Acts 5:13

5:13 None of the rest dared to join them, ¹  but the people held them in high honor. ² 

Acts 7:48

7:48 Yet the Most High ³  does not live in houses made by human hands, ⁴  as the prophet says,

Acts 10:35

10:35 but in every nation ⁵  the person who fears him ⁶  and does what is right ⁷  is welcomed before him.

Acts 4:17

4:17 But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more ⁸  to anyone in this name.”

Acts 19:2

19:2 and said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” ⁹  They replied, ¹⁰  “No, we have not even ¹¹  heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

Acts 4:32

Conditions Among the Early Believers

4:32 The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, ¹²  and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common. ¹³ 

Acts 13:25

13:25 But while John was completing his mission, ¹⁴  he said repeatedly, ¹⁵  ‘What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!’ ¹⁶ 

Acts 20:24

20:24 But I do not consider my life ¹⁷  worth anything ¹⁸  to myself, so that ¹⁹  I may finish my task ²⁰  and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news ²¹  of God’s grace.

[5:13]  ¹ tn Or “to associate with them.” The group was beginning to have a controversial separate identity. People were cautious about joining them. The next verse suggests that the phrase “none of the rest” in this verse is rhetorical hyperbole.

[5:13]  ² tn Or “the people thought very highly of them.”

[7:48]  ³ sn The title the Most High points to God’s majesty (Heb 7:1; Luke 1:32, 35; Acts 16:7).

[7:48]  ⁴ sn The phrase made by human hands is negative in the NT: Mark 14:58; Acts 17:24; Eph 2:11; Heb 9:11, 24. It suggests “man-made” or “impermanent.” The rebuke is like parts of the Hebrew scripture where the rebuke is not of the temple, but for making too much of it (1 Kgs 8:27; Isa 57:15; 1 Chr 6:8; Jer 7:1-34).

[10:35]  ⁵ sn See Luke 24:47.

[10:35]  ⁶ tn Or “shows reverence for him.”

[10:35]  ⁷ tn Grk “works righteousness”; the translation “does what is right” for this phrase in this verse is given by L&N 25.85.

[4:17]  ⁷ tn Or “speak no longer.”

[19:2]  ⁹ tn The participle πιστεύσαντες (pisteusante") is taken temporally.

[19:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “they [said] to him” (the word “said” is implied in the Greek text).

[19:2]  ¹¹ tn This use of ἀλλά (alla) is ascensive and involves an ellipsis (BDAG 45 s.v. ἀλλά 3): “No, [not only did we not receive the Spirit,] but also we have not heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” However, this is lengthy and somewhat awkward in English, and the ascensive meaning can be much more easily represented by including the word “even” after the negation. Apparently these disciples were unaware of the provision of the Spirit that is represented in baptism. The language sounds like they did not know about a Holy Spirit, but this seems to be only linguistic shorthand for not knowing about the Spirit’s presence (Luke 3:15-18). The situation is parallel to that of Apollos. Apollos and these disciples represent those who “complete” their transition to messianic faith as Jews.

[4:32]  ¹¹ tn Grk “soul.”

[4:32]  ¹² tn Grk “but all things were to them in common.”

[13:25]  ¹³ tn Or “task.”

[13:25]  ¹⁴ tn The verb ἔλεγεν (elegen) has been translated as an iterative imperfect, since John undoubtedly said this or something similar on numerous occasions.

[13:25]  ¹⁵ tn Literally a relative clause, “of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of his feet.” Because of the awkwardness of this construction in English, a new sentence was begun here.

[20:24]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “soul.”

[20:24]  ¹⁶ tn Or “I do not consider my life worth a single word.” According to BDAG 599 s.v. λόγος 1.a.α, “In the textually uncertain pass. Ac 20:24 the text as it stands in N., οὐδενὸς λόγου (v.l. λόγον) ποιοῦμαι τὴν ψυχὴν τιμίαν, may well mean: I do not consider my life worth a single word (cp. λόγου ἄξιον [ἄξιος 1a] and our ‘worth mention’).”

[20:24]  ¹⁷ tn BDAG 1106 s.v. ὡς 9 describes this use as “a final particle, expressing intention/purpose, with a view to, in order to.”

[20:24]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “course.” See L&N 42.26, “(a figurative extension of meaning of δρόμος ‘race’) a task or function involving continuity, serious, effort, and possibly obligation – ‘task, mission’…Ac 20:24.” On this Pauline theme see also Phil 1:19-26; Col 1:24; 2 Tim 4:6-7.

[20:24]  ¹⁹ tn Or “to the gospel.”