Acts 4:25

4:25 who said by the Holy Spirit through ¹  your servant David our forefather, ² 

‘Why do the nations ³  rage, ⁴ 

and the peoples plot foolish ⁵  things?

Acts 7:26

7:26 The next day Moses ⁶  saw two men ⁷  fighting, and tried to make peace between ⁸  them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?’

[4:25]  ¹ tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).

[4:25]  ² tn Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”

[4:25]  ³ tn Or “Gentiles.”

[4:25]  ⁴ sn The Greek word translated rage includes not only anger but opposition, both verbal and nonverbal. See L&N 88.185.

[4:25]  ⁵ tn Or “futile”; traditionally, “vain.”

[7:26]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:26]  ⁷ tn Grk “saw them”; the context makes clear that two individuals were involved (v. 27).

[7:26]  ⁸ tn Or “tried to reconcile” (BDAG 964-65 s.v. συναλλάσσω).