Acts 4:9

4:9 if ¹  we are being examined ²  today for a good deed ³  done to a sick man – by what means this man was healed ⁴  –

Acts 4:33

4:33 With ⁵  great power the apostles were giving testimony ⁶  to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

Acts 25:20

25:20 Because I was at a loss ⁷  how I could investigate these matters, ⁸  I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried ⁹  there on these charges. ¹⁰ 

Acts 28:7

28:7 Now in the region around that place ¹¹  were fields belonging to the chief official ¹²  of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days.

[4:9]  ¹ tn This clause is a first class condition. It assumes for the sake of argument that this is what they were being questioned about.

[4:9]  ² tn Or “questioned.” The Greek term ἀνακρίνω (anakrinw) points to an examination similar to a legal one.

[4:9]  ³ tn Or “for an act of kindness.”

[4:9]  ⁴ tn Or “delivered” (σέσωται [seswtai], from σώζω [swzw]). See 4:12.

[4:33]  ⁵ tn Grk “And with.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[4:33]  ⁶ tn Or “were witnessing.”

[25:20]  ⁹ tn Or “Because I was undecided.” Grk “Being at a loss.” The participle ἀπορούμενος (aporoumeno") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[25:20]  ¹⁰ tn L&N 27.34 states, “ἀπορούμενος δὲ ἐγὼ τὴν περὶ τούτων ζήτησιν ‘I was undecided about how I could get information on these matters’ Ac 25:20. The clause ‘about how I could get information on these matters’ may also be rendered as ‘about how I should try to find out about these matters’ or ‘about how I could learn about these matters.’”

[25:20]  ¹¹ tn Or “stand trial.”

[25:20]  ¹² tn Grk “on these things.”

[28:7]  ¹³ tn BDAG 798 s.v. περί 2.a.γ states, “of nearby places…τὰ περὶ τὸν τὸπον the region around the place Ac 28:7.” The presence of ἐκεῖνον (ekeinon) results in the translation “that place.”

[28:7]  ¹⁴ tn That is, the chief Roman official. Several inscriptions have confirmed the use of πρῶτος (prwtos) as an administrative title used on the island of Malta for the highest Roman official. See further BDAG 852 s.v. Πόπλιος.