Acts 5:28

5:28 saying, “We gave ¹  you strict orders ²  not to teach in this name. ³  Look, ⁴  you have filled Jerusalem ⁵  with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood ⁶  on us!”

Acts 13:17

13:17 The God of this people Israel ⁷  chose our ancestors ⁸  and made the people great ⁹  during their stay as foreigners ¹⁰  in the country ¹¹  of Egypt, and with uplifted arm ¹²  he led them out of it.

Acts 15:2

15:2 When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate ¹³  with them, the church ¹⁴  appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with ¹⁵  the apostles and elders in Jerusalem ¹⁶  about this point of disagreement. ¹⁷ 

Acts 22:22

The Roman Commander Questions Paul

22:22 The crowd ¹⁸  was listening to him until he said this. ¹⁹  Then ²⁰  they raised their voices and shouted, ²¹  “Away with this man ²²  from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!” ²³ 

[5:28]  ¹ tc ‡ The majority of mss, including a few important witnesses (א² D E [Ψ] 1739 Ï sy sa), have the negative particle οὐ (ou) here, effectively turning the high priest’s words into a question: “Did we not give you strict orders not to teach in this name?” But the earliest and most important mss, along with some others (Ì⁷⁴ א* A B 1175 lat bo), lack the particle, making this a strong statement rather than a question. Scribes may have been tempted to omit the particle to strengthen the contrast between official Judaism and the new faith, but the fact that v. 27 introduces the quotation with ἐπηρώτησεν (ephrwthsen, “he questioned”) may well have prompted scribes to add οὐ to convert the rebuke into a question. Further, that excellent witnesses affirm the shorter reading is sufficient ground for accepting it as most probably authentic. NA²⁷ includes the particle in brackets, indicating some doubt as to its authenticity.

[5:28]  ² tn Grk “We commanded you with a commandment” (a Semitic idiom that is emphatic).

[5:28]  ³ sn The name (i.e., person) of Jesus is the constant issue of debate.

[5:28]  ⁴ tn Grk “And behold.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[5:28]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:28]  ⁶ sn To bring this man’s blood on us is an idiom meaning “you intend to make us guilty of this man’s death.”

[13:17]  ⁷ tn Or “people of Israel.”

[13:17]  ⁸ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[13:17]  ⁹ tn That is, in both numbers and in power. The implication of greatness in both numbers and in power is found in BDAG 1046 s.v. ὑψόω 2.

[13:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “as resident aliens.”

[13:17]  ¹¹ tn Or “land.”

[13:17]  ¹² sn Here uplifted arm is a metaphor for God’s power by which he delivered the Israelites from Egypt. See Exod 6:1, 6; 32:11; Deut 3:24; 4:34; Ps 136:11-12.

[15:2]  ¹³ tn Grk “no little argument and debate” (an idiom).

[15:2]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the church, or the rest of the believers at Antioch) has been specified to avoid confusion with the Judaizers mentioned in the preceding clause.

[15:2]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “go up to,” but in this context a meeting is implied.

[15:2]  ¹⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:2]  ¹⁷ tn Or “point of controversy.” It is unclear whether this event parallels Gal 2:1-10 or that Gal 2 fits with Acts 11:30. More than likely Gal 2:1-10 is to be related to Acts 11:30.

[22:22]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “They were listening”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:22]  ²⁰ tn Grk “until this word.”

[22:22]  ²¹ tn Grk “And.” To indicate the logical sequence, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” here.

[22:22]  ²² tn Grk “and said.”

[22:22]  ²³ tn Grk “this one.”

[22:22]  ²⁴ tn BDAG 491 s.v. καθήκω has “to be appropriate, come/reach to, be proper/fitting…Usu. impers. καθήκει it comes (to someone)…foll. by acc. and inf….οὐ καθῆκεν αὐτὸν ζῆν he should not be allowed to live Ac 22:22.”