Acts 1:26

1:26 Then ¹  they cast lots for them, and the one chosen was Matthias; ²  so he was counted with the eleven apostles. ³ 

Acts 9:4

9:4 He ⁴  fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, ⁵  why are you persecuting me?” ⁶ 

Acts 22:7

22:7 Then I ⁷  fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

[1:26]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the continuity with the preceding verse. Greek style often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” but English style does not.

[1:26]  ² tn Grk “and the lot fell on Matthias.”

[1:26]  ³ tn Or “he was counted as one of the apostles along with the eleven.”

[9:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

[9:4]  ⁵ tn The double vocative suggests emotion.

[9:4]  ⁶ sn Persecuting me. To persecute the church is to persecute Jesus.

[22:7]  ⁷ tn This is a continuation of the same sentence in Greek using the connective τέ (te), but due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence a new sentence was begun in the translation here. To indicate the logical sequence for the modern English reader, τέ was translated as “then.”