Acts 1:2

1:2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, ¹  after he had given orders ²  by ³  the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

Acts 9:9

9:9 For ⁴  three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything. ⁵ 

Acts 9:23

Saul’s Escape from Damascus

9:23 Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted ⁶  together to kill him,

Acts 9:43

9:43 So ⁷  Peter ⁸  stayed many days in Joppa with a man named ⁹  Simon, a tanner. ¹⁰ 

Acts 11:27

Famine Relief for Judea

11:27 At that time ¹¹  some ¹²  prophets ¹³  came down ¹⁴  from Jerusalem ¹⁵  to Antioch. ¹⁶ 

Acts 16:5

16:5 So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number every day. ¹⁷ 

Acts 21:10

21:10 While we remained there for a number of days, ¹⁸  a prophet named Agabus ¹⁹  came down from Judea.

Acts 21:15

21:15 After these days we got ready ²⁰  and started up ²¹  to Jerusalem.

Acts 25:1

Paul Appeals to Caesar

25:1 Now ²²  three days after Festus ²³  arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem ²⁴  from Caesarea. ²⁵ 

[1:2]  ¹ tn The words “to heaven” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied from v. 11. Several modern translations (NIV, NRSV) supply the words “to heaven” after “taken up” to specify the destination explicitly mentioned later in 1:11.

[1:2]  ² tn Or “commands.” Although some modern translations render ἐντειλάμενος (enteilameno") as “instructions” (NIV, NRSV), the word implies authority or official sanction (G. Schrenk, TDNT 2:545), so that a word like “orders” conveys the idea more effectively. The action of the temporal participle is antecedent (prior) to the action of the verb it modifies (“taken up”).

[1:2]  ³ tn Or “through.”

[9:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “And for.” 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.

[9:9]  ⁵ tn The word “anything” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader. The fasting might indicate an initial realization of Luke 5:33-39. Fasting was usually accompanied by reflective thought.

[9:23]  ⁷ sn Fitting the pattern emphasized earlier with Stephen and his speech in Acts 7, some Jews plotted to kill God’s messenger (cf. Luke 11:53-54).

[9:43]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “So it happened that.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[9:43]  ¹¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:43]  ¹² tn Grk “with a certain Simon.”

[9:43]  ¹³ tn Or “with a certain Simon Berseus.” Although most modern English translations treat βυρσεῖ (bursei) as Simon’s profession (“Simon the tanner”), it is possible that the word is actually Simon’s surname (“Simon Berseus” or “Simon Tanner”). BDAG 185 s.v. βυρσεύς regards it as a surname. See also MM 118.

[11:27]  ¹³ tn Grk “In these days,” but the dative generally indicates a specific time.

[11:27]  ¹⁴ tn The word “some” is not in the Greek text, but is usually used in English when an unspecified number is mentioned.

[11:27]  ¹⁵ sn Prophets are mentioned only here and in 13:1 and 21:10 in Acts.

[11:27]  ¹⁶ sn Came down from Jerusalem. Antioch in Syria lies due north of Jerusalem. In Western languages it is common to speak of north as “up” and south as “down,” but the NT maintains the Hebrew idiom which speaks of any direction away from Jerusalem as down (since Mount Zion was thought of in terms of altitude).

[11:27]  ¹⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:27]  ¹⁸ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.

[16:5]  ¹⁶ tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.

[21:10]  ¹⁹ tn BDAG 848 s.v. πολύς 1.b.α has “ἐπὶ ἡμέρας πλείους for a (large) number of days, for many days…Ac 13:31. – 21:10…24:17; 25:14; 27:20.”

[21:10]  ²⁰ sn Agabus also appeared in Acts 11:28. He was from Jerusalem, so the two churches were still in contact with one another.

[21:15]  ²² tn Or “we made preparations.”

[21:15]  ²³ tn Grk “were going up”; the imperfect verb ἀνεβαίνομεν (anebainomen) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[25:1]  ²⁵ tn BDAG 736-37 s.v. οὖν 2.b states, “οὖν serves to indicate a transition to someth. new…now, then, well…Ac 25:1.”

[25:1]  ²⁶ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[25:1]  ²⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[25:1]  ²⁸ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was a journey of 65 mi (just over 100 km).