Acts 15:12

15:12 The whole group kept quiet ¹  and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs ²  and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Acts 15:14

15:14 Simeon ³  has explained ⁴  how God first concerned himself ⁵  to select ⁶  from among the Gentiles ⁷  a people for his name.

[15:12]  ¹ tn BDAG 922 s.v. σιγάω 1.a lists this passage under the meaning “say nothing, keep still, keep silent.”

[15:12]  ² tn Here in connection with τέρατα (terata) the miraculous nature of these signs is indicated.

[15:14]  ³ sn Simeon is a form of the apostle Peter’s Aramaic name. James uses Peter’s “Jewish” name here.

[15:14]  ⁴ tn Or “reported,” “described.”

[15:14]  ⁵ tn BDAG 378 s.v. ἐπισκέπτομαι 3 translates this phrase in Acts 15:14, “God concerned himself about winning a people fr. among the nations.”

[15:14]  ⁶ tn Grk “to take,” but in the sense of selecting or choosing (accompanied by the preposition ἐκ [ek] plus a genitive specifying the group selected from) see Heb 5:1; also BDAG 584 s.v. λαμβάνω 6.

[15:14]  ⁷ sn In the Greek text the expression “from among the Gentiles” is in emphatic position.