Acts 16:5

16:5 So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number every day. ¹ 

Acts 3:16

3:16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ ²  name, ³  his very name has made this man – whom you see and know – strong. The ⁴  faith that is through Jesus ⁵  has given him this complete health in the presence ⁶  of you all.

Acts 11:24

11:24 because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people ⁷  were brought to the Lord.

Acts 15:9

15:9 and he made no distinction ⁸  between them and us, cleansing ⁹  their hearts by faith.

Acts 20:21

20:21 testifying ¹⁰  to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. ¹¹ 

Acts 13:8

13:8 But the magician Elymas ¹²  (for that is the way his name is translated) ¹³  opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul ¹⁴  away from the faith.

Acts 14:9

14:9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul ¹⁵  stared ¹⁶  intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,

Acts 14:22

14:22 They strengthened ¹⁷  the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue ¹⁸  in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom ¹⁹  of God through many persecutions.” ²⁰ 

Acts 14:27

14:27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported ²¹  all the things God ²²  had done with them, and that he had opened a door ²³  of faith for the Gentiles.

Acts 6:5

6:5 The ²⁴  proposal pleased the entire group, so ²⁵  they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with ²⁶  Philip, ²⁷  Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism ²⁸  from Antioch. ²⁹ 

Acts 6:7

6:7 The word of God continued to spread, ³⁰  the number of disciples in Jerusalem ³¹  increased greatly, and a large group ³²  of priests became obedient to the faith.

Acts 17:31

17:31 because he has set ³³  a day on which he is going to judge the world ³⁴  in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, ³⁵  having provided proof to everyone by raising ³⁶  him from the dead.”

Acts 24:24

Paul Speaks Repeatedly to Felix

24:24 Some days later, when Felix ³⁷  arrived with his wife Drusilla, ³⁸  who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak ³⁹  about faith in Christ Jesus. ⁴⁰ 

Acts 26:18

26:18 to open their eyes so that they turn ⁴¹  from darkness to light and from the power ⁴²  of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share ⁴³  among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

[16:5]  ¹ tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.

[3:16]  ² tn Grk “in his name”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:16]  ³ sn Here is another example of appeal to the person by mentioning the name. See the note on the word name in 3:6.

[3:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “see and know, and the faith.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation and καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated.

[3:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:16]  ⁶ tn Or “in full view.”

[11:24]  ³ tn Grk “a significant crowd.”

[15:9]  ⁴ tn BDAG 231 s.v. διακρίνω 1.b lists this passage under the meaning “to conclude that there is a difference, make a distinction, differentiate.”

[15:9]  ⁵ tn Or “purifying.”

[20:21]  ⁵ tn BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 1 has “testify of, bear witness to (orig. under oath)…of repentance to Judeans and Hellenes Ac 20:21.”

[20:21]  ⁶ tc Several mss, including some of the more important ones (Ì⁷⁴ א Α C [D] E 33 36 323 945 1175 1241 1505 1739 pm and a number of versions), read Χριστόν (Criston, “Christ”) at the end of this verse. This word is lacking in B H L P Ψ 614 pm. Although the inclusion is supported by many earlier and better mss, internal evidence is on the side of the omission: In Acts, both “Lord Jesus” and “Lord Jesus Christ” occur, though between 16:31 and the end of the book “Lord Jesus Christ” appears only in 28:31, perhaps as a kind of climactic assertion. Thus, the shorter reading is to be preferred.

[13:8]  ⁶ tn On the debate over what the name “Elymas” means, see BDAG 320 s.v. ᾿Ελύμας. The magician’s behavior is more directly opposed to the faith than Simon Magus’ was.

[13:8]  ⁷ sn A parenthetical note by the author.

[13:8]  ⁸ sn The proconsul was the Roman official who ruled over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate.

[14:9]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Or “looked.”

[14:22]  ⁸ tn Grk “to Antioch, strengthening.” Due to the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here. This participle (ἐπιστηρίζοντες, episthrizonte") and the following one (παρακαλοῦντες, parakalounte") have been translated as finite verbs connected by the coordinating conjunction “and.”

[14:22]  ⁹ sn And encouraged them to continue. The exhortations are like those noted in Acts 11:23; 13:43. An example of such a speech is found in Acts 20:18-35. Christianity is now characterized as “the faith.”

[14:22]  ¹⁰ sn This reference to the kingdom of God clearly refers to its future arrival.

[14:22]  ¹¹ tn Or “sufferings.”

[14:27]  ⁹ tn Or “announced.”

[14:27]  ¹⁰ sn Note that God is the subject of the activity. The outcome of this mission is seen as a confirmation of the mission to the Gentiles.

[14:27]  ¹¹ sn On the image of opening, or of the door, see 1 Cor 16:9; 2 Cor 2:12; Col 4:3.

[6:5]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “And the.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[6:5]  ¹¹ tn The translation “so” has been used to indicate the logical sequence in English.

[6:5]  ¹² tn “With” is smoother English style for an addition like this. Because of differences between Greek and English style, καί (kai), which occurs between each name in the list, has not been translated except preceding the last element.

[6:5]  ¹³ sn Philip. Note how many of the names in this list are Greek. This suggests that Hellenists were chosen to solve the problem they had been so sensitive about fixing (cf. 6:1).

[6:5]  ¹⁴ tn Or “a proselyte.”

[6:5]  ¹⁵ map For location see JP1 F2; JP2 F2; JP3 F2; JP4 F2.

[6:7]  ¹¹ tn Grk “kept on spreading”; the verb has been translated as a progressive imperfect.

[6:7]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:7]  ¹³ tn Grk “a great multitude.”

[17:31]  ¹² tn Or “fixed.”

[17:31]  ¹³ sn The world refers to the whole inhabited earth.

[17:31]  ¹⁴ tn Or “appointed.” BDAG 723 s.v. ὁρίζω 2.b has “of persons appoint, designate, declare: God judges the world ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν through a man whom he has appointed Ac 17:31.”

[17:31]  ¹⁵ tn The participle ἀναστήσας (anasthsa") indicates means here.

[24:24]  ¹³ sn See the note on Antonius Felix in 23:24.

[24:24]  ¹⁴ sn It is possible that Drusilla, being Jewish, was the source of Felix’s knowledge about the new movement called Christianity. The youngest daughter of Herod Agrippa I and sister of Agrippa II, she would have been close to 20 years old at the time. She had married the king of a small region in Syria but divorced him at the age of 16 to marry Felix. This was her second marriage and Felix’s third (Josephus, Ant. 19.9.1 [19.354], 20.7.2 [20.141-144]). As a member of Herod’s family, she probably knew about the Way.

[24:24]  ¹⁵ tn The word “speak” is implied; BDAG 32 s.v. ἀκούω 1.c has “ἤκουσεν αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆς…πίστεως he heard him speak about faith Ac 24:24.”

[24:24]  ¹⁶ tn Or “Messiah Jesus”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[26:18]  ¹⁴ sn To open their eyes so that they turn… Here is Luke’s most comprehensive report of Paul’s divine calling. His role was to call humanity to change their position before God and experience God’s forgiveness as a part of God’s family. The image of turning is a key one in the NT: Luke 1:79; Rom 2:19; 13:12; 2 Cor 4:6; 6:14; Eph 5:8; Col 1:12; 1 Thess 5:5. See also Luke 1:77-79; 3:3; 24:47.

[26:18]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 352-53 s.v. ἐξουσία 2 states, “Also of Satan’s power Ac 26:18.” It is also possible to translate this “the domain of Satan” (cf. BDAG 353 s.v. 6)

[26:18]  ¹⁶ tn Or “and an inheritance.”