Acts 4:34

4:34 For there was no one needy ¹  among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling ²  them ³  and bringing the proceeds from the sales

Acts 5:34

5:34 But a Pharisee ⁴  whose name was Gamaliel, ⁵  a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up ⁶  in the council ⁷  and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

Acts 8:9

8:9 Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic ⁸  and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

Acts 8:31

8:31 The man ⁹  replied, “How in the world can I, ¹⁰  unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Acts 8:33

8:33 In humiliation ¹¹  justice was taken from him. ¹² 

Who can describe his posterity? ¹³ 

For his life was taken away ¹⁴  from the earth.” ¹⁵ 

Acts 9:36

Peter Raises Dorcas

9:36 Now in Joppa ¹⁶  there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means ¹⁷  Dorcas). ¹⁸  She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity. ¹⁹ 

Acts 10:21

10:21 So Peter went down ²⁰  to the men and said, “Here I am, ²¹  the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

Acts 10:47

10:47 “No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, ²²  can he?” ²³ 

Acts 11:29

11:29 So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, ²⁴  decided ²⁵  to send relief ²⁶  to the brothers living in Judea.

Acts 16:1

Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

16:1 He also came to Derbe ²⁷  and to Lystra. ²⁸  A disciple ²⁹  named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, ³⁰  but whose father was a Greek. ³¹ 

Acts 17:19

17:19 So they took Paul and ³²  brought him to the Areopagus, ³³  saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

Acts 18:24

Apollos Begins His Ministry

18:24 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. ³⁴  He was an eloquent speaker, ³⁵  well-versed ³⁶  in the scriptures.

Acts 21:33

21:33 Then the commanding officer ³⁷  came up and arrested ³⁸  him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; ³⁹  he ⁴⁰  then asked who he was and what ⁴¹  he had done.

Acts 22:8

22:8 I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’

Acts 26:15

26:15 So I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied, ⁴²  ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

[4:34]  ¹ tn Or “poor.”

[4:34]  ² tn Grk “houses, selling them were bringing.” The participle πωλοῦντες (pwlounte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[4:34]  ³ tn The word “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[5:34]  ⁴ sn A Pharisee was a member of one of the most important and influential religious and political parties of Judaism in the time of Jesus. There were more Pharisees than Sadducees (according to Josephus, Ant. 17.2.4 [17.42] there were more than 6,000 Pharisees at about this time). Pharisees differed with Sadducees on certain doctrines and patterns of behavior. The Pharisees were strict and zealous adherents to the laws of the OT and to numerous additional traditions such as angels and bodily resurrection.

[5:34]  ⁵ sn Gamaliel was a famous Jewish scholar and teacher mentioned here in v. 34 and in Acts 22:3. He had a grandson of the same name and is referred to as “Gamaliel the Elder” to avoid confusion. He is quoted a number of times in the Mishnah, was given the highest possible title for Jewish teachers, Rabba (cf. John 20:16), and was highly regarded in later rabbinic tradition.

[5:34]  ⁶ tn Grk “standing up in the council, ordered.” The participle ἀναστάς (anasta") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[5:34]  ⁷ tn Or “the Sanhedrin” (the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[8:9]  ⁷ tn On the idiom προϋπῆρχεν μαγεύων (prouphrcen mageuwn) meaning “had been practicing magic” see BDAG 889 s.v. προϋπάρχω.

[8:31]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:31]  ¹¹ tn Grk “How am I able, unless…” The translation is based on the force of the conjunction γάρ (gar) in this context. The translation “How in the world can I?” is given in BDAG 189 s.v. γάρ 1.f.

[8:33]  ¹³ tc ‡ Most later mss (C E Ψ 33^vid Ï sy) read “In his humiliation,” adding αὐτοῦ (autou, “his”) after ταπεινώσει (tapeinwsei, “humiliation”), while the earlier and better witnesses lack the pronoun (so Ì⁷⁴ א A B 1739 pc lat). However, the LXX of Isa 53:8 also lacks the pronoun, supplying motivation for scribes to omit it here. At the same time, scribes would also be motivated to add the pronoun both for clarity’s sake (note the similar impulse that led to the addition of δέ [de] by many of the same mss at the beginning of the next line) and to give balance to the lines (the pronoun is indisputably used five other times in vv. 32-33 in quoting Isa 53). On balance, the shorter reading is preferred.

[8:33]  ¹⁴ tn Or “justice was denied him”; Grk “his justice was taken away.”

[8:33]  ¹⁵ tn Or “family; or “origin.” The meaning of γενεά (genea) in the quotation is uncertain; BDAG 192 s.v. γενεά 4 suggests “family history.”

[8:33]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “is taken away.” The present tense here was translated as a past tense to maintain consistency with the rest of the quotation.

[8:33]  ¹⁷ sn A quotation from Isa 53:7-8.

[9:36]  ¹⁶ sn Joppa was a seaport on the Philistine coast, in the same location as modern Jaffa. “Though Joppa never became a major seaport, it was of some importance as a logistical base and an outlet to the Mediterranean” (A. F. Rainey, ISBE 2:1118-19).

[9:36]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “which being translated is called.” In English this would normally be expressed “which is translated as” or “which in translation means.” The second option is given by L&N 33.145.

[9:36]  ¹⁸ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. Dorcas is the Greek translation of the Aramaic name Tabitha. Dorcas in Greek means “gazelle” or “deer.”

[9:36]  ¹⁹ tn Or “and helping the poor.” Grk “She was full of good deeds and acts of charity which she was continually doing.” Since it is somewhat redundant in English to say “she was full of good deeds…which she was continually doing,” the translation has been simplified to “she was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.” The imperfect verb ἐποίει (epoiei) has been translated as a progressive imperfect (“was continually doing”).

[10:21]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “Peter going down to the men, said.” The participle καταβάς (katabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[10:21]  ²⁰ tn Grk “Behold, it is I whom you seek,” or “Behold, I am the one you seek.” “Here I am” is used to translate ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι (idou egw eimi).

[10:47]  ²² tn Grk “just as also we.” The auxiliary verb in English must be supplied. This could be either “have” (NIV, NRSV) or “did” (NASB). “Did” is preferred here because the comparison Peter is making concerns not just the fact of the present possession of the Spirit (“they received the Spirit we now possess”), but the manner in which the Gentiles in Cornelius’ house received the Spirit (“they received the Spirit in the same manner we did [on the day of Pentecost]”).

[10:47]  ²³ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative reply which is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ question, “can he?” The question is rhetorical. Peter was saying these Gentiles should be baptized since God had confirmed they were his.

[11:29]  ²⁵ tn So BDAG 410 s.v. εὐπορέω.

[11:29]  ²⁶ tn Or “determined,” “resolved.”

[11:29]  ²⁷ tn Grk “to send [something] for a ministry,” but today it is common to speak of sending relief for victims of natural disasters.

[16:1]  ²⁸ sn Derbe was a city in Lycaonia about 35 mi (60 km) southeast of Lystra. It was about 90 mi (145 km) from Tarsus.

[16:1]  ²⁹ sn Lystra was a city in Lycaonia about 25 mi (40 km) south of Iconium.

[16:1]  ³⁰ tn Grk “And behold, a disciple.” Here ἰδού (idou) has not been translated.

[16:1]  ³¹ tn L&N 31.103 translates this phrase “the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer.”

[16:1]  ³² sn His father was a Greek. Timothy was the offspring of a mixed marriage between a Jewish woman (see 2 Tim 1:5) and a Gentile man. On mixed marriages in Judaism, see Neh 13:23-27; Ezra 9:1-10:44; Mal 2:10-16; Jub. 30:7-17; m. Qiddushin 3.12; m. Yevamot 7.5.

[17:19]  ³¹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:19]  ³² tn Or “to the council of the Areopagus.” See also the term in v. 22.

[18:24]  ³⁴ map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.

[18:24]  ³⁵ tn Or “was a learned man.” In this verse λόγιος (logios) can refer to someone who was an attractive and convincing speaker, a rhetorician (L&N 33.32), or it can refer to the person who has acquired a large part of the intellectual heritage of a given culture (“learned” or “cultured,” L&N 27.20, see also BDAG 598 s.v. λόγιος which lists both meanings as possible here). The description of Apollos’ fervent speaking in the following verses, as well as implications from 1 Cor 1-4, where Paul apparently compares his style and speaking ability with that of Apollos, suggests that eloquent speaking ability or formal rhetorical skill are in view here. This clause has been moved from its order in the Greek text (Grk “a certain Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus, who was powerful in the scriptures”) and paired with the last element (“powerful in the scriptures”) due to the demands of clarity and contemporary English style.

[18:24]  ³⁶ tn Grk “powerful.” BDAG 264 s.v. δυνατός 1.b has “in the Scriptures = well-versed 18:24.”

[21:33]  ³⁷ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 31.

[21:33]  ³⁸ tn Grk “seized.”

[21:33]  ³⁹ tn The two chains would be something like handcuffs (BDAG 48 s.v. ἅλυσις and compare Acts 28:20).

[21:33]  ⁴⁰ tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has been replaced with a semicolon. “Then” has been supplied after “he” to clarify the logical sequence.

[21:33]  ⁴¹ tn Grk “and what it is”; this has been simplified to “what.”

[26:15]  ⁴⁰ tn Grk “said.”