Acts 14:3

14:3 So they stayed there ¹  for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified ²  to the message ³  of his grace, granting miraculous signs ⁴  and wonders to be performed through their hands.

Acts 20:32

20:32 And now I entrust ⁵  you to God and to the message ⁶  of his grace. This message ⁷  is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

[14:3]  ¹ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[14:3]  ² sn The Lord testified to the message by granting the signs described in the following clause.

[14:3]  ³ tn Grk “word.”

[14:3]  ⁴ tn Here the context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned.

[20:32]  ⁵ tn Or “commend.” BDAG 772 s.v. παρατίθημι 3.b has “τινά τινι entrust someone to the care or protection of someone…Of divine protection παρέθεντο αὐτοὺς τῷ κυρίῳ Ac 14:23; cp. 20:32.”

[20:32]  ⁶ tn Grk “word.”

[20:32]  ⁷ tn Grk “the message of his grace, which.” The phrase τῷ δυναμένῳ οἰκοδομῆσαι… (tw dunamenw oikodomhsai…) refers to τῷ λόγω (tw logw), not τῆς χάριτος (ths caritos); in English it could refer to either “the message” or “grace,” but in Greek, because of agreement in gender, the referent can only be “the message.” To make this clear, a new sentence was begun in the translation and the referent “the message” was repeated at the beginning of this new sentence.