Acts 2:39

2:39 For the promise ¹  is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Acts 5:31

5:31 God exalted him ²  to his right hand as Leader ³  and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. ⁴ 

Acts 10:42

10:42 He ⁵  commanded us to preach to the people and to warn ⁶  them ⁷  that he is the one ⁸  appointed ⁹  by God as judge ¹⁰  of the living and the dead.

Acts 13:5

13:5 When ¹¹  they arrived ¹²  in Salamis, ¹³  they began to proclaim ¹⁴  the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. ¹⁵  (Now they also had John ¹⁶  as their assistant.) ¹⁷ 

Acts 13:7

13:7 who was with the proconsul ¹⁸  Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul ¹⁹  summoned ²⁰  Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear ²¹  the word of God.

[2:39]  ¹ sn The promise refers to the promise of the Holy Spirit that Jesus received from the Father in 2:33 and which he now pours out on others. The promise consists of the Holy Spirit (see note in 2:33). Jesus is the active mediator of God’s blessing.

[5:31]  ² tn Grk “This one God exalted” (emphatic).

[5:31]  ³ tn Or “Founder” (of a movement).

[5:31]  ⁴ tn Or “to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.”

[10:42]  ³ tn Grk “and he.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[10:42]  ⁴ tn The verb διαμαρτύρομαι (diamarturomai) can mean “warn,” and such a meaning is highly probable in this context where a reference to the judgment of both the living and the dead is present. The more general meaning “to testify solemnly” does not capture this nuance.

[10:42]  ⁵ tn The word “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[10:42]  ⁶ tn Grk “that this one is the one,” but this is awkward in English and has been simplified to “that he is the one.”

[10:42]  ⁷ tn Or “designated.” BDAG 723 s.v. ὁρίζω 2.b has “the one appointed by God as judge” for this phrase.

[10:42]  ⁸ sn Jesus has divine authority as judge over the living and the dead: Acts 17:26-31; Rom 14:9; 1 Thess 5:9-10; 1 Tim 4:1; 1 Pet 4:5.

[13:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[13:5]  ⁵ tn The participle γενόμενοι (genomenoi) is taken temporally.

[13:5]  ⁶ sn Salamis was a city on the southeastern coast of the island of Cyprus. This was a commercial center and a center of Judaism.

[13:5]  ⁷ tn The imperfect verb κατήγγελλον (kathngellon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[13:5]  ⁸ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

[13:5]  ⁹ sn John refers here to John Mark (see Acts 12:25).

[13:5]  ¹⁰ tn The word ὑπηρέτης (Juphreth") usually has the meaning “servant,” but it is doubtful John Mark fulfilled that capacity for Barnabas and Saul. He was more likely an apprentice or assistant to them.

[13:7]  ⁵ sn The proconsul was the Roman official who ruled over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate.

[13:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “This one”; the referent (the proconsul) is specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “summoning Barnabas and Saul, wanted to hear.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesameno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[13:7]  ⁸ sn The proconsul…wanted to hear the word of God. This description of Sergius Paulus portrays him as a sensitive, secular Gentile leader.