Discovery BoxActs 2:11
Context2:11 both Jews and proselytes, 1 Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!” 2
Acts 7:56
Context7:56 “Look!” he said. 3 “I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Acts 12:5
Context12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly 4 praying to God for him. 5
Acts 13:23
Context13:23 From the descendants 6 of this man 7 God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, just as he promised. 8
Acts 28:28
Context28:28 “Therefore be advised 9 that this salvation from God 10 has been sent to the Gentiles; 11 they 12 will listen!”
[2:11] 1 sn Proselytes refers to Gentile (i.e., non-Jewish) converts to Judaism.
[2:11] 2 tn Or “God’s mighty works.” Here the genitive τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) has been translated as a subjective genitive.
[7:56] 3 tn Grk “And he said, ‘Look!’” Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences, καί (kai) has not been translated here; a new sentence is begun instead.
[12:5] 5 tn Or “constantly.” This term also appears in Luke 22:14 and Acts 26:7.
[12:5] 6 tn Grk “but earnest prayer was being made by the church to God for him.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged to follow English style, and the somewhat awkward passive “prayer was being made” has been changed to the simpler active verb “were praying.” Luke portrays what follows as an answer to prayer.
[13:23] 7 tn Or “From the offspring”; Grk “From the seed.”
[13:23] 8 sn The phrase this man is in emphatic position in the Greek text.
[13:23] 9 tn Grk “according to [his] promise.” The comparative clause “just as he promised” is less awkward in English.
[28:28] 9 tn Grk “Therefore let it be known to you.”
[28:28] 11 sn The term Gentiles is in emphatic position in the Greek text of this clause. Once again there is the pattern: Jewish rejection of the gospel leads to an emphasis on Gentile inclusion (Acts 13:44-47).
