Acts 20:21

20:21 testifying ¹  to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. ² 

Acts 5:31

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

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 

[20:21]  ¹ tn BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 1 has “testify of, bear witness to (orig. under oath)…of repentance to Judeans and Hellenes Ac 20:21.”

[20:21]  ² tc Several mss, including some of the more important ones (Ì⁷⁴ א Α C [D] E 33 36 323 945 1175 1241 1505 1739 pm and a number of versions), read Χριστόν (Criston, “Christ”) at the end of this verse. This word is lacking in B H L P Ψ 614 pm. Although the inclusion is supported by many earlier and better mss, internal evidence is on the side of the omission: In Acts, both “Lord Jesus” and “Lord Jesus Christ” occur, though between 16:31 and the end of the book “Lord Jesus Christ” appears only in 28:31, perhaps as a kind of climactic assertion. Thus, the shorter reading is to be preferred.

[5:31]  ³ tn Grk “This one God exalted” (emphatic).

[5:31]  ⁴ tn Or “Founder” (of a movement).

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

[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.