Acts 13:24

13:24 Before ¹  Jesus ²  arrived, John ³  had proclaimed a baptism for repentance ⁴  to all the people of Israel.

Acts 20:21

20:21 testifying ⁵  to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. ⁶ 

Acts 5:31

5:31 God exalted him ⁷  to his right hand as Leader ⁸  and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. ⁹ 

Acts 11:18

11:18 When they heard this, ¹⁰  they ceased their objections ¹¹  and praised ¹²  God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance ¹³  that leads to life even to the Gentiles.” ¹⁴ 

Acts 19:4

19:4 Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, ¹⁵  that is, in Jesus.”

Acts 26:20

26:20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, ¹⁶  and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, ¹⁷  performing deeds consistent with ¹⁸  repentance.

[13:24]  ¹ 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]  ² 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]  ³ sn John refers here to John the Baptist.

[13:24]  ⁴ tn Grk “a baptism of repentance”; the genitive has been translated as a genitive of purpose.

[20:21]  ⁵ tn BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 1 has “testify of, bear witness to (orig. under oath)…of repentance to Judeans and Hellenes Ac 20:21.”

[20:21]  ⁶ tc Several mss, including some of the more important ones (Ì⁷⁴ א Α C [D] E 33 36 323 945 1175 1241 1505 1739 pm and a number of versions), read Χριστόν (Criston, “Christ”) at the end of this verse. This word is lacking in B H L P Ψ 614 pm. Although the inclusion is supported by many earlier and better mss, internal evidence is on the side of the omission: In Acts, both “Lord Jesus” and “Lord Jesus Christ” occur, though between 16:31 and the end of the book “Lord Jesus Christ” appears only in 28:31, perhaps as a kind of climactic assertion. Thus, the shorter reading is to be preferred.

[5:31]  ⁹ tn Grk “This one God exalted” (emphatic).

[5:31]  ¹⁰ tn Or “Founder” (of a movement).

[5:31]  ¹¹ tn Or “to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.”

[11:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “these things.”

[11:18]  ¹⁴ tn Or “became silent,” but this would create an apparent contradiction with the subsequent action of praising God. The point, in context, is that they ceased objecting to what Peter had done.

[11:18]  ¹⁵ tn Or “glorified.”

[11:18]  ¹⁶ sn Here the summary phrase for responding to the gospel is the repentance that leads to life. Note how the presence of life is tied to the presence of the Spirit (cf. John 4:7-42; 7:37-39).

[11:18]  ¹⁷ sn In the Greek text the phrase even to the Gentiles is in an emphatic position.

[19:4]  ¹⁷ sn These disciples may have had their contact with John early on in the Baptist’s ministry before Jesus had emerged. This is the fifth time Luke links John the Baptist and Jesus (Acts 1:5; 11:16; 13:25; 18:25).

[26:20]  ²¹ tn BDAG 1093-94 s.v. χώρα 2.b states, “of the provincial name (1 Macc 8:3) ἡ χώρα τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας Ac 26:20.”

[26:20]  ²² sn That they should repent and turn to God. This is the shortest summary of Paul’s message that he preached.

[26:20]  ²³ tn BDAG 93 s.v. ἄξιος 1.b, “καρποὶ ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας fruits in keeping with your repentance…Lk 3:8; Mt 3:8. For this ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα Ac 26:20.” Note how Paul preached the gospel offer and the issue of response together, side by side.