Discovery BoxActs 2:16
Context2:16 But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel: 1
Acts 7:48
Context7:48 Yet the Most High 2 does not live in houses made by human hands, 3 as the prophet says,
Acts 11:27
Context11:27 At that time 4 some 5 prophets 6 came down 7 from Jerusalem 8 to Antioch. 9
Acts 13:20
Context13:20 All this took 10 about four hundred fifty years. After this 11 he gave them judges until the time of 12 Samuel the prophet.
Acts 13:40
Context13:40 Watch out, 13 then, that what is spoken about by 14 the prophets does not happen to you:
Acts 15:15
Context15:15 The 15 words of the prophets agree 16 with this, as it is written,
Acts 21:10
Context21:10 While we remained there for a number of days, 17 a prophet named Agabus 18 came down from Judea.
Acts 26:27
Context26:27 Do you believe the prophets, 19 King Agrippa? 20 I know that you believe.”
[2:16] 1 sn Note how in the quotation that follows all genders, ages, and classes are included. The event is like a hope Moses expressed in Num 11:29.
[7:48] 2 sn The title the Most High points to God’s majesty (Heb 7:1; Luke 1:32, 35; Acts 16:7).
[7:48] 3 sn The phrase made by human hands is negative in the NT: Mark 14:58; Acts 17:24; Eph 2:11; Heb 9:11, 24. It suggests “man-made” or “impermanent.” The rebuke is like parts of the Hebrew scripture where the rebuke is not of the temple, but for making too much of it (1 Kgs 8:27; Isa 57:15; 1 Chr 6:8; Jer 7:1-34).
[11:27] 3 tn Grk “In these days,” but the dative generally indicates a specific time.
[11:27] 4 tn The word “some” is not in the Greek text, but is usually used in English when an unspecified number is mentioned.
[11:27] 5 sn Prophets are mentioned only here and in 13:1 and 21:10 in Acts.
[11:27] 6 sn Came down from Jerusalem. Antioch in Syria lies due north of Jerusalem. In Western languages it is common to speak of north as “up” and south as “down,” but the NT maintains the Hebrew idiom which speaks of any direction away from Jerusalem as down (since Mount Zion was thought of in terms of altitude).
[11:27] 7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[11:27] 8 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.
[13:20] 4 tn The words “all this took” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to make a complete statement in English. There is debate over where this period of 450 years fits and what it includes: (1) It could include the years in Egypt, the conquest of Canaan, and the distribution of the land; (2) some connect it with the following period of the judges. This latter approach seems to conflict with 1 Kgs 6:1; see also Josephus, Ant. 8.3.1 (8.61).
[13:20] 5 tn Grk “And after these things.” 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.
[13:20] 6 tn The words “the time of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
[13:40] 5 sn The speech closes with a warning, “Watch out,” that also stresses culpability.
[15:15] 6 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.
[15:15] 7 sn The term agree means “match” or “harmonize with.” James’ point in the introduction argues that many of the OT prophets taught this. He gives one example (which follows).
[21:10] 7 tn BDAG 848 s.v. πολύς 1.b.α has “ἐπὶ ἡμέρας πλείους for a (large) number of days, for many days…Ac 13:31. – 21:10…24:17; 25:14; 27:20.”
[21:10] 8 sn Agabus also appeared in Acts 11:28. He was from Jerusalem, so the two churches were still in contact with one another.
[26:27] 8 sn “Do you believe the prophets?” Note how Paul made the issue believing the OT prophets and God’s promise which God fulfilled in Christ. He was pushing King Agrippa toward a decision not for or against Paul’s guilt of any crime, but concerning Paul’s message.
