Acts 2:20

2:20 The sun will be changed to darkness

and the moon to blood

before the great and glorious ¹  day of the Lord comes.

Acts 2:46-47

2:46 Every day ²  they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, ³  breaking bread from ⁴  house to house, sharing their food with glad ⁵  and humble hearts, ⁶  2:47 praising God and having the good will ⁷  of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day ⁸  those who were being saved.

Acts 17:17

17:17 So he was addressing ⁹  the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles ¹⁰  in the synagogue, ¹¹  and in the marketplace every day ¹²  those who happened to be there.

Acts 21:7

21:7 We continued the voyage from Tyre ¹³  and arrived at Ptolemais, ¹⁴  and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.

Acts 26:7

26:7 a promise ¹⁵  that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God ¹⁶  night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me, ¹⁷  Your Majesty! ¹⁸ 

[2:20]  ¹ tn Or “and wonderful.”

[2:46]  ² tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.

[2:46]  ³ tn Grk “in the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.

[2:46]  ⁴ tn Here κατά (kata) is used as a distributive (BDAG 512 s.v. B.1.d).

[2:46]  ⁵ sn The term glad (Grk “gladness”) often refers to joy brought about by God’s saving acts (Luke 1:14, 44; also the related verb in 1:47; 10:21).

[2:46]  ⁶ tn Grk “with gladness and humbleness of hearts.” It is best to understand καρδίας (kardias) as an attributed genitive, with the two nouns it modifies actually listing attributes of the genitive noun which is related to them.

[2:47]  ³ tn Or “the favor.”

[2:47]  ⁴ tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.

[17:17]  ⁴ tn Although the word διελέξατο (dielexato; from διαλέγομαι, dialegomai) is frequently translated “reasoned,” “disputed,” or “argued,” this sense comes from its classical meaning where it was used of philosophical disputation, including the Socratic method of questions and answers. However, there does not seem to be contextual evidence for this kind of debate in Acts 17:17. As G. Schrenk (TDNT 2:94-95) points out, “What is at issue is the address which any qualified member of a synagogue might give.” Other examples of this may be found in the NT in Matt 4:23 and Mark 1:21.

[17:17]  ⁵ tn Or “and the devout,” but this is practically a technical term for the category called God-fearers, Gentiles who worshiped the God of Israel and in many cases kept the Mosaic law, but did not take the final step of circumcision necessary to become a proselyte to Judaism. See further K. G. Kuhn, TDNT 6:732-34, 743-44, and the note on the phrase “God-fearing Greeks” in 17:4.

[17:17]  ⁶ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

[17:17]  ⁷ tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase in this verse.

[21:7]  ⁵ sn Tyre was a city and seaport on the coast of Phoenicia.

[21:7]  ⁶ sn Ptolemais was a seaport on the coast of Palestine about 30 mi (48 km) south of Tyre.

[26:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “to which [promise] our twelve tribes…” The antecedent of the relative pronoun (the promise in v. 6) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:7]  ⁷ tn Or “earnestly worship.” The object of this service, God, is omitted but implied: BDAG 587 s.v. λατρεύω states, “Without the dat. of the one to whom service is given: ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ νύκτα κ. ἡμέραν λ. serve (God) earnestly night and day Ac 26:7.” Although clear from the context in Greek, “God” must be supplied as the recipient of the service for the modern English reader.

[26:7]  ⁸ tn Grk “I am being accused by the Jews.” The passive construction was simplified by converting it to an active one in the translation.

[26:7]  ⁹ tn Grk “O King!”