Acts 4:23

The Followers of Jesus Pray for Boldness

4:23 When they were released, Peter and John ¹  went to their fellow believers ²  and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.

Acts 8:36

8:36 Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me ³  from being baptized?”

Acts 13:13

Paul and Barnabas at Pisidian Antioch

13:13 Then Paul and his companions put out to sea ⁴  from Paphos ⁵  and came to Perga ⁶  in Pamphylia, ⁷  but John ⁸  left them and returned to Jerusalem. ⁹ 

Acts 22:11

22:11 Since I could not see because of ¹⁰  the brilliance ¹¹  of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of ¹²  those who were with me.

[4:23]  ¹ tn Grk “they”; the referents (Peter and John) have been specified in the translation for clarity, since a new topic begins in v. 23 and the last specific reference to Peter and John in the Greek text is in 4:19.

[4:23]  ² tn Grk “to their own [people].” In context this phrase is most likely a reference to other believers rather than simply their own families and/or homes, since the group appears to act with one accord in the prayer that follows in v. 24. At the literary level, this phrase suggests how Jews were now splitting into two camps, pro-Jesus and anti-Jesus.

[8:36]  ³ tn Or “What prevents me.” The rhetorical question means, “I should get baptized, right?”

[13:13]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ sn Paphos was a city on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. See Acts 13:6.

[13:13]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ sn Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor.

[13:13]  ⁹ sn That is, John Mark.

[13:13]  ¹⁰ 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).

[22:11]  ⁷ tn BDAG 106 s.v. ἀπό 5.a has “οὐκ ἐνέβλεπον ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τοῦ φωτός I could not see because of the brilliance of the light Ac 22:11.”

[22:11]  ⁸ tn Or “brightness”; Grk “glory.”

[22:11]  ⁹ tn Grk “by” (ὑπό, Jupo), but this would be too awkward in English following the previous “by.”