Acts 28:5

28:5 However, ¹  Paul ²  shook ³  the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

Acts 2:3

2:3 And tongues spreading out like a fire ⁴  appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.

Acts 2:19

2:19 And I will perform wonders in the sky ⁵  above

and miraculous signs ⁶  on the earth below,

blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

Acts 7:30

7:30 “After ⁷  forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert ⁸  of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. ⁹ 

[28:5]  ¹ tn BDAG 737 s.v. οὖν 4 indicates the particle has an adversative sense here: “but, however.”

[28:5]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[28:5]  ³ tn Grk “shaking the creature off…he suffered no harm.” The participle ἀποτινάξας (apotinaxa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[2:3]  ⁴ tn Or “And divided tongues as of fire.” The precise meaning of διαμερίζομαι (diamerizomai) in Acts 2:3 is difficult to determine. The meaning could be “tongues as of fire dividing up one to each person,” but it is also possible that the individual tongues of fire were divided (“And divided tongues as of fire appeared”). The translation adopted in the text (“tongues spreading out like a fire”) attempts to be somewhat ambiguous.

[2:19]  ⁷ tn Or “in the heaven.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven” depending on the context. Here, in contrast to “the earth below,” a reference to the sky is more likely.

[2:19]  ⁸ tn Here the context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned; this is made explicit in the translation.

[7:30]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “And after.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and contemporary English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[7:30]  ¹¹ tn Or “wilderness.”

[7:30]  ¹² sn An allusion to Exod 3:2.