Acts 15:31

15:31 When they read it aloud, ¹  the people ²  rejoiced at its encouragement. ³ 

Acts 8:30

8:30 So Philip ran up ⁴  to it ⁵  and heard the man ⁶  reading Isaiah the prophet. He ⁷  asked him, ⁸  “Do you understand what you’re reading?”

[15:31]  ¹ tn Grk “read it.” The translation “read aloud” is used to indicate the actual practice of public reading; translating as “read” could be misunderstood to mean private, silent, or individual reading.

[15:31]  ² tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people) is specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:31]  ³ tn Or “at its encouraging message.”

[8:30]  ⁴ tn The participle προσδραμών (prosdramwn) is regarded as attendant circumstance.

[8:30]  ⁵ tn The words “to it” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[8:30]  ⁶ tn Grk “heard him”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:30]  ⁷ tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

[8:30]  ⁸ tn Grk “he said”; but since what follows is a question, it is better English style to translate the introduction to the question “he asked him.”