Acts 1:8

1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts ¹  of the earth.”

Acts 3:25

3:25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, ²  saying to Abraham, ‘And in your descendants ³  all the nations ⁴  of the earth will be blessed.’ ⁵ 

Acts 7:4

7:4 Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God ⁶  made him move ⁷  to this country where you now live.

Acts 7:40

7:40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go in front of us, for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt ⁸  – we do not know what has happened to him!’ ⁹ 

Acts 22:22

The Roman Commander Questions Paul

22:22 The crowd ¹⁰  was listening to him until he said this. ¹¹  Then ¹²  they raised their voices and shouted, ¹³  “Away with this man ¹⁴  from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!” ¹⁵ 

[1:8]  ¹ tn Or “to the ends.”

[3:25]  ² tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[3:25]  ³ tn Or “in your offspring”; Grk “in your seed.”

[3:25]  ⁴ tn Or “families.” The Greek word πατριά (patria) can indicate persons of succeeding generations who are related by birth (“lineage,” “family”) but it can also indicate a relatively large unit of people who make up a sociopolitical group and who share a presumed biological descent. In many contexts πατριά is very similar to ἔθνος (eqnos) and λαός (laos). In light of the context of the OT quotation, it is better to translate πατριά as “nations” here.

[3:25]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Gen 22:18.

[7:4]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:4]  ⁴ tn The translation “made him move” for the verb μετοικίζω (metoikizw) is given by L&N 85.83. The verb has the idea of “resettling” someone (BDAG 643 s.v.); see v. 43, where it reappears.

[7:40]  ⁴ tn Or simply “of Egypt.” The phrase “the land of” could be omitted as unnecessary or redundant.

[7:40]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Exod 32:1, 23. Doubt (we do not know what has happened to him) expresses itself in unfaithful action. The act is in contrast to God’s promise in Exod 23:20.

[22:22]  ⁵ tn Grk “They were listening”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:22]  ⁶ tn Grk “until this word.”

[22:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “And.” To indicate the logical sequence, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” here.

[22:22]  ⁸ tn Grk “and said.”

[22:22]  ⁹ tn Grk “this one.”

[22:22]  ¹⁰ tn BDAG 491 s.v. καθήκω has “to be appropriate, come/reach to, be proper/fitting…Usu. impers. καθήκει it comes (to someone)…foll. by acc. and inf….οὐ καθῆκεν αὐτὸν ζῆν he should not be allowed to live Ac 22:22.”