Acts 13:23

13:23 From the descendants ¹  of this man ²  God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, just as he promised. ³ 

Acts 10:36

10:36 You know ⁴  the message ⁵  he sent to the people ⁶  of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace ⁷  through ⁸  Jesus Christ ⁹  (he is Lord ¹⁰  of all) –

Acts 13:24

13:24 Before ¹¹  Jesus ¹²  arrived, John ¹³  had proclaimed a baptism for repentance ¹⁴  to all the people of Israel.

Acts 1:6

1:6 So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, ¹⁵  “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

Acts 2:36

2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt ¹⁶  that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified ¹⁷  both Lord ¹⁸  and Christ.” ¹⁹ 

Acts 5:31

5:31 God exalted him ²⁰  to his right hand as Leader ²¹  and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. ²² 

Acts 7:23

7:23 But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind ²³  to visit his fellow countrymen ²⁴  the Israelites. ²⁵ 

Acts 7:37

7:37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ²⁶  ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’ ²⁷ 

Acts 28:20

28:20 So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel.” ²⁸ 

Acts 4:27

4:27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against ²⁹  your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, ³⁰ 

Acts 7:42

7:42 But God turned away from them and gave them over ³¹  to worship the host ³²  of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices ³³  forty years in the wilderness, was it, ³⁴  house of Israel?

Acts 9:15

9:15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument ³⁵  to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel. ³⁶ 

Acts 13:17

13:17 The God of this people Israel ³⁷  chose our ancestors ³⁸  and made the people great ³⁹  during their stay as foreigners ⁴⁰  in the country ⁴¹  of Egypt, and with uplifted arm ⁴²  he led them out of it.

Acts 4:10

4:10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ ⁴³  the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy.

Acts 5:21

5:21 When they heard this, they entered the temple courts ⁴⁴  at daybreak and began teaching. ⁴⁵ 

Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin ⁴⁶  – that is, the whole high council ⁴⁷  of the Israelites ⁴⁸  – and sent to the jail to have the apostles ⁴⁹  brought before them. ⁵⁰ 

[13:23]  ¹ tn Or “From the offspring”; Grk “From the seed.”

[13:23]  ² sn The phrase this man is in emphatic position in the Greek text.

[13:23]  ³ tn Grk “according to [his] promise.” The comparative clause “just as he promised” is less awkward in English.

[10:36]  ⁴ tn The subject and verb (“you know”) do not actually occur until the following verse, but have been repeated here because of the requirements of English word order.

[10:36]  ⁵ tn Grk “the word.”

[10:36]  ⁶ tn Grk “to the sons.”

[10:36]  ⁷ sn Peace is a key OT concept: Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15; also for Luke: Luke 1:79; 2:14; Acts 9:31. See also the similar phrase in Eph 2:17.

[10:36]  ⁸ tn Or “by.”

[10:36]  ⁹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[10:36]  ¹⁰ sn He is Lord of all. Though a parenthetical remark, this is the theological key to the speech. Jesus is Lord of all, so the gospel can go to all. The rest of the speech proclaims Jesus’ authority.

[13:24]  ⁷ tn Grk “John having already proclaimed before his coming a baptism…,” a genitive absolute construction which is awkward in English. A new sentence was begun in the translation at this point.

[13:24]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the context for clarity, since God is mentioned in the preceding context and John the Baptist in the following clause.

[13:24]  ⁹ sn John refers here to John the Baptist.

[13:24]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “a baptism of repentance”; the genitive has been translated as a genitive of purpose.

[1:6]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “they began to ask him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. The imperfect tense of the Greek verb ἠρώτων (hrwtwn) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[2:36]  ¹³ tn Or “know for certain.” This term is in an emphatic position in the clause.

[2:36]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” The clause has been simplified in the translation by replacing the pronoun “him” with the explanatory clause “this Jesus whom you crucified” which comes at the end of the sentence.

[2:36]  ¹⁵ sn Lord. This looks back to the quotation of Ps 110:1 and the mention of “calling on the Lord” in 2:21. Peter’s point is that the Lord on whom one calls for salvation is Jesus, because he is the one mediating God’s blessing of the Spirit as a sign of the presence of salvation and the last days.

[2:36]  ¹⁶ tn Or “and Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[5:31]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “This one God exalted” (emphatic).

[5:31]  ¹⁷ tn Or “Founder” (of a movement).

[5:31]  ¹⁸ tn Or “to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.”

[7:23]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “heart.”

[7:23]  ²⁰ tn Grk “brothers.” The translation “compatriot” is given by BDAG 18-19 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.b.

[7:23]  ²¹ tn Grk “the sons of Israel.”

[7:37]  ²² tn Grk “to the sons of Israel.”

[7:37]  ²³ sn A quotation from Deut 18:15. This quotation sets up Jesus as the “leader-prophet” like Moses (Acts 3:22; Luke 9:35).

[28:20]  ²⁵ sn The hope of Israel. A reference to Israel’s messianic hope. Paul’s preaching was in continuity with this Jewish hope (Acts 1:3; 8:12; 14:22; 19:8; 20:25).

[4:27]  ²⁸ sn The application of Ps 2:1-2 is that Jews and Gentiles are opposing Jesus. The surprise of the application is that Jews are now found among the enemies of God’s plan.

[4:27]  ²⁹ sn A wordplay on “Christ,” v. 26, which means “one who has been anointed.”

[7:42]  ³¹ sn The expression and gave them over suggests similarities to the judgment on the nations described by Paul in Rom 1:18-32.

[7:42]  ³² tn Or “stars.”

[7:42]  ³³ tn The two terms for sacrifices “semantically reinforce one another and are here combined essentially for emphasis” (L&N 53.20).

[7:42]  ³⁴ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative reply which is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ question, “was it?”

[9:15]  ³⁴ tn Or “tool.”

[9:15]  ³⁵ tn Grk “the sons of Israel.” In Acts, Paul is a minister to all nations, including Israel (Rom 1:16-17).

[13:17]  ³⁷ tn Or “people of Israel.”

[13:17]  ³⁸ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[13:17]  ³⁹ tn That is, in both numbers and in power. The implication of greatness in both numbers and in power is found in BDAG 1046 s.v. ὑψόω 2.

[13:17]  ⁴⁰ tn Or “as resident aliens.”

[13:17]  ⁴¹ tn Or “land.”

[13:17]  ⁴² sn Here uplifted arm is a metaphor for God’s power by which he delivered the Israelites from Egypt. See Exod 6:1, 6; 32:11; Deut 3:24; 4:34; Ps 136:11-12.

[4:10]  ⁴⁰ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[5:21]  ⁴³ tn Grk “the temple.” See the note on the same phrase in the preceding verse.

[5:21]  ⁴⁴ tn The imperfect verb ἐδίδασκον (edidaskon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[5:21]  ⁴⁵ tn Or “the council” (the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[5:21]  ⁴⁶ tn A hendiadys (two different terms referring to a single thing) is likely here (a reference to a single legislative body rather than two separate ones) because the term γερουσίαν (gerousian) is used in both 1 Macc 12:6 and Josephus, Ant. 13.5.8 (13.166) to refer to the Sanhedrin.

[5:21]  ⁴⁷ tn Grk “sons of Israel.”

[5:21]  ⁴⁸ tn Grk “have them”; the referent (the apostles) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:21]  ⁴⁹ tn The words “before them” are not in the Greek text but are implied.