Acts 2:47

2:47 praising God and having the good will ¹  of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day ²  those who were being saved.

Acts 4:21

4:21 After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising ³  God for what had happened.

Acts 19:17

19:17 This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, ⁴  both Jews and Greeks; fear came over ⁵  them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised. ⁶ 

Luke 19:37-38

19:37 As he approached the road leading down from ⁷  the Mount of Olives, ⁸  the whole crowd of his ⁹  disciples began to rejoice ¹⁰  and praise ¹¹  God with a loud voice for all the mighty works ¹²  they had seen: ¹³  19:38 “Blessed is the king ¹⁴  who comes in the name of the Lord! ¹⁵  Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

Luke 19:48

19:48 but ¹⁶  they could not find a way to do it, ¹⁷  for all the people hung on his words. ¹⁸ 

[2:47]  ¹ tn Or “the favor.”

[2:47]  ² tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.

[4:21]  ³ tn Or “glorifying.”

[19:17]  ⁴ map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.

[19:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “fell on.” BDAG 377 s.v. ἐπιπίπτω 2 has “φόβος ἐ. ἐπί τινα fear came upon someone…Ac 19:17.”

[19:17]  ⁶ tn Or “exalted.”

[19:37]  ⁷ tn Grk “the descent of”; this could refer to either the slope of the hillside itself or the path leading down from it (the second option has been adopted for the translation, see L&N 15.109).

[19:37]  ⁸ sn See the note on the name Mount of Olives in v. 29.

[19:37]  ⁹ tn Grk “the”; the Greek article has been translated here as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[19:37]  ¹⁰ tn Here the participle χαίροντες (caironte") has been translated as a finite verb in English; it could also be translated adverbially as a participle of manner: “began to praise God joyfully.”

[19:37]  ¹¹ sn See 2:13, 20; Acts 2:47; 3:8-9.

[19:37]  ¹² tn Or “works of power,” “miracles.” Jesus’ ministry of miracles is what has drawn attention. See Luke 7:22.

[19:37]  ¹³ tn Grk “they had seen, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[19:38]  ¹⁴ sn Luke adds the title king to the citation from Ps 118:26 to make clear who was meant (see Luke 18:38). The psalm was used in looking for the deliverance of the end, thus leading to the Pharisees’ reaction.

[19:38]  ¹⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 118:26.

[19:48]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[19:48]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “they did not find the thing that they might do.”

[19:48]  ¹⁸ sn All the people hung on his words is an idiom for intent, eager listening. Jesus’ popularity and support made it unwise for the leadership to seize him.