Acts 11:2

11:2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, ¹  the circumcised believers ²  took issue with ³  him,

Acts 21:35

21:35 When he came to the steps, Paul ⁴  had to be carried ⁵  by the soldiers because of the violence ⁶  of the mob,

Acts 28:16

28:16 When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live ⁷  by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

Acts 8:12

8:12 But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God ⁸  and the name of Jesus Christ, ⁹  they began to be baptized, ¹⁰  both men and women.

Acts 1:13

1:13 When ¹¹  they had entered Jerusalem, ¹²  they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter ¹³  and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there. ¹⁴ 

Acts 8:39

8:39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but ¹⁵  went on his way rejoicing. ¹⁶ 

Acts 12:6

12:6 On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, ¹⁷  Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while ¹⁸  guards in front of the door were keeping watch ¹⁹  over the prison.

Acts 21:5

21:5 When ²⁰  our time was over, ²¹  we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied ²²  us outside of the city. After ²³  kneeling down on the beach and praying, ²⁴ 

Acts 22:20

22:20 And when the blood of your witness ²⁵  Stephen was shed, ²⁶  I myself was standing nearby, approving, ²⁷  and guarding the cloaks ²⁸  of those who were killing him.’ ²⁹ 

Acts 27:39

Paul is Shipwrecked

27:39 When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed ³⁰  a bay ³¹  with a beach, ³²  where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

[11:2]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:2]  ² tn Or “the Jewish Christians”; Grk “those of the circumcision.” Within the larger group of Christians were some whose loyalties ran along ethnic-religious lines.

[11:2]  ³ tn Or “believers disputed with,” “believers criticized” (BDAG 231 s.v. διακρίνω 5.b).

[21:35]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:35]  ⁵ sn Paul had to be carried. Note how the arrest really ended up protecting Paul. The crowd is portrayed as irrational at this point.

[21:35]  ⁶ tn This refers to mob violence (BDAG 175 s.v. βία b).

[28:16]  ⁷ tn Or “to stay.”

[8:12]  ¹⁰ sn The kingdom of God is also what Jesus preached: Acts 1:3. The term reappears in 14:22; 19:8; 28:23, 31.

[8:12]  ¹¹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[8:12]  ¹² tn The imperfect verb ἐβαπτίζοντο (ebaptizonto) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[1:13]  ¹³ tn Grk “And when.” 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.

[1:13]  ¹⁴ tn The word “Jerusalem” is not in the Greek text but is implied (direct objects were often omitted when clear from the context).

[1:13]  ¹⁵ sn In the various lists of the twelve, Peter (also called Simon) is always mentioned first (see also Matt 10:1-4; Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:13-16) and the first four are always the same, though not in the same order after Peter.

[1:13]  ¹⁶ tn The words “were there” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[8:39]  ¹⁶ tn BDAG 189 s.v. γάρ 2 indicates that under certain circumstances γάρ (gar) has the same meaning as δέ (de).

[8:39]  ¹⁷ sn Note that the response to the gospel is rejoicing (joy, cf. Acts 11:23; 13:48).

[12:6]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “was going to bring him out,” but the upcoming trial is implied. See Acts 12:4.

[12:6]  ²⁰ tn Grk “two chains, and.” Logically it makes better sense to translate this as a temporal clause, although technically it is a coordinate clause in Greek.

[12:6]  ²¹ tn Or “were guarding.”

[21:5]  ²² 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]  ²³ 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]  ²⁴ 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]  ²⁵ 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]  ²⁶ sn On praying in Acts, see 1:14, 24; 2:47; 4:23; 6:6; 10:2; 12:5, 12; 13:3; 16:25.

[22:20]  ²⁵ sn Now Paul referred to Stephen as your witness, and he himself had also become a witness. The reversal was now complete; the opponent had now become a proponent.

[22:20]  ²⁶ sn When the blood of your witness Stephen was shed means “when your witness Stephen was murdered.”

[22:20]  ²⁷ tn Grk “and approving.” This 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.

[22:20]  ²⁸ tn Or “outer garments.”

[22:20]  ²⁹ tn Or “who were putting him to death.” For the translation of ἀναιρούντων (anairountwn) as “putting to death” see BDAG 64 s.v. ἀναιρέω 2.

[27:39]  ²⁸ tn Or “observed,” “saw.”

[27:39]  ²⁹ tn Or “gulf” (BDAG 557 s.v. κόλπος 3).

[27:39]  ³⁰ sn A beach would refer to a smooth sandy beach suitable for landing.