Acts 3:12

3:12 When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, “Men of Israel, ¹  why are you amazed at this? Why ²  do you stare at us as if we had made this man ³  walk by our own power or piety?

Acts 3:16

3:16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ ⁴  name, ⁵  his very name has made this man – whom you see and know – strong. The ⁶  faith that is through Jesus ⁷  has given him this complete health in the presence ⁸  of you all.

Acts 7:49

7:49 ‘Heaven is my throne,

and earth is the footstool for my feet.

What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,

or what is my resting place? ⁹ 

Acts 10:28

10:28 He said to them, “You know that ¹⁰  it is unlawful ¹¹  for a Jew ¹²  to associate with or visit a Gentile, ¹³  yet God has shown me that I should call no person ¹⁴  defiled or ritually unclean. ¹⁵ 

[3:12]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “People of Israel,” since this was taking place in Solomon’s Portico and women may have been present. The Greek ἄνδρες ᾿Ισραηλῖται (andre" Israhlitai) used in the plural would normally mean “men, gentlemen” (BDAG 79 s.v. ἀνήρ 1.a).

[3:12]  ² tn Grk “or why.”

[3:12]  ³ tn Grk “him”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “in his name”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:16]  ⁵ sn Here is another example of appeal to the person by mentioning the name. See the note on the word name in 3:6.

[3:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “see and know, and the faith.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation and καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated.

[3:16]  ⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:16]  ⁸ tn Or “in full view.”

[7:49]  ⁷ sn What kind…resting place? The rhetorical questions suggest mere human beings cannot build a house to contain God.

[10:28]  ¹⁰ tn Here ὡς (Jws) is used like ὅτι (Joti) to introduce indirect discourse (cf. BDAG 1105 s.v. ὡς 5).

[10:28]  ¹¹ tn This term is used of wanton or callously lawless acts (BDAG 24 s.v. ἀθέμιτος).

[10:28]  ¹² tn Grk “a Jewish man” (ἀνδρὶ ᾿Ιουδαίῳ, andri Ioudaiw).

[10:28]  ¹³ tn Grk “a foreigner,” but in this context, “a non-Jew,” that is, a Gentile. This term speaks of intimate association (BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.b.α). On this Jewish view, see John 18:28, where a visit to a Gentile residence makes a Jewish person unclean.

[10:28]  ¹⁴ tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo").

[10:28]  ¹⁵ tn Possibly there is a subtle distinction in meaning between κοινός (koinos) and ἀκάθαρτος (akaqartos) here, but according to L&N 53.39 it is difficult to determine precise differences in meaning based on existing contexts.