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 5:40

5:40 and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. ²  Then ³  they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

Acts 6:2

6:2 So the twelve ⁴  called ⁵  the whole group ⁶  of the disciples together and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables. ⁷ 

Acts 13:7

13:7 who was with the proconsul ⁸  Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul ⁹  summoned ¹⁰  Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear ¹¹  the word of God.

Acts 16:10

16:10 After Paul ¹²  saw the vision, we attempted ¹³  immediately to go over to Macedonia, ¹⁴  concluding that God had called ¹⁵  us to proclaim the good news to them.

Acts 23:17

23:17 Paul called ¹⁶  one of the centurions ¹⁷  and said, “Take this young man to the commanding officer, ¹⁸  for he has something to report to him.”

[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.

[5:40]  ² sn Had them beaten. The punishment was the “forty lashes minus one,” see also Acts 22:19; 2 Cor 11:24; Mark 13:9. The apostles had disobeyed the religious authorities and took their punishment for their “disobedience” (Deut 25:2-3; m. Makkot 3:10-14). In Acts 4:18 they were warned. Now they are beaten. The hostility is rising as the narrative unfolds.

[5:40]  ³ tn The word “Then” is supplied as the beginning of a new sentence in the translation. The construction in Greek has so many clauses (most of them made up of participles) that a continuous English sentence would be very awkward.

[6:2]  ³ sn The twelve refers to the twelve apostles.

[6:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “calling the whole group…together, said.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενοι (proskalesamenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[6:2]  ⁵ tn Or “the multitude.”

[6:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “to serve tables.”

[13:7]  ⁴ sn The proconsul was the Roman official who ruled over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate.

[13:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “This one”; the referent (the proconsul) is specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:7]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ sn The proconsul…wanted to hear the word of God. This description of Sergius Paulus portrays him as a sensitive, secular Gentile leader.

[16:10]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:10]  ⁶ tn Grk “sought.”

[16:10]  ⁷ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[16:10]  ⁸ tn Or “summoned.”

[23:17]  ⁶ tn Grk “calling…Paul said.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesameno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:17]  ⁷ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[23:17]  ⁸ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 10.