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 7:45

7:45 Our ²  ancestors ³  received possession of it and brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors, ⁴  until the time ⁵  of David.

Acts 9:38

9:38 Because Lydda ⁶  was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Come to us without delay.” ⁷ 

Acts 11:19

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11:19 Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen ⁸  went as far as ⁹  Phoenicia, ¹⁰  Cyprus, ¹¹  and Antioch, ¹²  speaking the message ¹³  to no one but Jews.

Acts 17:15

17:15 Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, ¹⁴  and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left. ¹⁵ 

Acts 21:5

21:5 When ¹⁶  our time was over, ¹⁷  we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied ¹⁸  us outside of the city. After ¹⁹  kneeling down on the beach and praying, ²⁰ 

Acts 23:23

23:23 Then ²¹  he summoned ²²  two of the centurions ²³  and said, “Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea ²⁴  along with seventy horsemen ²⁵  and two hundred spearmen ²⁶  by ²⁷  nine o’clock tonight, ²⁸ 

[1:8]  ¹ tn Or “to the ends.”

[7:45]  ² tn Grk “And.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[7:45]  ³ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[7:45]  ⁴ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[7:45]  ⁵ tn Grk “In those days.”

[9:38]  ³ sn Lydda was a city northwest of Jerusalem on the way to Joppa.

[9:38]  ⁴ tn Grk “Do not delay to come to us.” It is somewhat smoother to say in English, “Come to us without delay.”

[11:19]  ⁴ sn The phrase over Stephen means in connection with Stephen’s death. See Acts 8:1b-3.

[11:19]  ⁵ tn Or “finally reached.” The translations “went as far as” and “finally reached” for διῆλθον (dihlqon) in this verse are given in L&N 15.17.

[11:19]  ⁶ sn Phoenicia was an area along the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine.

[11:19]  ⁷ tn Grk “and Cyprus,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[11:19]  ⁸ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). This was probably the third largest city in the Greco-Roman world (Alexandria in Egypt was the second largest, and Rome the largest) and was the seat of government in Syria. Five miles away was a major temple to Artemis, Apollo, and Astarte, major pagan deities.

[11:19]  ⁹ tn Grk “word.”

[17:15]  ⁵ map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[17:15]  ⁶ sn They left. See 1 Thess 3:1-2, which shows they went from here to Thessalonica.

[21:5]  ⁶ tn Grk “It happened that when.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[21:5]  ⁷ tn Grk “When our days were over.” L&N 67.71 has “ὅτε δὲ ἐγένετο ἡμᾶς ἐξαρτίσαι τὰς ἡμέρας ‘when we brought that time to an end’ or ‘when our time with them was over’ Ac 21:5.”

[21:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “accompanying.” Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation and the participle προπεμπόντων (propempontwn) translated as a finite verb.

[21:5]  ⁹ tn Grk “city, and after.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

[21:5]  ¹⁰ sn On praying in Acts, see 1:14, 24; 2:47; 4:23; 6:6; 10:2; 12:5, 12; 13:3; 16:25.

[23:23]  ⁷ tn Grk “And.” Since this represents a response to the reported ambush, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

[23:23]  ⁸ tn Grk “summoning…he said.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesameno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:23]  ⁹ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[23:23]  ¹⁰ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was a journey of about 65 mi (just over 100 km).

[23:23]  ¹¹ tn Or “cavalrymen.”

[23:23]  ¹² tn A military technical term of uncertain meaning. BDAG 217 s.v. δεξιολάβος states, “a word of uncertain mng., military t.t., acc. to Joannes Lydus…and Theophyl. Sim., Hist. 4, 1 a light-armed soldier, perh. bowman, slinger; acc. to a scholion in CMatthaei p. 342 body-guard….Spearman Goodspd., NRSV; ‘security officer’, GDKilpatrick, JTS 14, ’63, 393f.”

[23:23]  ¹³ tn Grk “from.”

[23:23]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “from the third hour of the night.”