Acts 3:23

3:23 Every person ¹  who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed ²  from the people.’ ³ 

Acts 5:41

5:41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy ⁴  to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name. ⁵ 

Acts 10:19

10:19 While Peter was still thinking seriously about ⁶  the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Look! Three men are looking for you.

Acts 15:20

15:20 but that we should write them a letter ⁷  telling them to abstain ⁸  from things defiled ⁹  by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled ¹⁰  and from blood.

Acts 15:26

15:26 who ¹¹  have risked their lives ¹²  for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹³ 

Acts 28:31

28:31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ ¹⁴  with complete boldness ¹⁵  and without restriction. ¹⁶ 

[3:23]  ¹ tn Grk “every soul” (here “soul” is an idiom for the whole person).

[3:23]  ² tn Or “will be completely destroyed.” In Acts 3:23 the verb ἐξολεθρεύω (exoleqreuw) is translated “destroy and remove” by L&N 20.35.

[3:23]  ³ sn A quotation from Deut 18:19, also Lev 23:29. The OT context of Lev 23:29 discusses what happened when one failed to honor atonement. One ignored the required sacrifice of God at one’s peril.

[5:41]  ⁴ sn That is, considered worthy by God. They “gloried in their shame” of honoring Jesus with their testimony (Luke 6:22-23; 2 Macc 6:30).

[5:41]  ⁵ sn The name refers to the name of Jesus (cf. 3 John 7).

[10:19]  ⁷ tn The translation “think seriously about” for διενθυμέομαι (dienqumeomai) is given in L&N 30.2. Peter was “pondering” the vision (BDAG 244 s.v.).

[15:20]  ¹⁰ tn The translation “to write a letter, to send a letter to” for ἐπιστέλλω (epistellw) is given in L&N 33.49.

[15:20]  ¹¹ tn Three of the four prohibitions deal with food (the first, third and fourth) while one prohibition deals with behavior (the second, refraining from sexual immorality). Since these occur in the order they do, the translation “abstain from” is used to cover both sorts of activity (eating food items, immoral behavior).

[15:20]  ¹² tn Or “polluted.”

[15:20]  ¹³ sn What has been strangled. That is, to refrain from eating animals that had been killed without having the blood drained from them. According to the Mosaic law (Lev 17:13-14), Jews were forbidden to eat flesh with the blood still in it (note the following provision in Acts 15:20, and from blood).

[15:26]  ¹³ tn Grk “men who”; but this can be misleading because in English the referent could be understood to be the men sent along with Barnabas and Paul rather than Barnabas and Paul themselves. This option does not exist in the Greek original, however, since ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") is dative and must agree with “Barnabas and Paul,” while ἄνδρας (andra") is accusative. By omitting the word “men” from the translation here, it is clear in English that the phrase refers to the immediately preceding nouns “Barnabas and Paul.”

[15:26]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “who have risked their souls”; the equivalent English idiom is “risk one’s life.” The descriptions commend Barnabas and Paul as thoroughly trustworthy.

[15:26]  ¹⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[28:31]  ¹⁶ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[28:31]  ¹⁷ tn Or “openness.”

[28:31]  ¹⁸ sn Proclaiming…with complete boldness and without restriction. Once again Paul’s imprisonment is on benevolent terms. The word of God is proclaimed triumphantly and boldly in Rome. Acts ends with this note: Despite all the attempts to stop it, the message goes forth.