Acts 10:31

10:31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity ¹  have been remembered before God. ² 

Acts 16:30

16:30 Then he brought them outside ³  and asked, “Sirs, what must ⁴  I do to be saved?”

Acts 22:2

22:2 (When they heard ⁵  that he was addressing ⁶  them in Aramaic, ⁷  they became even ⁸  quieter.) ⁹  Then ¹⁰  Paul said,

Acts 22:27

22:27 So the commanding officer ¹¹  came and asked ¹²  Paul, ¹³  “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” ¹⁴  He replied, ¹⁵  “Yes.”

Acts 25:22

25:22 Agrippa ¹⁶  said to Festus, ¹⁷  “I would also like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he replied, ¹⁸  “you will hear him.”

Acts 26:25

26:25 But Paul replied, ¹⁹  “I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus, ²⁰  but am speaking ²¹  true and rational ²²  words.

Acts 26:32

26:32 Agrippa ²³  said to Festus, ²⁴  “This man could have been released ²⁵  if he had not appealed to Caesar.” ²⁶ 

[10:31]  ¹ tn Or “your gifts to the needy.”

[10:31]  ² sn This statement is a paraphrase rather than an exact quotation of Acts 10:4.

[16:30]  ³ tn Grk “And bringing them outside, he asked.” The participle προαγαγών (proagagwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun by supplying the conjunction “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

[16:30]  ⁴ tn The Greek term (δεῖ, dei) is used by Luke to represent divine necessity.

[22:2]  ⁵ tn ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally.

[22:2]  ⁶ tn Or “spoke out to.” L&N 33.27 has “to address an audience, with possible emphasis upon loudness – ‘to address, to speak out to.’ πολλῆς δέ σιγῆς γενομένης προσεφώνησεν τῇ ᾿Εβραίδι διαλέκτῳ ‘when they were quiet, he addressed them in Hebrew’ Ac 21:40.”

[22:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “in the Hebrew language.” See the note on “Aramaic” in 21:40.

[22:2]  ⁸ tn BDAG 613-14 s.v. μᾶλλον 1 “Abs. μ. can mean to a greater degree (than before), even more, now more than ever Lk 5:15; Jn 5:18; 19:8; Ac 5:14; 22:2; 2 Cor 7:7.”

[22:2]  ⁹ tn BDAG 440 s.v. ἡσυχία 2 has “παρέχειν ἡσυχίαν quiet down, give a hearing…Ac 22:2.”

[22:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and.” Since this represents a continuation of the speech begun in v. 1, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

[22:27]  ⁷ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 24.

[22:27]  ⁸ tn Grk “and said to.”

[22:27]  ⁹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:27]  ¹⁰ tn The word “citizen” is supplied here for emphasis and clarity.

[22:27]  ¹¹ tn Grk “He said.”

[25:22]  ⁹ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[25:22]  ¹⁰ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[25:22]  ¹¹ tn Grk “said.”

[26:25]  ¹¹ tn Grk “said.”

[26:25]  ¹² sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[26:25]  ¹³ tn Or “declaring.” BDAG 125 s.v. ἀποφθέγγομαι states, “speak out, declare boldly or loudly…τὶ: σωφροσύνης ῥήματα Ac 26:25.”

[26:25]  ¹⁴ tn BDAG 987 s.v. σωφροσύνη 1 has “gener. soundness of mind, reasonableness, rationality…ἀληθείας καὶ σωφροσύνης ῥήματα true and rational words (opp. μαίνομαι) Ac 26:25.”

[26:32]  ¹³ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[26:32]  ¹⁴ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[26:32]  ¹⁵ tn Or “set free.”

[26:32]  ¹⁶ tn Or “to the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).