Acts 15:11

15:11 On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through ¹  the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.” ² 

Acts 14:9

14:9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul ³  stared ⁴  intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,

Acts 15:1

The Jerusalem Council

15:1 Now some men came down from Judea ⁵  and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised ⁶  according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

Acts 27:31

27:31 Paul said to the centurion ⁷  and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you ⁸  cannot be saved.”

Acts 4:12

4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people ⁹  by which we must ¹⁰  be saved.”

[15:11]  ¹ tn Or “by.”

[15:11]  ² tn Or “Jesus, just as they are.” BDAG 1016-17 s.v. τρόπος 1 translates καθ᾿ ὃν τρόπον (kaq’ Jon tropon) here as “in the same way as.”

[14:9]  ³ tn Grk “speaking, who.” The relative pronoun has been replaced by the noun “Paul,” and a new sentence begun in the translation because an English relative clause would be very awkward here.

[14:9]  ⁴ tn Or “looked.”

[15:1]  ⁵ sn That is, they came down from Judea to Antioch in Syria.

[15:1]  ⁶ tc Codex Bezae (D) and a few other witnesses have “and walk” here (i.e., instead of τῷ ἔθει τῷ Μωϋσέως [tw eqei tw Mwu>sew"] they read καὶ τῷ ἔθει τῷ Μωϋσέως περιπατῆτε [kai tw eqei tw Mwu>sew" peripathte]). This is a decidedly stronger focus on obedience to the Law. As well, D expands vv. 1-5 in various places with the overall effect of being “more sympathetic to the local tradition of the church at Jerusalem” while the Alexandrian witnesses are more sympathetic to Paul (TCGNT 377). Codex D is well known for having a significantly longer text in Acts, but modern scholarship is generally of the opinion that the text of D expands on the original wording of Acts, with a theological viewpoint that especially puts Peter in a more authoritarian light. The expansion in these five verses is in keeping with that motif even though Peter is not explicitly in view.

[27:31]  ⁷ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[27:31]  ⁸ sn The pronoun you is plural in Greek.

[4:12]  ⁹ tn Here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).

[4:12]  ¹⁰ sn Must be saved. The term used here (δεῖ, dei, “it is necessary”) reflects the necessity set up by God’s directive plan.