Acts 5:13

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

Acts 9:26

Saul Returns to Jerusalem

9:26 When he arrived in Jerusalem, ³  he attempted to associate ⁴  with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe ⁵  that he was a disciple.

Acts 10:28

10:28 He said to them, “You know that ⁶  it is unlawful ⁷  for a Jew ⁸  to associate with or visit a Gentile, ⁹  yet God has shown me that I should call no person ¹⁰  defiled or ritually unclean. ¹¹ 

[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.”

[9:26]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:26]  ⁴ tn Or “join.”

[9:26]  ⁵ tn The participle πιστεύοντες (pisteuonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[10:28]  ⁵ tn Here ὡς (Jws) is used like ὅτι (Joti) to introduce indirect discourse (cf. BDAG 1105 s.v. ὡς 5).

[10:28]  ⁶ tn This term is used of wanton or callously lawless acts (BDAG 24 s.v. ἀθέμιτος).

[10:28]  ⁷ tn Grk “a Jewish man” (ἀνδρὶ ᾿Ιουδαίῳ, andri Ioudaiw).

[10:28]  ⁸ tn Grk “a foreigner,” but in this context, “a non-Jew,” that is, a Gentile. This term speaks of intimate association (BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.b.α). On this Jewish view, see John 18:28, where a visit to a Gentile residence makes a Jewish person unclean.

[10:28]  ⁹ tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo").

[10:28]  ¹⁰ tn Possibly there is a subtle distinction in meaning between κοινός (koinos) and ἀκάθαρτος (akaqartos) here, but according to L&N 53.39 it is difficult to determine precise differences in meaning based on existing contexts.