Acts 2:37

The Response to Peter’s Address

2:37 Now when they heard this, ¹  they were acutely distressed ²  and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?”

Acts 2:41

2:41 So those who accepted ³  his message ⁴  were baptized, and that day about three thousand people ⁵  were added. ⁶ 

[2:37]  ¹ tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[2:37]  ² tn Grk “they were pierced to the heart” (an idiom for acute emotional distress).

[2:41]  ³ tn Or “who acknowledged the truth of.”

[2:41]  ⁴ tn Grk “word.”

[2:41]  ⁵ tn Grk “souls” (here an idiom for the whole person).

[2:41]  ⁶ tn Or “were won over.”