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 8:14

8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem ³  heard that Samaria had accepted the word ⁴  of God, they sent ⁵  Peter and John to them.

Acts 11:18

11:18 When they heard this, ⁶  they ceased their objections ⁷  and praised ⁸  God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance ⁹  that leads to life even to the Gentiles.” ¹⁰ 

[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).

[8:14]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:14]  ⁴ tn Or “message.”

[8:14]  ⁵ sn They sent. The Jerusalem church with the apostles was overseeing the expansion of the church, as the distribution of the Spirit indicates in vv. 15-17.

[11:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “these things.”

[11:18]  ⁶ tn Or “became silent,” but this would create an apparent contradiction with the subsequent action of praising God. The point, in context, is that they ceased objecting to what Peter had done.

[11:18]  ⁷ tn Or “glorified.”

[11:18]  ⁸ sn Here the summary phrase for responding to the gospel is the repentance that leads to life. Note how the presence of life is tied to the presence of the Spirit (cf. John 4:7-42; 7:37-39).

[11:18]  ⁹ sn In the Greek text the phrase even to the Gentiles is in an emphatic position.