Acts 5:38

5:38 So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, ¹  it will come to nothing, ² 

Acts 11:12

11:12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers ³  also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

Acts 11:28

11:28 One of them, named Agabus, got up ⁴  and predicted ⁵  by the Spirit that a severe ⁶  famine ⁷  was about to come over the whole inhabited world. ⁸  (This ⁹  took place during the reign of Claudius.) ¹⁰ 

Acts 13:17

13:17 The God of this people Israel ¹¹  chose our ancestors ¹²  and made the people great ¹³  during their stay as foreigners ¹⁴  in the country ¹⁵  of Egypt, and with uplifted arm ¹⁶  he led them out of it.

Acts 15:2

15:2 When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate ¹⁷  with them, the church ¹⁸  appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with ¹⁹  the apostles and elders in Jerusalem ²⁰  about this point of disagreement. ²¹ 

Acts 15:22

15:22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided ²²  to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, ²³  leaders among the brothers, to Antioch ²⁴  with Paul and Barnabas.

Acts 17:4

17:4 Some of them were persuaded ²⁵  and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group ²⁶  of God-fearing Greeks ²⁷  and quite a few ²⁸  prominent women.

[5:38]  ¹ tn Here ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).

[5:38]  ² tn Or “it will be put to an end.”

[11:12]  ³ sn Six witnesses is three times more than what would normally be required. They could confirm the events were not misrepresented by Peter.

[11:28]  ⁵ tn Grk “getting up, predicted.” The participle ἀναστάς (anasta") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[11:28]  ⁶ tn Or “made clear”; Grk “indicated beforehand” (BDAG 920 s.v. σημαίνω 2).

[11:28]  ⁷ tn Grk “great.”

[11:28]  ⁸ sn This famine is one of the firmly fixed dates in Acts. It took place from a.d. 45-48. The events described in chap. 11 of Acts occurred during the early part of that period.

[11:28]  ⁹ tn Or “whole Roman Empire.” While the word οἰκουμένη (oikoumenh) does occasionally refer specifically to the Roman Empire, BDAG 699 s.v. οἰκουνένη 2 does not list this passage (only Acts 24:5 and 17:6).

[11:28]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “world, which.” The relative pronoun (“which”) was replaced by the demonstrative pronoun “this” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.

[11:28]  ¹¹ sn This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author. Claudius was the Roman emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, known as Claudius, who ruled from a.d. 41-54.

[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]  ⁹ tn Grk “no little argument and debate” (an idiom).

[15:2]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Grk “go up to,” but in this context a meeting is implied.

[15:2]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:2]  ¹³ 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.

[15:22]  ¹¹ tn BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.b.β lists this verse under the meaning “it seems best to me, I decide, I resolve.”

[15:22]  ¹² sn Silas. See 2 Cor 1:19; 1 Thess 1:1; 2 Thess 1:1 (= Silvanus).

[15:22]  ¹³ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).

[17:4]  ¹³ tn Or “convinced.”

[17:4]  ¹⁴ tn Or “a large crowd.”

[17:4]  ¹⁵ tn Or “of devout Greeks,” but this is practically a technical term for the category called God-fearers, Gentiles who worshiped the God of Israel and in many cases kept the Mosaic law, but did not take the final step of circumcision necessary to become a proselyte to Judaism. See further K. G. Kuhn, TDNT 6:732-34, 743-44. Luke frequently mentions such people (Acts 13:43, 50; 16:14; 17:17; 18:7).

[17:4]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “not a few”; this use of negation could be misleading to the modern English reader, however, and so has been translated as “quite a few” (which is the actual meaning of the expression).