Acts 12:18

12:18 At daybreak ¹  there was great consternation ²  among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

Acts 8:30

8:30 So Philip ran up ³  to it ⁴  and heard the man ⁵  reading Isaiah the prophet. He ⁶  asked him, ⁷  “Do you understand what you’re reading?”

Acts 21:38

21:38 Then you’re not that Egyptian who started a rebellion ⁸  and led the four thousand men of the ‘Assassins’ ⁹  into the wilderness ¹⁰  some time ago?” ¹¹ 

[12:18]  ¹ tn BDAG 436 s.v. ἡμέρα 1.a has “day is breaking” for ἡμέρα γίνεται (Jhmera ginetai) in this verse.

[12:18]  ² tn Grk “no little consternation.” The translation given for τάραχος (taraco") in this verse by BDAG 991 s.v. τάραχος 1 is “mental agitation.” The situation indicated by the Greek word is described in L&N 25.243 as “a state of acute distress and great anxiety, with the additional possible implications of dismay and confusion – ‘great distress, extreme anxiety.’” The English word “consternation” is preferred here because it conveys precisely such a situation of anxiety mixed with fear. The reason for this anxiety is explained in the following verse.

[8:30]  ³ tn The participle προσδραμών (prosdramwn) is regarded as attendant circumstance.

[8:30]  ⁴ tn The words “to it” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[8:30]  ⁵ tn Grk “heard him”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:30]  ⁶ tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

[8:30]  ⁷ tn Grk “he said”; but since what follows is a question, it is better English style to translate the introduction to the question “he asked him.”

[21:38]  ⁵ tn L&N 39.41 has “οὐκ ἄρα σὺ εἶ ὁ Αἰγύπτιος ὁ πρὸ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀναστατώσας ‘then you are not that Egyptian who some time ago started a rebellion’ Ac 21:38.”

[21:38]  ⁶ tn Grk “of the Sicarii.”

[21:38]  ⁷ tn Or “desert.”

[21:38]  ⁸ tn Grk “before these days.”