Acts 19:18

19:18 Many of those who had believed came forward, ¹  confessing and making their deeds known. ² 

Acts 20:27

20:27 For I did not hold back from ³  announcing ⁴  to you the whole purpose ⁵  of God.

Acts 20:20

20:20 You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming ⁶  to you anything that would be helpful, ⁷  and from teaching you publicly ⁸  and from house to house,

Acts 14:27

14:27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported ⁹  all the things God ¹⁰  had done with them, and that he had opened a door ¹¹  of faith for the Gentiles.

Acts 15:4

15:4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received ¹²  by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported ¹³  all the things God had done with them. ¹⁴ 

[19:18]  ¹ tn Grk “came”; the word “forward” is supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning and to conform to the contemporary English idiom.

[19:18]  ² tn Or “confessing and disclosing their deeds.” BDAG 59 s.v. ἀναγγέλλω 2 has “W. ἐξομολογεῖσθαι: ἀ. τὰς πράξεις αὐτο'ν make their deeds known Ac 19:18.”

[20:27]  ³ tn Or “did not avoid.” BDAG 1041 s.v. ὑποστέλλω 2.b has “shrink from, avoid implying fear…οὐ γὰρ ὑπεστειλάμην τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι I did not shrink from proclaiming Ac 20:27”; L&N 13.160 has “to hold oneself back from doing something, with the implication of some fearful concern – ‘to hold back from, to shrink from, to avoid’…‘for I have not held back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God’ Ac 20:27.”

[20:27]  ⁴ tn Or “proclaiming,” “declaring.”

[20:27]  ⁵ tn Or “plan.”

[20:20]  ⁵ tn Or “declaring.”

[20:20]  ⁶ tn Or “profitable.” BDAG 960 s.v. συμφέρω 2.b.α has “τὰ συμφέροντα what advances your best interests or what is good for you Ac 20:20,” but the broader meaning (s.v. 2, “to be advantageous, help, confer a benefit, be profitable/useful”) is equally possible in this context.

[20:20]  ⁷ tn Or “openly.”

[14:27]  ⁷ tn Or “announced.”

[14:27]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ sn On the image of opening, or of the door, see 1 Cor 16:9; 2 Cor 2:12; Col 4:3.

[15:4]  ⁹ tn BDAG 761 s.v. παραδέχομαι 2 has “receive, accept” for the meaning here.

[15:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “announced.”

[15:4]  ¹¹ tn “They reported all the things God had done with them” – an identical phrase occurs in Acts 14:27. God is always the agent.