Acts 2:23

2:23 this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed ¹  by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles. ² 

Acts 2:43

2:43 Reverential awe ³  came over everyone, ⁴  and many wonders and miraculous signs ⁵  came about by the apostles.

Acts 3:18

3:18 But the things God foretold ⁶  long ago through ⁷  all the prophets – that his Christ ⁸  would suffer – he has fulfilled in this way.

Acts 4:2

4:2 angry ⁹  because they were teaching the people and announcing ¹⁰  in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

Acts 5:19

5:19 But during the night an angel of the Lord ¹¹  opened ¹²  the doors of the prison, ¹³  led them out, ¹⁴  and said,

Acts 9:25

9:25 But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening ¹⁵  in the wall by lowering him in a basket. ¹⁶ 

Acts 9:32

Peter Heals Aeneas

9:32 Now ¹⁷  as Peter was traveling around from place to place, ¹⁸  he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda. ¹⁹ 

Acts 10:36

10:36 You know ²⁰  the message ²¹  he sent to the people ²²  of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace ²³  through ²⁴  Jesus Christ ²⁵  (he is Lord ²⁶  of all) –

Acts 13:38

13:38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one ²⁷  forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

Acts 14:12

14:12 They began to call ²⁸  Barnabas Zeus ²⁹  and Paul Hermes, ³⁰  because he was the chief speaker.

Acts 15:32

15:32 Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech. ³¹ 

Acts 18:3

18:3 and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them ³²  (for they were tentmakers ³³  by trade). ³⁴ 

Acts 18:28

18:28 for he refuted the Jews vigorously ³⁵  in public debate, ³⁶  demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ ³⁷  was Jesus. ³⁸ 

Acts 21:35

21:35 When he came to the steps, Paul ³⁹  had to be carried ⁴⁰  by the soldiers because of the violence ⁴¹  of the mob,

Acts 23:31

23:31 So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, ⁴²  took ⁴³  Paul and brought him to Antipatris ⁴⁴  during the night.

Acts 24:16

24:16 This is the reason ⁴⁵  I do my best to always ⁴⁶  have a clear ⁴⁷  conscience toward God and toward people. ⁴⁸ 

Acts 28:18

28:18 When ⁴⁹  they had heard my case, ⁵⁰  they wanted to release me, ⁵¹  because there was no basis for a death sentence ⁵²  against me.

[2:23]  ¹ tn Or “you killed.”

[2:23]  ² tn Grk “at the hands of lawless men.” At this point the term ἄνομος (anomo") refers to non-Jews who live outside the Jewish (Mosaic) law, rather than people who broke any or all laws including secular laws. Specifically it is a reference to the Roman soldiers who carried out Jesus’ crucifixion.

[2:43]  ³ tn Or “Fear.”

[2:43]  ⁴ tn Grk “on every soul” (here “soul” is an idiom for the whole person).

[2:43]  ⁵ tn In this context the miraculous nature of these signs is implied. Cf. BDAG 920 s.v. σημεῖον 2.a.

[3:18]  ⁵ sn God foretold. Peter’s topic is the working out of God’s plan and promise through events the scriptures also note.

[3:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).

[3:18]  ⁷ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[4:2]  ⁷ tn Or “greatly annoyed,” “provoked.”

[4:2]  ⁸ tn Or “proclaiming.”

[5:19]  ⁹ tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” Linguistically, “angel of the Lord” is the same in both testaments (and thus, he is either “an angel of the Lord” or “the angel of the Lord” in both testaments). For arguments and implications, see ExSyn 252; M. J. Davidson, “Angels,” DJG, 9; W. G. MacDonald argues for “an angel” in both testaments: “Christology and ‘The Angel of the Lord’,” Current Issues in Biblical and Patristic Interpretation, 324-35.

[5:19]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “opening the doors of the prison.” The participle ἀνοίξας (anoixa") has been translated as a finite verb due to the requirements of contemporary English style.

[5:19]  ¹¹ tn Greek φυλακῆς (fulakh"), a different word from the one in v. 18 (τήρησις, thrhsi", “jail”).

[5:19]  ¹² tn Or “brought them out.” Grk “and leading them out, said.” The participle ἐξαγαγών (exagagwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[9:25]  ¹¹ tn The opening in the wall is not specifically mentioned here, but the parallel account in 2 Cor 11:33 mentions a “window” or “opening” (θυρίς, quris) in the city wall through which Paul was lowered. One alternative to introducing mention of the opening is to translate Acts 9:25 “they let him down over the wall,” as suggested in L&N 7.61. This option is not employed by many translations, however, because for the English reader it creates an (apparent) contradiction between Acts 9:25 and 2 Cor 11:33. In reality the account here is simply more general, omitting the detail about the window.

[9:25]  ¹² tn On the term for “basket” used here, see BDAG 940 s.v. σπυρίς.

[9:32]  ¹³ tn Grk “Now it happened that.” 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.

[9:32]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “As Peter was going through all [the places],” which is somewhat awkward in English. The meaning is best expressed by a phrase like “going around from place to place” or “traveling around from place to place.”

[9:32]  ¹⁵ sn Lydda was a city northwest of Jerusalem on the way to Joppa. It was about 10.5 miles (17 km) southeast of Joppa.

[10:36]  ¹⁵ tn The subject and verb (“you know”) do not actually occur until the following verse, but have been repeated here because of the requirements of English word order.

[10:36]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “the word.”

[10:36]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “to the sons.”

[10:36]  ¹⁸ sn Peace is a key OT concept: Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15; also for Luke: Luke 1:79; 2:14; Acts 9:31. See also the similar phrase in Eph 2:17.

[10:36]  ¹⁹ tn Or “by.”

[10:36]  ²⁰ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[10:36]  ²¹ sn He is Lord of all. Though a parenthetical remark, this is the theological key to the speech. Jesus is Lord of all, so the gospel can go to all. The rest of the speech proclaims Jesus’ authority.

[13:38]  ¹⁷ tn That is, Jesus. This pronoun is in emphatic position in the Greek text. Following this phrase in the Greek text is the pronoun ὑμῖν (Jumin, “to you”), so that the emphasis for the audience is that “through Jesus to you” these promises have come.

[14:12]  ¹⁹ tn The imperfect verb ἐκάλουν (ekaloun) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[14:12]  ²⁰ sn Zeus was the chief Greek deity, worshiped throughout the Greco-Roman world (known to the Romans as Jupiter).

[14:12]  ²¹ sn Hermes was a Greek god who (according to Greek mythology) was the messenger of the gods and the god of oratory (equivalent to the Roman god Mercury).

[15:32]  ²¹ tn Here λόγου (logou) is singular. BDAG 599-600 s.v. λόγος 1.a.β has “in a long speech” for this phrase.

[18:3]  ²³ tn The prepositional phrase “with them” occurs only once in the Greek text, but since it occurs between the two finite verbs (ἔμενεν, emenen, and ἠργάζετο, hrgazeto) it relates (by implication) to both of them.

[18:3]  ²⁴ tn On the term translated “tentmakers,” see BDAG 928-29 s.v. σκνηοποιός. Paul apparently manufactured tents. In contrast to the Cynic philosophers, Paul at times labored to support himself (see also v. 5).

[18:3]  ²⁵ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[18:28]  ²⁵ tn Or “vehemently.” BDAG 414 s.v. εὐτόνως has “vigorously, vehemently…εὐ. διακατελέγχεσθαί τινι refute someone vigorously Ac 18:28.”

[18:28]  ²⁶ tn L&N 33.442 translates the phrase τοῖς ᾿Ιουδαίοις διακατηλέγχετο δημοσίᾳ (toi" Ioudaioi" diakathlenceto dhmosia) as “he defeated the Jews in public debate.” On this use of the term δημόσιος (dhmosio") see BDAG 223 s.v. 2.

[18:28]  ²⁷ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.” Again the issue is identifying the Christ as Jesus (see 5:42; 8:5; 9:22; 18:5).

[18:28]  ²⁸ tn Although many English translations have here “that Jesus was the Christ,” in the case of two accusatives following a copulative infinitive, the first would normally be the subject and the second the predicate nominative. Additionally, the first accusative here (τὸν χριστόν, ton criston) has the article, a further indication that it should be regarded as subject of the infinitive.

[21:35]  ²⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:35]  ²⁸ sn Paul had to be carried. Note how the arrest really ended up protecting Paul. The crowd is portrayed as irrational at this point.

[21:35]  ²⁹ tn This refers to mob violence (BDAG 175 s.v. βία b).

[23:31]  ²⁹ tn BDAG 237-38 s.v. διατάσσω 2 has “κατὰ τὸ δ. αὐτοῖς in accordance w. their orders…Ac 23:31.”

[23:31]  ³⁰ tn Grk “taking.” The participle ἀναλαβόντες (analabonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:31]  ³¹ sn Antipatris was a city in Judea about 35 mi (55 km) northwest of Jerusalem (about halfway to Caesarea). It was mentioned several times by Josephus (Ant. 13.15.1 [13.390]; J. W. 1.4.7 [1.99]).

[24:16]  ³¹ tn BDAG 329 s.v. ἐν 9.a, “ἐν τούτῳ πιστεύομεν this is the reason why we believe Jn 16:30; cp. Ac 24:16.”

[24:16]  ³² tn BDAG 224 s.v. διά 2.a, “διὰ παντός…always, continually, constantly…Ac 2:25 (Ps 15:8); 10:2; 24:16.” However, the positioning of the adverb “always” in the English translation is difficult; the position used is one of the least awkward.

[24:16]  ³³ tn BDAG 125 s.v. ἀπρόσκοπος 1 has “ἀ. συνείδησις a clear conscience Ac 24:16.”

[24:16]  ³⁴ tn Grk “men,” but this is a generic use (Paul does not have only males in view).

[28:18]  ³³ tn Grk “who when.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“who”) has been replaced by the personal pronoun (“they”) and a new sentence begun at this point in the translation.

[28:18]  ³⁴ tn Or “had questioned me”; or “had examined me.” BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνακρίνω 2 states, “to conduct a judicial hearing, hear a case, question.”

[28:18]  ³⁵ sn They wanted to release me. See Acts 25:23-27.

[28:18]  ³⁶ tn Grk “no basis for death,” but in this context a sentence of death is clearly indicated.