Acts 4:19

4:19 But Peter and John replied, ¹  “Whether it is right before God to obey ²  you rather than God, you decide,

Acts 10:37

10:37 you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced: ³ 

Acts 11:16

11:16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, ⁴  as he used to say, ⁵  ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ ⁶ 

Acts 13:13

Paul and Barnabas at Pisidian Antioch

13:13 Then Paul and his companions put out to sea ⁷  from Paphos ⁸  and came to Perga ⁹  in Pamphylia, ¹⁰  but John ¹¹  left them and returned to Jerusalem. ¹² 

[4:19]  ¹ tn Grk “answered and said to them.”

[4:19]  ² tn Grk “hear,” but the idea of “hear and obey” or simply “obey” is frequently contained in the Greek verb ἀκούω (akouw; see L&N 36.14).

[10:37]  ³ tn Or “proclaimed.”

[11:16]  ⁵ sn The word of the Lord is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1, Isa 1:10, Jonah 1:1). In the NT it occurs 15 times: 3 times as ῥῆμα τοῦ κυρίου (rJhma tou kuriou; here and in Luke 22:61, 1 Pet 1:25) and 12 times as λόγος τοῦ κυρίου (logo" tou kuriou; Acts 8:25; 13:44, 48, 49; 15:35, 36; 16:32; 19:10, 20; 1 Thess 1:8, 4:15; 2 Thess 3:1). As in the OT, this phrase focuses on the prophetic nature and divine origin of what has been said.

[11:16]  ⁶ tn The imperfect verb ἔλεγεν (elegen) is taken as a customary imperfect.

[11:16]  ⁷ sn John…Spirit. This remark repeats Acts 1:5.

[13:13]  ⁷ tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”

[13:13]  ⁸ sn Paphos was a city on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. See Acts 13:6.

[13:13]  ⁹ sn Perga was a city in Pamphylia near the southern coast of Asia Minor. The journey from Paphos to Perga is about 105 mi (175 km).

[13:13]  ¹⁰ sn Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor.

[13:13]  ¹¹ sn That is, John Mark.

[13:13]  ¹² sn Returned to Jerusalem. John Mark had originally accompanied them from Jerusalem (see Acts 12:25). John Mark’s decision to leave became an issue later for Barnabas and Paul (Acts 15:36-39).