Acts 27:28

27:28 They took soundings ¹  and found the water was twenty fathoms ²  deep; when they had sailed a little farther ³  they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms ⁴  deep.

Acts 5:22

5:22 But the officers ⁵  who came for them ⁶  did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported, ⁷ 

Acts 13:6

13:6 When they had crossed over ⁸  the whole island as far as Paphos, ⁹  they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus, ¹⁰ 

Acts 23:29

23:29 I found he ¹¹  was accused with reference to controversial questions ¹²  about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment. ¹³ 

Acts 24:20

24:20 Or these men here ¹⁴  should tell what crime ¹⁵  they found me guilty of ¹⁶  when I stood before the council, ¹⁷ 

Acts 24:12

24:12 They did not find me arguing ¹⁸  with anyone or stirring up a crowd ¹⁹  in the temple courts ²⁰  or in the synagogues ²¹  or throughout the city, ²² 

Acts 24:18

24:18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, ²³  without a crowd or a disturbance. ²⁴ 

Acts 5:10

5:10 At once ²⁵  she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Acts 13:22

13:22 After removing him, God ²⁶  raised up ²⁷  David their king. He testified about him: ²⁸  ‘I have found David ²⁹  the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, ³⁰  who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’ ³¹ 

Acts 17:23

17:23 For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, ³²  I even found an altar with this inscription: ³³  ‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, ³⁴  this I proclaim to you.

Acts 19:19

19:19 Large numbers ³⁵  of those who had practiced magic ³⁶  collected their books ³⁷  and burned them up in the presence of everyone. ³⁸  When ³⁹  the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins. ⁴⁰ 

[27:28]  ¹ tn Grk “Heaving the lead, they found.” The participle βολίσαντες (bolisante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. See also BDAG 180 s.v. βολίζω. Although the term is used twice in this verse (and thus is technically not a NT hapax legomenon), it occurs nowhere else in the NT.

[27:28]  ² sn A fathom is about 6 feet or just under 2 meters (originally the length of a man’s outstretched arms). This was a nautical technical term for measuring the depth of water. Here it was about 120 ft (36 m).

[27:28]  ³ tn L&N 15.12, “βραχὺ δὲ διαστήσαντες ‘when they had gone a little farther’ Ac 27:28.”

[27:28]  ⁴ sn Here the depth was about 90 ft (27 m).

[5:22]  ⁵ tn The Greek term ὑπηρέτης (Juphreth") generally means “servant,” but in the NT is used for many different types of servants, like attendants to a king, the officers of the Sanhedrin (as here), assistants to magistrates, and (especially in the Gospel of John) Jewish guards in the Jerusalem temple (see L&N 35.20).

[5:22]  ⁶ tn The words “for them” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[5:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “reported, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[13:6]  ⁹ tn Or “had passed through,” “had traveled through.”

[13:6]  ¹⁰ sn Paphos. A city on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. It was the seat of the Roman proconsul.

[13:6]  ¹¹ sn Named Bar-Jesus. “Jesus” is the Latin form of the name “Joshua.” The Aramaic “bar” means “son of,” so this man was surnamed “son of Joshua.” The scene depicts the conflict between Judaism and the emerging new faith at a cosmic level, much like the Simon Magus incident in Acts 8:9-24. Paul’s ministry looks like Philip’s and Peter’s here.

[23:29]  ¹³ tn Grk “whom I found.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“whom”) has been changed to a personal pronoun (“he”) and a new sentence begun in the translation at this point.

[23:29]  ¹⁴ tn BDAG 428 s.v. ζήτημα states, “in our lit. only in Ac, w. the mng. it still has in Mod. Gk. (controversial) question, issue, argument…Ac 15:2; 26:3. ζ. περί τινος questions about someth.…18:15; 25:19. – In 23:29, since περί had already been used, the subj. of the discussion is added in the gen. ζ. τοῦ νόμου αὐτῶν.”

[23:29]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “but having no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.” BDAG 273-74 s.v. ἔγκλημα 1 has “legal t.t.…ἔ. ἄξιον θανάτου ἢ δεσμῶν a charge deserving death or imprisonment 23:29.”

[24:20]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “these [men] themselves.”

[24:20]  ¹⁸ tn Or “unrighteous act.”

[24:20]  ¹⁹ tn The words “me guilty of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. L&N 88.23 has “αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰπάτωσαν τί εὗρον ἀδίκημα στάντος μου ‘let these men themselves tell what unrighteous act they found me guilty of’ Ac 24:20.”

[24:20]  ²⁰ tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[24:12]  ²¹ tn Or “disputing,” “conducting a heated discussion.”

[24:12]  ²² tn BDAG 381 s.v. ἐπίστασις 2 has “ἐ. ποιεῖν ὄχλου to cause a crowd to gather Ac 24:12.” Roman authorities would not allow a mob to gather and threaten the peace, and anyone suspected of instigating a mob would certainly be arrested.

[24:12]  ²³ tn Grk “in the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.

[24:12]  ²⁴ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

[24:12]  ²⁵ sn A second part of Paul’s defense is that he did nothing while he was in Jerusalem to cause unrest, neither arguing nor stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city.

[24:18]  ²⁵ sn Ritually purified. Paul’s claim here is that he was honoring the holiness of God by being sensitive to issues of ritual purity. Not only was he not guilty of the charges against him, but he was thoroughly devout.

[24:18]  ²⁶ tn BDAG 458 s.v. θόρυβος 3.b has “μετὰ θορύβου…with a disturbance Ac 24:18.”

[5:10]  ²⁹ tn Grk “And at once.” 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.

[13:22]  ³³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:22]  ³⁴ sn The expression raised up refers here to making someone king. There is a wordplay here: “raising up” refers to bringing someone onto the scene of history, but it echoes with the parallel to Jesus’ resurrection.

[13:22]  ³⁵ tn Grk “about whom.” The relative pronoun (“whom”) was replaced by the pronoun “him” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek. The verb εἶπεν (eipen) has not been translated (literally “he said testifying”) because it is redundant when combined with the participle μαρτυρήσας (marturhsa", “testifying”). Instead the construction of verb plus participle has been translated as a single English verb (“testified”).

[13:22]  ³⁶ sn A quotation from Ps 89:20.

[13:22]  ³⁷ sn A quotation from 1 Sam 13:14.

[13:22]  ³⁸ tn Or “who will perform all my will,” “who will carry out all my wishes.”

[17:23]  ³⁷ tn Or “your sanctuaries.” L&N 53.54 gives “sanctuary” (place of worship) as an alternate meaning for the word σεβάσματα (sebasmata).

[17:23]  ³⁸ tn Grk “on which was written,” but since it would have been carved in stone, it is more common to speak of an “inscription” in English. To simplify the English the relative construction with a passive verb (“on which was inscribed”) was translated as a prepositional phrase with a substantive (“inscription”).

[17:23]  ³⁹ tn BDAG 13 s.v. ἀγνοέω 1.b has “Abs. ὅ ἀγνοοῦντες εὐσεβεῖτε what you worship without knowing it (on the subject matter Maximus Tyr. 11, 5e: all sorts of philosophers ἴσασιν οὐκ ἑκόντες καὶ λέγουσιν ἄκοντες sc. τὸ θεῖον = they know and name God without intending to do so) Ac 17:23.” Paul, in typical Jewish Christian style, informs them of the true God, of whom their idols are an ignorant reflection.

[19:19]  ⁴¹ tn BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός 4.a has “many, quite a few” for ἱκανοί (Jikanoi) in this verse.

[19:19]  ⁴² tn On this term see BDAG 800 s.v. περίεργος 2.

[19:19]  ⁴³ tn Or “scrolls.”

[19:19]  ⁴⁴ tn Or “burned them up publicly.” L&N 14.66 has “‘they brought their books together and burned them up in the presence of everyone’ Ac 19:19.”

[19:19]  ⁴⁵ tn Grk “and when.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

[19:19]  ⁴⁶ tn Or “fifty thousand silver drachmas” (about $10,000 US dollars). BDAG 128 s.v. ἀργύριον 2.c states, “ἀργυρίου μυριάδας πέντε 50,000 (Attic silver) drachmas Ac 19:19.” Another way to express the value would be in sheep: One drachma could buy one sheep. So this many drachmas could purchase a huge flock of sheep. A drachma also equals a denarius, or a day’s wage for the average worker. So this amount would be equal to 50,000 work days or in excess of 8,300 weeks of labor (the weeks are calculated at six working days because of the Jewish cultural context). The impact of Christianity on the Ephesian economy was considerable (note in regard to this the concerns expressed in 19:26-27).