Acts 4:30

4:30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs ¹  and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

Acts 9:41

9:41 He gave ²  her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called ³  the saints and widows and presented her alive.

Acts 19:33

19:33 Some of the crowd concluded ⁴  it was about ⁵  Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. ⁶  Alexander, gesturing ⁷  with his hand, was wanting to make a defense ⁸  before the public assembly. ⁹ 

Acts 26:1

Paul Offers His Defense

26:1 So Agrippa ¹⁰  said to Paul, “You have permission ¹¹  to speak for yourself.” Then Paul held out his hand ¹²  and began his defense: ¹³ 

[4:30]  ¹ tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context.

[9:41]  ² tn Grk “Giving her his hand, he helped her.” The participle δούς (dous) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[9:41]  ³ tn Grk “Then calling the saints…he presented her.” The participle φωνήσας (fwnhsa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style; it could also be taken temporally (“After he called”).

[19:33]  ³ tn Or “Some of the crowd gave instructions to.”

[19:33]  ⁴ tn The words “it was about” are not in the Greek text but are implied; ᾿Αλέξανδρον (Alexandron) is taken to be an accusative of general reference.

[19:33]  ⁵ tn BDAG 865 s.v. προβάλλω 1 has “to cause to come forward, put forward…τινά someone…push someone forward to speak in the theater…Ac 19:33.”

[19:33]  ⁶ tn Or “motioning.”

[19:33]  ⁷ sn The nature of Alexander’s defense is not clear. It appears he was going to explain, as a Jew, that the problem was not caused by Jews, but by those of “the Way.” However, he never got a chance to speak.

[19:33]  ⁸ tn Or “before the crowd.” According to BDAG 223 s.v. δῆμος 2, “in a Hellenistic city, a convocation of citizens called together for the purpose of transacting official business, popular assembly…ἀπολογεῖσθαι τῷ δ. make a defense before the assembly vs. 33.”

[26:1]  ⁴ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[26:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “It is permitted for you.”

[26:1]  ⁶ tn Or “extended his hand” (a speaker’s gesture).

[26:1]  ⁷ tn Or “and began to speak in his own defense.”