Acts 5:12

The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders

5:12 Now many miraculous signs ¹  and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By ²  common consent ³  they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico. ⁴ 

Acts 25:7

25:7 When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, ⁵  bringing many serious ⁶  charges that they were not able to prove. ⁷ 

Acts 26:24

26:24 As Paul ⁸  was saying these things in his defense, Festus ⁹  exclaimed loudly, “You have lost your mind, ¹⁰  Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

[5:12]  ¹ tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context.

[5:12]  ² tn Grk “And by.” 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.

[5:12]  ³ tn Or “With one mind.”

[5:12]  ⁴ tn Or “colonnade”; Grk “stoa.”

[25:7]  ⁵ tn BDAG 801 s.v. περιίστημι 1.a has “περιέστησαν αὐτὸν οἱ ᾿Ιουδαῖοι the Judeans stood around him 25:7.”

[25:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “many and serious.” The term βαρύς (barus) refers to weighty or serious charges (BDAG 167 s.v. 1).

[25:7]  ⁷ tn The term ἀποδείκνυμι (apodeiknumi) in a legal context refers to legal proof (4 Macc 1:8; BDAG 108 s.v. 3).

[26:24]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:24]  ¹⁰ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[26:24]  ¹¹ tn On the term translated “lost your mind” see BDAG 610 s.v. μαίνομαι, which has “you’re out of your mind, you’re raving, said to one whose enthusiasm seems to have outrun better judgment 26:24.”