Acts 4:29

4:29 And now, Lord, pay attention to ¹  their threats, and grant ²  to your servants ³  to speak your message ⁴  with great courage, ⁵ 

Acts 5:26

5:26 Then the commander ⁶  of the temple guard ⁷  went with the officers ⁸  and brought the apostles ⁹  without the use of force ¹⁰  (for they were afraid of being stoned by the people). ¹¹ 

Acts 7:7

7:7 But I will punish ¹²  the nation they serve as slaves,’ said God, ‘and after these things they will come out of there ¹³  and worship ¹⁴  me in this place.’ ¹⁵ 

Acts 10:37

10:37 you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced: ¹⁶ 

Acts 12:4

12:4 When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads ¹⁷  of soldiers to guard him. Herod ¹⁸  planned ¹⁹  to bring him out for public trial ²⁰  after the Passover.

Acts 15:16

15:16 ‘After this ²¹  I ²²  will return,

and I will rebuild the fallen tent ²³  of David;

I will rebuild its ruins and restore ²⁴  it,

Acts 15:35

15:35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, ²⁵  teaching and proclaiming (along with many others) ²⁶  the word of the Lord. ²⁷ 

Acts 18:10

18:10 because I am with you, and no one will assault ²⁸  you to harm ²⁹  you, because I have many people in this city.”

Acts 20:1

Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece

20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging ³⁰  them and saying farewell, ³¹  he left to go to Macedonia. ³² 

Acts 20:6

20:6 We ³³  sailed away from Philippi ³⁴  after the days of Unleavened Bread, ³⁵  and within five days ³⁶  we came to the others ³⁷  in Troas, ³⁸  where we stayed for seven days.

Acts 20:19

20:19 serving the Lord with all humility ³⁹  and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots ⁴⁰  of the Jews.

Acts 27:24

27:24 and said, ⁴¹  ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before ⁴²  Caesar, ⁴³  and God has graciously granted you the safety ⁴⁴  of all who are sailing with you.’

[4:29]  ¹ tn Or “Lord, take notice of.”

[4:29]  ² sn Grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage. The request is not for a stop to persecution or revenge on the opponents, but for boldness (great courage) to carry out the mission of proclaiming the message of what God is doing through Jesus.

[4:29]  ³ tn Grk “slaves.” See the note on the word “servants” in 2:18.

[4:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “word.”

[4:29]  ⁵ tn Or “with all boldness.”

[5:26]  ⁶ tn Or “captain.”

[5:26]  ⁷ tn Grk “the official [of the temple],” a title for the commander of the Jewish soldiers guarding the temple (thus the translation, “the commander of the temple guard”). See L&N 37.91.

[5:26]  ⁸ tn The Greek term ὑπηρέτης (Juphreth") generally means “servant,” but in the NT is used for many different types of servants. See the note on the word “officers” in v. 22.

[5:26]  ⁹ tn Grk “brought them”; the referent (the apostles) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:26]  ¹⁰ tn Or “without violence.” It is clear, as well, that the apostles did not resist arrest.

[5:26]  ¹¹ tn Grk “for they feared lest they be stoned by the people.” The translation uses a less awkward English equivalent. This is an explanatory note by the author.

[7:7]  ¹¹ tn BDAG 568 s.v. κρίνω 5.b.α states, “Oft. the emphasis is unmistakably laid upon that which follows the Divine Judge’s verdict, upon the condemnation or punishment: condemn, punish …Ac 7:7 (Gen 15:14).”

[7:7]  ¹² tn The words “of there” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[7:7]  ¹³ tn Or “and serve,” but with religious/cultic overtones (BDAG 587 s.v. λατρεύω).

[7:7]  ¹⁴ sn An allusion to Exod 3:12.

[10:37]  ¹⁶ tn Or “proclaimed.”

[12:4]  ²¹ sn Four squads of soldiers. Each squad was a detachment of four soldiers.

[12:4]  ²² tn Grk “guard him, planning to bring him out.” The Greek construction continues with a participle (βουλόμενος, boulomeno") and an infinitive (ἀναγαγεῖν, anagagein), but this creates an awkward and lengthy sentence in English. Thus a reference to Herod was introduced as subject and the participle translated as a finite verb (“Herod planned”).

[12:4]  ²³ tn Or “intended”; Grk “wanted.”

[12:4]  ²⁴ tn Grk “to bring him out to the people,” but in this context a public trial (with certain condemnation as the result) is doubtless what Herod planned. L&N 15.176 translates this phrase “planning to bring him up for a public trial after the Passover.”

[15:16]  ²⁶ tn Grk “After these things.”

[15:16]  ²⁷ sn The first person pronoun I refers to God and his activity. It is God who is doing this.

[15:16]  ²⁸ tn Or more generally, “dwelling”; perhaps, “royal tent.” According to BDAG 928 s.v. σκηνή the word can mean “tent” or “hut,” or more generally “lodging” or “dwelling.” In this verse (a quotation from Amos 9:11) BDAG refers this to David’s ruined kingdom; it is possibly an allusion to a king’s tent (a royal tent). God is at work to reestablish David’s line (Acts 2:30-36; 13:32-39).

[15:16]  ²⁹ tn BDAG 86 s.v. ἀνορθόω places this verb under the meaning “to build someth. up again after it has fallen, rebuild, restore,” but since ἀνοικοδομέω (anoikodomew, “rebuild”) has occurred twice in this verse already, “restore” is used here.

[15:35]  ³¹ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).

[15:35]  ³² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[15:35]  ³³ 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; Luke 22:61, Acts 11:16, 1 Pet 1:25) and 12 times as λόγος τοῦ κυρίου (logo" tou kuriou; here and in v. 36; Acts 8:25; 13:44, 48, 49; 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.

[18:10]  ³⁶ tn BDAG 384 s.v. ἐπιτίθημι 2 has “to set upon, attack, lay a hand on” here, but “assault” is a contemporary English equivalent very close to the meaning of the original.

[18:10]  ³⁷ tn Or “injure.”

[20:1]  ⁴¹ tn Or “exhorting.”

[20:1]  ⁴² tn Or “and taking leave of them.”

[20:1]  ⁴³ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[20:6]  ⁴⁶ sn This marks the beginning of another “we” section in Acts. These have been traditionally understood to mean that Luke was in the company of Paul for this part of the journey.

[20:6]  ⁴⁷ map For location see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.

[20:6]  ⁴⁸ sn The days of Unleavened Bread refer to the week following Passover. Originally an agricultural festival commemorating the beginning of harvest, it was celebrated for seven days beginning on the fifteenth day of the month Nisan (March-April). It was later combined with Passover (Exod 12:1-20; Ezek 45:21-24; Matt 26:17; Luke 22:1).

[20:6]  ⁴⁹ tn BDAG 160 s.v. ἄχρι 1.a.α has “ἄ. ἡμερῶν πέντε within five days Ac 20:6.”

[20:6]  ⁵⁰ tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the others mentioned in v. 4) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:6]  ⁵¹ sn Troas was a port city (and surrounding region) on the northwest coast of Asia Minor. From Philippi to Troas was about 125 mi (200 km).

[20:19]  ⁵¹ sn On humility see 2 Cor 10:1; 11:7; 1 Thess 2:6; Col 3:12; Eph 4:2; Phil 2:3-11.

[20:19]  ⁵² sn These plots are mentioned in Acts 9:24; 20:13.

[27:24]  ⁵⁶ tn Grk “came to me saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[27:24]  ⁵⁷ tn BDAG 778 s.v. παρίστημι/παριστάνω 2.a.α states, “Also as a t.t. of legal usage appear before, come before…Καίσαρι σε δεῖ παραστῆναι you must stand before the Emperor (as judge) Ac 27:24.” See Acts 23:11. Luke uses the verb δεῖ (dei) to describe what must occur.

[27:24]  ⁵⁸ tn Or “before the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).

[27:24]  ⁵⁹ tn Grk “God has graciously granted you all who are sailing with you.” The words “the safety of” have been supplied to clarify the meaning of the verb κεχάρισται (kecaristai) in this context.