Acts 4:27

4:27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against ¹  your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, ² 

Acts 7:42

7:42 But God turned away from them and gave them over ³  to worship the host ⁴  of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices ⁵  forty years in the wilderness, was it, ⁶  house of Israel?

Acts 9:15

9:15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument ⁷  to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel. ⁸ 

Acts 13:17

13:17 The God of this people Israel ⁹  chose our ancestors ¹⁰  and made the people great ¹¹  during their stay as foreigners ¹²  in the country ¹³  of Egypt, and with uplifted arm ¹⁴  he led them out of it.

[4:27]  ¹ sn The application of Ps 2:1-2 is that Jews and Gentiles are opposing Jesus. The surprise of the application is that Jews are now found among the enemies of God’s plan.

[4:27]  ² sn A wordplay on “Christ,” v. 26, which means “one who has been anointed.”

[7:42]  ³ sn The expression and gave them over suggests similarities to the judgment on the nations described by Paul in Rom 1:18-32.

[7:42]  ⁴ tn Or “stars.”

[7:42]  ⁵ tn The two terms for sacrifices “semantically reinforce one another and are here combined essentially for emphasis” (L&N 53.20).

[7:42]  ⁶ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative reply which is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ question, “was it?”

[9:15]  ⁵ tn Or “tool.”

[9:15]  ⁶ tn Grk “the sons of Israel.” In Acts, Paul is a minister to all nations, including Israel (Rom 1:16-17).

[13:17]  ⁷ tn Or “people of Israel.”

[13:17]  ⁸ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[13:17]  ⁹ tn That is, in both numbers and in power. The implication of greatness in both numbers and in power is found in BDAG 1046 s.v. ὑψόω 2.

[13:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “as resident aliens.”

[13:17]  ¹¹ tn Or “land.”

[13:17]  ¹² sn Here uplifted arm is a metaphor for God’s power by which he delivered the Israelites from Egypt. See Exod 6:1, 6; 32:11; Deut 3:24; 4:34; Ps 136:11-12.