Acts 16:39

16:39 and came ¹  and apologized to them. After ²  they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly ³  to leave the city.

Acts 5:19

5:19 But during the night an angel of the Lord ⁴  opened ⁵  the doors of the prison, ⁶  led them out, ⁷  and said,

Acts 7:36

7:36 This man led them out, performing wonders and miraculous signs ⁸  in the land of Egypt, ⁹  at ¹⁰  the Red Sea, and in the wilderness ¹¹  for forty years.

Acts 21:38

21:38 Then you’re not that Egyptian who started a rebellion ¹²  and led the four thousand men of the ‘Assassins’ ¹³  into the wilderness ¹⁴  some time ago?” ¹⁵ 

Acts 7:40

7:40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go in front of us, for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt ¹⁶  – we do not know what has happened to him!’ ¹⁷ 

Acts 12:17

12:17 He motioned to them ¹⁸  with his hand to be quiet and then related ¹⁹  how the Lord had brought ²⁰  him out of the prison. He said, “Tell James and the brothers these things,” and then he left and went to another place. ²¹ 

Acts 13:17

13:17 The God of this people Israel ²²  chose our ancestors ²³  and made the people great ²⁴  during their stay as foreigners ²⁵  in the country ²⁶  of Egypt, and with uplifted arm ²⁷  he led them out of it.

Acts 16:37

16:37 But Paul said to the police officers, ²⁸  “They had us beaten in public ²⁹  without a proper trial ³⁰  – even though we are Roman citizens ³¹  – and they threw us ³²  in prison. And now they want to send us away ³³  secretly? Absolutely not! They ³⁴  themselves must come and escort us out!” ³⁵ 

[16:39]  ¹ tn Grk “and coming, they apologized.” The participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:39]  ² tn Grk “and after.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

[16:39]  ³ tn The verb ἐρώτων (erwtwn) has been translated as an iterative imperfect; the English adverb “repeatedly” brings out the iterative force in the translation.

[5:19]  ⁴ tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” Linguistically, “angel of the Lord” is the same in both testaments (and thus, he is either “an angel of the Lord” or “the angel of the Lord” in both testaments). For arguments and implications, see ExSyn 252; M. J. Davidson, “Angels,” DJG, 9; W. G. MacDonald argues for “an angel” in both testaments: “Christology and ‘The Angel of the Lord’,” Current Issues in Biblical and Patristic Interpretation, 324-35.

[5:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “opening the doors of the prison.” The participle ἀνοίξας (anoixa") has been translated as a finite verb due to the requirements of contemporary English style.

[5:19]  ⁶ tn Greek φυλακῆς (fulakh"), a different word from the one in v. 18 (τήρησις, thrhsi", “jail”).

[5:19]  ⁷ tn Or “brought them out.” Grk “and leading them out, said.” The participle ἐξαγαγών (exagagwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[7:36]  ⁷ tn Here the context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned.

[7:36]  ⁸ tn Or simply “in Egypt.” The phrase “the land of” could be omitted as unnecessary or redundant.

[7:36]  ⁹ tn Grk “and at,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[7:36]  ¹⁰ tn Or “desert.”

[21:38]  ¹⁰ tn L&N 39.41 has “οὐκ ἄρα σὺ εἶ ὁ Αἰγύπτιος ὁ πρὸ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀναστατώσας ‘then you are not that Egyptian who some time ago started a rebellion’ Ac 21:38.”

[21:38]  ¹¹ tn Grk “of the Sicarii.”

[21:38]  ¹² tn Or “desert.”

[21:38]  ¹³ tn Grk “before these days.”

[7:40]  ¹³ tn Or simply “of Egypt.” The phrase “the land of” could be omitted as unnecessary or redundant.

[7:40]  ¹⁴ sn A quotation from Exod 32:1, 23. Doubt (we do not know what has happened to him) expresses itself in unfaithful action. The act is in contrast to God’s promise in Exod 23:20.

[12:17]  ¹⁶ tn Or “He gave them a signal.” Grk “Giving them a signal…he related to them.” The participle κατασείσας (kataseisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[12:17]  ¹⁷ tc ‡ Most mss, including some of the most important ones (B D E Ψ Ï sy), read αὐτοῖς (autoi", “to them”) here, while some excellent and early witnesses (Ì^45vid,74vid א A 33 81 945 1739 pc) lack the pronoun. Although it is possible that the pronoun was deleted because it was seen as superfluous, it is also possible that it was added as a natural expansion on the text, strengthening the connection between Peter and his listeners. Although a decision is difficult, the shorter reading is slightly preferred. NA²⁷ puts the pronoun in brackets, indicating some doubts as to its authenticity.

[12:17]  ¹⁸ tn Or “led.”

[12:17]  ¹⁹ sn He…went to another place. This is Peter’s last appearance in Acts with the exception of the Jerusalem council in Acts 15.

[13:17]  ¹⁹ tn Or “people of Israel.”

[13:17]  ²⁰ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[13:17]  ²¹ tn That is, in both numbers and in power. The implication of greatness in both numbers and in power is found in BDAG 1046 s.v. ὑψόω 2.

[13:17]  ²² tn Or “as resident aliens.”

[13:17]  ²³ tn Or “land.”

[13:17]  ²⁴ sn Here uplifted arm is a metaphor for God’s power by which he delivered the Israelites from Egypt. See Exod 6:1, 6; 32:11; Deut 3:24; 4:34; Ps 136:11-12.

[16:37]  ²² tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the police officers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:37]  ²³ tn Grk “Having us beaten in public.” The participle δείραντες (deirante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:37]  ²⁴ tn Or “in public, uncondemned.” BDAG 35 s.v. ἀκατάκριτος has “uncondemned, without due process” for this usage.

[16:37]  ²⁵ tn The participle ὑπάρχοντας (Juparconta") has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

[16:37]  ²⁶ tn The word “us” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[16:37]  ²⁷ tn L&N 28.71 has “send us away secretly” for this verse.

[16:37]  ²⁸ tn Grk “But they.”

[16:37]  ²⁹ sn They themselves must come and escort us out! Paul was asking for the injustice he and Silas suffered to be symbolically righted. It was a way of publicly taking their actions off the record and showing the apostles’ innocence, a major public statement. Note the apology given in v. 39.