Acts 10:17

10:17 Now while Peter was puzzling over ¹  what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was ²  and approached ³  the gate.

Acts 11:5

11:5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, ⁴  an object something like a large sheet descending, ⁵  being let down from heaven ⁶  by its four corners, and it came to me.

Acts 16:9

16:9 A ⁷  vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there ⁸  urging him, ⁹  “Come over ¹⁰  to Macedonia ¹¹  and help us!”

[10:17]  ¹ tn Or “was greatly confused over.” The term means to be perplexed or at a loss (BDAG 235 s.v. διαπορέω).

[10:17]  ² tn Grk “having learned.” The participle διερωτήσαντες (dierwthsante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[10:17]  ³ tn BDAG 418 s.v. ἐφίστημι 1 has “ἐπί τι approach or stand by someth. (Sir 41:24) Ac 10:17.”

[11:5]  ⁴ tn This term describes a supernatural vision and reflects a clear distinction from something imagined (BDAG 718 s.v. ὅραμα 1). Peter repeated the story virtually word for word through v. 13. The repetition with this degree of detail shows the event’s importance.

[11:5]  ⁵ tn Or “coming down.”

[11:5]  ⁶ tn Or “the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[16:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “And a.” 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.

[16:9]  ⁸ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[16:9]  ⁹ tn The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

[16:9]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Coming over.” The participle διαβάς (diabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:9]  ¹¹ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.