Acts 1:22

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

Acts 2:10

2:10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, ²  and visitors from Rome, ³ 

Acts 2:40

2:40 With many other words he testified ⁴  and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse ⁵  generation!”

Acts 5:2

5:2 He ⁶  kept back for himself part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge; he brought ⁷  only part of it and placed it at the apostles’ feet.

Acts 6:9

6:9 But some men from the Synagogue ⁸  of the Freedmen (as it was called), ⁹  both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, ¹⁰  stood up and argued with Stephen.

Acts 7:3

7:3 and said to him, ‘Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.’ ¹¹ 

Acts 8:22

8:22 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord ¹²  that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart. ¹³ 

Acts 10:37

10:37 you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced: ¹⁴ 

Acts 11:22

11:22 A report ¹⁵  about them came to the attention ¹⁶  of the church in Jerusalem, ¹⁷  and they sent Barnabas ¹⁸  to Antioch. ¹⁹ 

Acts 12:12

12:12 When Peter ²⁰  realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, ²¹  where many people had gathered together and were praying.

Acts 13:13

Paul and Barnabas at Pisidian Antioch

13:13 Then Paul and his companions put out to sea ²²  from Paphos ²³  and came to Perga ²⁴  in Pamphylia, ²⁵  but John ²⁶  left them and returned to Jerusalem. ²⁷ 

Acts 17:26

17:26 From one man ²⁸  he made every nation of the human race ²⁹  to inhabit the entire earth, ³⁰  determining their set times ³¹  and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, ³² 

Acts 19:40

19:40 For ³³  we are in danger of being charged with rioting ³⁴  today, since there is no cause we can give to explain ³⁵  this disorderly gathering.” ³⁶ 

Acts 27:34

27:34 Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important ³⁷  for your survival. ³⁸  For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.”

Acts 28:3

28:3 When Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood ³⁹  and was putting it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.

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

[2:10]  ² tn According to BDAG 595 s.v. Λιβύη, the western part of Libya, Libya Cyrenaica, is referred to here (see also Josephus, Ant. 16.6.1 [16.160] for a similar phrase).

[2:10]  ³ map For location see JP4 A1.

[2:40]  ³ tn Or “warned.”

[2:40]  ⁴ tn Or “crooked” (in a moral or ethical sense). See Luke 3:5.

[5:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “And he.” 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.

[5:2]  ⁵ tn The participle ἐνέγκας (enenka") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[6:9]  ⁵ sn A synagogue was a place for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership (cf. Luke 8:41). Though the origin of the synagogue is not entirely clear, it seems to have arisen in the postexilic community during the intertestamental period. A town could establish a synagogue if there were at least ten men. In normative Judaism of the NT period, the OT scripture was read and discussed in the synagogue by the men who were present (see the Mishnah, m. Megillah 3-4; m. Berakhot 2).

[6:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “the so-called Synagogue of the Freedmen.” The translation of the participle λεγομένης (legomenh") by the phrase “as it was called” is given by L&N 87.86. “Freedmen” would be slaves who had gained their freedom, or the descendants of such people (BDAG 594-95 s.v. Λιβερτῖνος).

[6:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.

[7:3]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Gen 12:1.

[8:22]  ⁷ tn Or “and implore the Lord.”

[8:22]  ⁸ tn Grk “that if possible the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.” The passive construction is somewhat awkward in contemporary English and has thus been converted to an active construction in the translation.

[10:37]  ⁸ tn Or “proclaimed.”

[11:22]  ⁹ tn Grk “Word.”

[11:22]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “was heard in the ears,” an idiom. L&N 24.67 states that the idiom means “to hear in secret” (which it certainly does in Matt 10:27), but secrecy does not seem to be part of the context here, and there is no particular reason to suggest the report was made in secret.

[11:22]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:22]  ¹² tc ‡ Most mss read the infinitive “to travel” after “Barnabas.” διελθεῖν (dielqein) is found before ἕως (Jews) in D E Ψ 33 Ï and some versional mss. It is lacking in Ì⁷⁴ א A B 81 1739 pc and some versional mss. Although the infinitive with ἕως fits Lukan style, it has the appearance of a scribal clarification. The infinitive has the earmarks of a Western expansion on the text and thus is unlikely to be original. NA²⁷ has the infinitive in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.

[11:22]  ¹³ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19. Again the Jerusalem church exercised an oversight role.

[12:12]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:12]  ¹¹ tn Grk “John who was also called Mark.”

[13:13]  ¹¹ tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”

[13:13]  ¹² sn Paphos was a city on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. See Acts 13:6.

[13:13]  ¹³ sn Perga was a city in Pamphylia near the southern coast of Asia Minor. The journey from Paphos to Perga is about 105 mi (175 km).

[13:13]  ¹⁴ sn Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor.

[13:13]  ¹⁵ sn That is, John Mark.

[13:13]  ¹⁶ sn Returned to Jerusalem. John Mark had originally accompanied them from Jerusalem (see Acts 12:25). John Mark’s decision to leave became an issue later for Barnabas and Paul (Acts 15:36-39).

[17:26]  ¹² sn The one man refers to Adam (the word “man” is understood).

[17:26]  ¹³ tn Or “mankind.” BDAG 276 s.v. ἔθνος 1 has “every nation of humankind Ac 17:26.”

[17:26]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “to live over all the face of the earth.”

[17:26]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 884-85 s.v. προστάσσω has “(οἱ) προστεταγμένοι καιροί (the) fixed times Ac 17:26” here, but since the following phrase is also translated “fixed limits,” this would seem redundant in English, so the word “set” has been used instead.

[17:26]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “the boundaries of their habitation.” L&N 80.5 has “fixed limits of the places where they would live” for this phrase.

[19:40]  ¹³ tn Grk “For indeed.” The ascensive force of καί (kai) would be awkward to translate here.

[19:40]  ¹⁴ tn The term translated “rioting” refers to a revolt or uprising (BDAG 940 s.v. στάσις 2, 3). This would threaten Roman rule and invite Roman intervention.

[19:40]  ¹⁵ tn Or “to account for.” Grk “since there is no cause concerning which we can give account concerning this disorderly gathering.” The complexity of the Greek relative clause (“which”) and the multiple prepositions (“concerning”) have been simplified in the translation consistent with contemporary English style.

[19:40]  ¹⁶ tn Or “commotion.” BDAG 979 s.v. συστροφή 1 gives the meaning “a tumultuous gathering of people, disorderly/seditious gathering or commotion…Ac 19:40.”

[27:34]  ¹⁴ tn Or “necessary.” BDAG 873-74 s.v. πρός 1 has “πρ. τῆς σωτηρίας in the interest of safety Ac 27:34”; L&N 27.18 has “‘therefore, I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your deliverance’ or ‘…for your survival’ Ac 27:34.”

[27:34]  ¹⁵ tn Or “deliverance” (‘salvation’ in a nontheological sense).

[28:3]  ¹⁵ tn Or “sticks.”