in contrast to the following phrase which begins with ἀλλά (alla).

[2:5]  ²⁸ tn Grk “rejoicing and seeing.”

[2:5]  ²⁹ tn The Greek word τάξις can mean “order,” “discipline,” or even “unbroken ranks” (REB).

[3:6]  ³⁰ tc The words ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας (epi tou" Juiou" th" apeiqeia", “on the sons of disobedience”) are lacking in Ì⁴⁶ B b sa, but are found in א A C D F G H I Ψ 075 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï lat sy bo. The words are omitted by several English translations (NASB, NIV, ESV, TNIV). This textual problem is quite difficult to resolve. On the one hand, the parallel account in Eph 5:6 has these words, thus providing scribes a motive for adding them here. On the other hand, the reading without the words may be too hard: The ἐν οἷς (en |oi") of v. 7 seems to have no antecedent without υἱούς already in the text, although it could possibly be construed as neuter referring to the vice list in v. 5. Further, although the witness of B is especially important, there are other places in which B and Ì⁴⁶ share errant readings of omission. Nevertheless, the strength of the internal evidence against the longer reading is at least sufficient to cause doubt here. The decision to retain the words in the text is less than certain.

[3:7]  ³¹ tn Grk “you also walked.” The verb περιπατέω (peripatew) is commonly used in the NT to refer to behavior or conduct of one’s life (L&N 41.11).

[3:8]  ³² tn The Greek article with τὰ πάντα (ta panta) is anaphoric, referring to the previous list of vices, and has been translated here as “all such things.”

[1:1]  ³³ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[2:4]  ³⁴ tn Grk “God bearing witness together” (the phrase “with them” is implied).

[2:4]  ³⁵ tn Grk “and distributions of the Holy Spirit.”