Acts 10:21

10:21 So Peter went down ¹  to the men and said, “Here I am, ²  the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

Acts 13:8

13:8 But the magician Elymas ³  (for that is the way his name is translated) ⁴  opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul ⁵  away from the faith.

Acts 16:10

16:10 After Paul ⁶  saw the vision, we attempted ⁷  immediately to go over to Macedonia, ⁸  concluding that God had called ⁹  us to proclaim the good news to them.

Acts 17:27

17:27 so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around ¹⁰  for him and find him, ¹¹  though he is ¹²  not far from each one of us.

Acts 27:30

27:30 Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending ¹³  that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,

[10:21]  ¹ tn Grk “Peter going down to the men, said.” The participle καταβάς (katabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[10:21]  ² tn Grk “Behold, it is I whom you seek,” or “Behold, I am the one you seek.” “Here I am” is used to translate ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι (idou egw eimi).

[13:8]  ³ tn On the debate over what the name “Elymas” means, see BDAG 320 s.v. ᾿Ελύμας. The magician’s behavior is more directly opposed to the faith than Simon Magus’ was.

[13:8]  ⁴ sn A parenthetical note by the author.

[13:8]  ⁵ sn The proconsul was the Roman official who ruled over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate.

[16:10]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:10]  ⁶ tn Grk “sought.”

[16:10]  ⁷ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[16:10]  ⁸ tn Or “summoned.”

[17:27]  ⁷ tn See BDAG 1097-98 s.v. ψηλαφάω, which lists “touch, handle” and “to feel around for, grope for” as possible meanings.

[17:27]  ⁸ sn Perhaps grope around for him and find him. The pagans’ struggle to know God is the point here. Conscience alone is not good enough.

[17:27]  ⁹ tn The participle ὑπάρχοντα (Juparconta) has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

[27:30]  ⁹ tn BDAG 889 s.v. πρόφασις 2 states, “προφάσει ὡς under the pretext that, pretending that…Ac 27:30.” In other words, some of the sailors gave up hope that such efforts would work and instead attempted to escape while pretending to help.