Acts 12:13

12:13 When he knocked at the door of the outer gate, a slave girl named Rhoda answered. ¹ 

Acts 14:27

14:27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported ²  all the things God ³  had done with them, and that he had opened a door ⁴  of faith for the Gentiles.

Acts 3:2

3:2 And a man lame ⁵  from birth ⁶  was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called “the Beautiful Gate” every day ⁷  so he could beg for money ⁸  from those going into the temple courts. ⁹ 

[12:13]  ¹ tn Or “responded.”

[14:27]  ² tn Or “announced.”

[14:27]  ³ sn Note that God is the subject of the activity. The outcome of this mission is seen as a confirmation of the mission to the Gentiles.

[14:27]  ⁴ sn On the image of opening, or of the door, see 1 Cor 16:9; 2 Cor 2:12; Col 4:3.

[3:2]  ³ tn Or “crippled.”

[3:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “from his mother’s womb.”

[3:2]  ⁵ tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.

[3:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “alms.” The term “alms” is not in common use today, so what the man expected, “money,” is used in the translation instead. The idea is that of money given as a gift to someone who was poor. Giving alms was viewed as honorable in Judaism (Tob 1:3, 16; 12:8-9; m. Pe’ah 1:1). See also Luke 11:41; 12:33; Acts 9:36; 10:2, 4, 31; 24:17.

[3:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.