Acts 2:17

2:17 ‘And in the last days ¹  it will be,’ God says,

‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, ² 

and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

and your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

Acts 14:15

14:15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures ³  just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn ⁴  from these worthless ⁵  things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, ⁶  the sea, and everything that is in them.

Acts 22:3

22:3 “I am a Jew, ⁷  born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up ⁸  in this city, educated with strictness ⁹  under ¹⁰  Gamaliel ¹¹  according to the law of our ancestors, ¹²  and was ¹³  zealous ¹⁴  for God just as all of you are today.

Acts 25:24

25:24 Then Festus ¹⁵  said, “King Agrippa, ¹⁶  and all you who are present here with us, you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace ¹⁷  petitioned ¹⁸  me both in Jerusalem ¹⁹  and here, ²⁰  shouting loudly ²¹  that he ought not to live any longer.

Acts 28:17

Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome

28:17 After three days ²²  Paul ²³  called the local Jewish leaders ²⁴  together. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, ²⁵  although I had done ²⁶  nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, ²⁷  from Jerusalem ²⁸  I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans. ²⁹ 

[2:17]  ¹ sn The phrase in the last days is not quoted from Joel, but represents Peter’s interpretive explanation of the current events as falling “in the last days.”

[2:17]  ² tn Grk “on all flesh.”

[14:15]  ³ tn Grk “with the same kinds of feelings,” L&N 25.32. BDAG 706 s.v. ὁμοιοπαθής translates the phrase “with the same nature τινί as someone.” In the immediate context, the contrast is between human and divine nature, and the point is that Paul and Barnabas are mere mortals, not gods.

[14:15]  ⁴ tn Grk “in order that you should turn,” with ἐπιστρέφειν (epistrefein) as an infinitive of purpose, but this is somewhat awkward contemporary English. To translate the infinitive construction “proclaim the good news, that you should turn,” which is much smoother English, could give the impression that the infinitive clause is actually the content of the good news, which it is not. The somewhat less formal “to get you to turn” would work, but might convey to some readers manipulativeness on the part of the apostles. Thus “proclaim the good news, so that you should turn,” is used, to convey that the purpose of the proclamation of good news is the response by the hearers. The emphasis here is like 1 Thess 1:9-10.

[14:15]  ⁵ tn Or “useless,” “futile.” The reference is to idols and idolatry, worshiping the creation over the Creator (Rom 1:18-32). See also 1 Kgs 16:2, 13, 26; 2 Kgs 17:15; Jer 2:5; 8:19; 3 Macc 6:11.

[14:15]  ⁶ tn Grk “and the earth, and the sea,” but καί (kai) has not been translated before “the earth” and “the sea” since contemporary English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[22:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “a Jewish man.”

[22:3]  ⁶ tn BDAG 74 s.v. ἀνατρέφω b has “of mental and spiritual nurture bring up, rear, train…ἀνατεθραμμένος ἐν τ. πόλει ταύτῃ 22:3.”

[22:3]  ⁷ tn Or “with precision.” Although often translated “strictly” this can be misunderstood for “solely” in English. BDAG 39 s.v. ἀκρίβεια gives the meaning as “exactness, precision.” To avoid the potential misunderstanding the translation “with strictness” is used, although it is slightly more awkward than “strictly.”

[22:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “strictly at the feet of” (an idiom).

[22:3]  ⁹ tn Or “brought up in this city under Gamaliel, educated with strictness…” The phrase παρὰ τοὺς πόδας Γαμαλιὴλ (para tou" poda" Gamalihl) could be understood with what precedes or with what follows. The punctuation of NA²⁷ and UBS⁴, which place a comma after ταύτῃ (tauth), has been followed in the translation.

[22:3]  ¹⁰ tn Or “our forefathers.”

[22:3]  ¹¹ tn Grk “ancestors, being.” The participle ὑπάρχων (Juparcwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[22:3]  ¹² tn BDAG 427 s.v. ζηλωτής 1.a.α has “of pers. …ζ. τοῦ θεοῦ one who is loyal to God Ac 22:3.”

[25:24]  ⁷ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[25:24]  ⁸ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[25:24]  ⁹ tn Probably best understood as rhetorical hyperbole. BDAG 825 s.v. πλῆθος 2.b.γ states, “people, populace, population…τὸ πλῆθος the populace…ἅπαν τὸ πλ. τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων Ac 25:24.” However, the actions of the leadership are seen by Luke as representing the actions of the entire nation, so the remark is not inaccurate.

[25:24]  ¹⁰ tn Or “appealed to” (BDAG 341 s.v. ἐντυγχάνω 1.a).

[25:24]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[25:24]  ¹² sn Here means “here in Caesarea.”

[25:24]  ¹³ tn Or “screaming.”

[28:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “It happened that after three days.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[28:17]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[28:17]  ¹¹ tn L&N 33.309 has “‘after three days, he called the local Jewish leaders together’ Ac 28:17.”

[28:17]  ¹² tn Grk “Men brothers,” but this is both awkward and unnecessary in English.

[28:17]  ¹³ tn The participle ποιήσας (poihsas) has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

[28:17]  ¹⁴ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[28:17]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[28:17]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “into the hands of the Romans,” but this is redundant when παρεδόθην (paredoqhn) has been translated “handed over.”