Acts 2:8

2:8 And how is it that each one of us hears them ¹  in our own native language? ² 

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 

Acts 4:29

4:29 And now, Lord, pay attention to ⁷  their threats, and grant ⁸  to your servants ⁹  to speak your message ¹⁰  with great courage, ¹¹ 

Acts 5:33

5:33 Now when they heard this, they became furious ¹²  and wanted to execute them. ¹³ 

Acts 6:10

6:10 Yet ¹⁴  they were not able to resist ¹⁵  the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

Acts 7:29

7:29 When the man said this, ¹⁶  Moses fled and became a foreigner ¹⁷  in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

Acts 8:6

8:6 The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, ¹⁸  as they heard and saw the miraculous signs ¹⁹  he was performing.

Acts 8:34

8:34 Then the eunuch said ²⁰  to Philip, “Please tell me, ²¹  who is the prophet saying this about – himself or someone else?” ²² 

Acts 10:27

10:27 Peter ²³  continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together. ²⁴ 

Acts 13:45

13:45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, ²⁵  and they began to contradict ²⁶  what Paul was saying ²⁷  by reviling him. ²⁸ 

Acts 21:6

21:6 we said farewell ²⁹  to one another. ³⁰  Then ³¹  we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes. ³² 

[2:8]  ¹ tn Grk “we hear them, each one of us.”

[2:8]  ² tn Grk “in our own language in which we were born.”

[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.”

[4:29]  ⁵ tn Or “Lord, take notice of.”

[4:29]  ⁶ sn Grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage. The request is not for a stop to persecution or revenge on the opponents, but for boldness (great courage) to carry out the mission of proclaiming the message of what God is doing through Jesus.

[4:29]  ⁷ tn Grk “slaves.” See the note on the word “servants” in 2:18.

[4:29]  ⁸ tn Grk “word.”

[4:29]  ⁹ tn Or “with all boldness.”

[5:33]  ⁷ sn The only other use of this verb for anger (furious) is Acts 7:54 after Stephen’s speech.

[5:33]  ⁸ sn Wanted to execute them. The charge would surely be capital insubordination (Exod 22:28).

[6:10]  ⁹ tn Grk “and.” The context, however, indicates that the conjunction carries an adversative force.

[6:10]  ¹⁰ sn They were not able to resist. This represents another fulfillment of Luke 12:11-12; 21:15.

[7:29]  ¹¹ tn Grk “At this word,” which could be translated either “when the man said this” or “when Moses heard this.” Since λόγος (logos) refers to the remark made by the Israelite, this translation has followed the first option.

[7:29]  ¹² tn Or “resident alien.” Traditionally πάροικος (paroiko") has been translated “stranger” or “alien,” but the level of specificity employed with “foreigner” or “resident alien” is now necessary in contemporary English because a “stranger” is a person not acquainted with someone, while an “alien” can suggest science fiction imagery.

[8:6]  ¹³ tn Grk “to what was being said by Philip,” a passive construction that has been changed to active voice in the translation.

[8:6]  ¹⁴ tn Here the following context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned. This term appears 13 times in Acts, but only twice more after Acts 8:13 (i.e., 14:3; 15:12).

[8:34]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “answered and said.” The redundant participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqei") has not been translated.

[8:34]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “I beg you,” “I ask you.”

[8:34]  ¹⁷ sn About himself, or about someone else? It is likely in 1st century Judaism this would have been understood as either Israel or Isaiah.

[10:27]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 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.

[10:27]  ¹⁸ tn Or “many people assembled.”

[13:45]  ¹⁹ sn They were filled with jealousy. Their foolish response to the gospel is noted again (see Acts 5:17). The same verb is used in Acts 7:9; 17:5.

[13:45]  ²⁰ tn The imperfect verb ἀντέλεγον (antelegon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect in the logical sequence of events: After they were filled with jealousy, the Jewish opponents began to contradict what Paul said.

[13:45]  ²¹ tn Grk “the things being said by Paul.” For smoothness and simplicity of English style, the passive construction has been converted to active voice in the translation.

[13:45]  ²² tn The participle βλασφημοῦντες (blasfhmounte") has been regarded as indicating the means of the action of the main verb. It could also be translated as a finite verb (“and reviled him”) in keeping with contemporary English style. The direct object (“him”) is implied rather than expressed and could be impersonal (“it,” referring to what Paul was saying rather than Paul himself), but the verb occurs more often in contexts involving defamation or slander against personal beings (not always God). For a very similar context to this one, compare Acts 18:6. The translation “blaspheme” is not used because in contemporary English its meaning is more narrowly defined and normally refers to blasphemy against God (not what Paul’s opponents were doing here). The modern term “slandering” comes close to what was being done to Paul here.

[21:6]  ²¹ tn BDAG 98 s.v. ἀπασπάζομαι has “take leave of, say farewell to τινά someone…ἀπησπασάμεθα ἀλλήλους we said farewell to one another Ac 21:6.”

[21:6]  ²² sn These words are part of v. 5 in the standard critical Greek text.

[21:6]  ²³ tn Grk “and.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

[21:6]  ²⁴ tn Grk “to their own”; the word “homes” is implied.