Acts 6:3

6:3 But carefully select from among you, brothers, ¹  seven ²  men who are well-attested, ³  full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge ⁴  of this necessary task. ⁵ 

Acts 22:12

22:12 A man named Ananias, ⁶  a devout man according to the law, ⁷  well spoken of by all the Jews who live there, ⁸ 

Luke 7:4-5

7:4 When ⁹  they came ¹⁰  to Jesus, they urged ¹¹  him earnestly, ¹²  “He is worthy ¹³  to have you do this for him, 7:5 because he loves our nation, ¹⁴  and even ¹⁵  built our synagogue.” ¹⁶ 

Luke 7:1

Healing the Centurion’s Slave

7:1 After Jesus ¹⁷  had finished teaching all this to the people, ¹⁸  he entered Capernaum. ¹⁹ 

Luke 3:7

3:7 So John ²⁰  said to the crowds ²¹  that came out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers! ²²  Who warned you to flee ²³  from the coming wrath?

Hebrews 11:2-3

11:2 For by it the people of old ²⁴  received God’s commendation. ²⁵  11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds ²⁶  were set in order at God’s command, ²⁷  so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. ²⁸ 

Hebrews 1:12

1:12 and like a robe you will fold them up

and like a garment ²⁹  they will be changed,

but you are the same and your years will never run out.” ³⁰ 

[6:3]  ¹ tn It is not clear from a historical standpoint (but it is unlikely) that women would have been involved in the selection process too. For this reason the translation “brothers” has been retained, rather than “brothers and sisters” (used in contexts where both male and female believers are clearly addressed).

[6:3]  ² sn Seven. Jewish town councils often had seven members (Josephus, Ant. 4.18.14 [4.214]).

[6:3]  ³ tn Or “are of good reputation” (BDAG 618 s.v. μαρτυρέω 2.b).

[6:3]  ⁴ tn The translation “put in charge” is given by BDAG 492 s.v. καθίστημι 2.

[6:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “of this need”; translated “necessary work” or “needed task” by L&N 42.22.

[22:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “a certain Ananias.”

[22:12]  ⁷ sn The law refers to the law of Moses.

[22:12]  ⁸ tn BDAG 534 s.v. κατοικέω 1.a translates this present participle “ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν (sc. ἐκεῖ) κατοικούντων ᾿Ιουδαίων by all the Jews who live there Ac 22:12.”

[7:4]  ⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[7:4]  ¹⁰ tn Although the participle παραγενόμενοι (paragenomenoi) is preceded by the Greek article (οἱ, Joi) which would normally cause it to be regarded as an adjectival or substantival participle, most modern translations, probably as a result of the necessities of contemporary English style, render it as a temporal participle (“when they came”).

[7:4]  ¹¹ tn Or “implored.”

[7:4]  ¹² tn Grk “urged him earnestly, saying”; the participle λέγοντες (legontes) is pleonastic (redundant) and has not been translated.

[7:4]  ¹³ tn Grk “Worthy is he to have you do this”; the term “worthy” comes first in the direct discourse and is emphatic.

[7:5]  ¹⁴ tn Or “people.” The use of ἔθνος (eqnos, “nation”) here instead of “God” probably meant the man was not a full proselyte, but that he had simply been supportive of the Jews and their culture. He could have been a God-fearer. The Romans saw a stable religious community as politically helpful and often supported it (Josephus, Ant. 16.6.2 [16.162-165], 19.6.3 [19.300-311]).

[7:5]  ¹⁵ tn In the Greek text, the pronoun αὐτός (autos) is included, making this emphatic. Naturally the force of this statement is causative, meaning the centurion either had the synagogue built or donated the cost of its construction.

[7:5]  ¹⁶ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:15.

[7:1]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:1]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “After he had completed all his sayings in the hearing of the people.”

[7:1]  ¹⁹ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.

[3:7]  ²⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:7]  ²¹ sn The crowds. It is interesting to trace references to “the crowd” in Luke. It is sometimes noted favorably, other times less so. The singular appears 25 times in Luke while the plural occurs 16 times. Matt 3:7 singles out the Sadducees and Pharisees here.

[3:7]  ²² tn Or “snakes.”

[3:7]  ²³ sn The rebuke “Who warned you to flee…?” compares the crowd to snakes who flee their desert holes when the heat of a fire drives them out.

[11:2]  ²⁴ tn Or “the elders,” “the ancients.”

[11:2]  ²⁵ tn Grk “were attested,” “received commendation”; and Heb 11:4-6 shows this to be from God.

[11:3]  ²⁶ tn Grk “ages.” The temporal (ages) came to be used of the spatial (what exists in those time periods). See Heb 1:2 for same usage.

[11:3]  ²⁷ tn Grk “by God’s word.”

[11:3]  ²⁸ sn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that what is seen did not come into being from things that are visible.”

[1:12]  ²⁹ tc The words “like a garment” (ὡς ἱμάτιον, Jw" Jimation) are found in excellent and early mss (Ì⁴⁶ א A B D* 1739) though absent in a majority of witnesses (D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1881 Ï lat sy bo). Although it is possible that longer reading was produced by overzealous scribes who wanted to underscore the frailty of creation, it is much more likely that the shorter reading was produced by scribes who wanted to conform the wording to that of Ps 102:26 (101:27 LXX), which here lacks the second “like a garment.” Both external and internal considerations decidedly favor the longer reading, and point to the author of Hebrews as the one underscoring the difference between the Son and creation.

[1:12]  ³⁰ sn A quotation from Ps 102:25-27.