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 2:36

2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt ²  that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified ³  both Lord ⁴  and Christ.” ⁵ 

Acts 5:31

5:31 God exalted him ⁶  to his right hand as Leader ⁷  and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. ⁸ 

Acts 7:23

7:23 But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind ⁹  to visit his fellow countrymen ¹⁰  the Israelites. ¹¹ 

Acts 7:37

7:37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ¹²  ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’ ¹³ 

Acts 28:20

28:20 So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel.” ¹⁴ 

[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.

[2:36]  ² tn Or “know for certain.” This term is in an emphatic position in the clause.

[2:36]  ³ tn Grk “has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” The clause has been simplified in the translation by replacing the pronoun “him” with the explanatory clause “this Jesus whom you crucified” which comes at the end of the sentence.

[2:36]  ⁴ sn Lord. This looks back to the quotation of Ps 110:1 and the mention of “calling on the Lord” in 2:21. Peter’s point is that the Lord on whom one calls for salvation is Jesus, because he is the one mediating God’s blessing of the Spirit as a sign of the presence of salvation and the last days.

[2:36]  ⁵ tn Or “and Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[5:31]  ³ tn Grk “This one God exalted” (emphatic).

[5:31]  ⁴ tn Or “Founder” (of a movement).

[5:31]  ⁵ tn Or “to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.”

[7:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “heart.”

[7:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” The translation “compatriot” is given by BDAG 18-19 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.b.

[7:23]  ⁶ tn Grk “the sons of Israel.”

[7:37]  ⁵ tn Grk “to the sons of Israel.”

[7:37]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Deut 18:15. This quotation sets up Jesus as the “leader-prophet” like Moses (Acts 3:22; Luke 9:35).

[28:20]  ⁶ sn The hope of Israel. A reference to Israel’s messianic hope. Paul’s preaching was in continuity with this Jewish hope (Acts 1:3; 8:12; 14:22; 19:8; 20:25).