Acts 1:6

1:6 So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, ¹  “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

Acts 14:22

14:22 They strengthened ²  the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue ³  in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom ⁴  of God through many persecutions.” ⁵ 

Acts 20:25

20:25 “And now ⁶  I know that none ⁷  of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom ⁸  will see me ⁹  again.

[1:6]  ¹ tn Grk “they began to ask him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. The imperfect tense of the Greek verb ἠρώτων (hrwtwn) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[14:22]  ² tn Grk “to Antioch, strengthening.” Due to the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here. This participle (ἐπιστηρίζοντες, episthrizonte") and the following one (παρακαλοῦντες, parakalounte") have been translated as finite verbs connected by the coordinating conjunction “and.”

[14:22]  ³ sn And encouraged them to continue. The exhortations are like those noted in Acts 11:23; 13:43. An example of such a speech is found in Acts 20:18-35. Christianity is now characterized as “the faith.”

[14:22]  ⁴ sn This reference to the kingdom of God clearly refers to its future arrival.

[14:22]  ⁵ tn Or “sufferings.”

[20:25]  ³ tn Grk “And now, behold.” Here ἰδού (idou) has not been translated.

[20:25]  ⁴ tn Grk “all of you…will not see.” Greek handles its negation somewhat differently from English, and the translation follows English grammatical conventions.

[20:25]  ⁵ sn Note how Paul’s usage of the expression proclaiming the kingdom is associated with (and intertwined with) his testifying to the good news of God’s grace in v. 24. For Paul the two concepts were interrelated.

[20:25]  ⁶ tn Grk “will see my face” (an idiom for seeing someone in person).