Acts 11:6

11:6 As I stared ¹  I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, ²  and wild birds. ³ 

Acts 27:39

Paul is Shipwrecked

27:39 When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed ⁴  a bay ⁵  with a beach, ⁶  where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

[11:6]  ¹ tn Grk “Staring I looked into it.” The participle ἀτενίσας (atenisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[11:6]  ² tn Or “snakes.” Grk “creeping things.” According to L&N 4.51, in most biblical contexts the term (due to the influence of Hebrew classifications such as Gen 1:25-26, 30) included small four-footed animals like rats, mice, frogs, toads, salamanders, and lizards. In this context, however, where “creeping things” are contrasted with “four-footed animals,” the English word “reptiles,” which primarily but not exclusively designates snakes, is probably more appropriate.

[11:6]  ³ tn Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. BDAG 809 s.v. πετεινόν).

[27:39]  ⁴ tn Or “observed,” “saw.”

[27:39]  ⁵ tn Or “gulf” (BDAG 557 s.v. κόλπος 3).

[27:39]  ⁶ sn A beach would refer to a smooth sandy beach suitable for landing.