Acts 5:15

5:15 Thus ¹  they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.

Acts 7:8

7:8 Then God ²  gave Abraham ³  the covenant ⁴  of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, ⁵  and Isaac became the father of ⁶  Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. ⁷ 

Acts 8:32

8:32 Now the passage of scripture the man ⁸  was reading was this:

“He was led like a sheep to slaughter,

and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,

so he did ⁹  not open his mouth.

Acts 10:33

10:33 Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. ¹⁰  So now we are all here in the presence of God ¹¹  to listen ¹²  to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.” ¹³ 

Acts 13:47

13:47 For this ¹⁴  is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have appointed ¹⁵  you to be a light ¹⁶  for the Gentiles, to bring salvation ¹⁷  to the ends of the earth.’” ¹⁸ 

Acts 23:11

23:11 The following night the Lord ¹⁹  stood near ²⁰  Paul ²¹  and said, “Have courage, ²²  for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, ²³  so you must also testify in Rome.” ²⁴ 

[5:15]  ¹ tn This is a continuation of the preceding sentence in Greek, but because this would produce an awkward sentence in English, a new sentence was begun here in the translation.

[7:8]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:8]  ³ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:8]  ⁴ sn God gave…the covenant. Note how the covenant of promise came before Abraham’s entry into the land and before the building of the temple.

[7:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “circumcised him on the eighth day,” but many modern readers will not understand that this procedure was done on the eighth day after birth. The temporal clause “when he was eight days old” conveys this idea more clearly. See Gen 17:11-12.

[7:8]  ⁶ tn The words “became the father of” are not in the Greek text due to an ellipsis, but must be supplied for the English translation. The ellipsis picks up the verb from the previous clause describing how Abraham fathered Isaac.

[7:8]  ⁷ sn The twelve patriarchs refers to the twelve sons of Jacob, the famous ancestors of the Jewish race (see Gen 35:23-26).

[8:32]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:32]  ⁴ tn Grk “does.” The present tense here was translated as a past tense to maintain consistency with the first line of the quotation (“he was led like a sheep to slaughter”), which has an aorist passive verb normally translated as a past tense in English.

[10:33]  ⁴ tn Grk “you have done well by coming.” The idiom καλῶς ποιεῖν (kalw" poiein) is translated “be kind enough to do someth.” by BDAG 505-6 s.v. καλῶς 4.a. The participle παραγενόμενος (paragenomeno") has been translated as an English infinitive due to the nature of the English idiom (“kind enough to” + infinitive).

[10:33]  ⁵ tn The translation “we are here in the presence of God” for ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ πάρεσμεν (enwpion tou qeou paresmen) is given by BDAG 773 s.v. πάρειμι 1.a.

[10:33]  ⁶ tn Or “to hear everything.”

[10:33]  ⁷ tn The words “to say to us” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Cornelius knows Peter is God’s representative, bringing God’s message.

[13:47]  ⁵ tn Here οὕτως (Joutws) is taken to refer to what follows, the content of the quotation, as given for this verse by BDAG 742 s.v. οὕτω/οὕτως 2.

[13:47]  ⁶ tn BDAG 1004 s.v. τίθημι 3.a has “τιθέναι τινὰ εἴς τι place/appoint someone to or for (to function as) someth….Ac 13:47.” This is a double accusative construction of object (“you”) and complement (“a light”).

[13:47]  ⁷ sn Paul alludes here to the language of the Servant in Isaiah, pointing to Isa 42:6; 49:6. He and Barnabas do the work of the Servant in Isaiah.

[13:47]  ⁸ tn Grk “that you should be for salvation,” but more simply “to bring salvation.”

[13:47]  ⁹ sn An allusion to Isa 42:6 and 49:6. The expression the ends of the earth recalls Luke 3:6 and Acts 1:8. Paul sees himself and Barnabas as carrying out the commission of Luke 24:27. (See 2 Cor 6:2, where servant imagery also appears concerning Paul’s message.)

[23:11]  ⁶ sn The presence of the Lord indicated the vindicating presence and direction of God.

[23:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “standing near Paul, said.” The participle ἐπιστάς (epistas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:11]  ⁸ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:11]  ⁹ tn Or “Do not be afraid.”

[23:11]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[23:11]  ¹¹ sn Like Jesus went to Jerusalem, Paul would now go to Rome. This trip forms the concluding backdrop to Acts. This is the second notice about going to Rome (see Acts 19:21 for the first).