Acts 6:4

6:4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Acts 15:6

15:6 Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate ¹  about this matter.

Acts 15:27

15:27 Therefore we are sending ²  Judas and Silas ³  who will tell you these things themselves in person. ⁴ 

Acts 14:12

14:12 They began to call ⁵  Barnabas Zeus ⁶  and Paul Hermes, ⁷  because he was the chief speaker.

Acts 15:32

15:32 Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech. ⁸ 

Acts 18:15

18:15 but since it concerns points of disagreement ⁹  about words and names and your own law, settle ¹⁰  it yourselves. I will not be ¹¹  a judge of these things!”

Acts 20:24

20:24 But I do not consider my life ¹²  worth anything ¹³  to myself, so that ¹⁴  I may finish my task ¹⁵  and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news ¹⁶  of God’s grace.

Acts 22:22

The Roman Commander Questions Paul

22:22 The crowd ¹⁷  was listening to him until he said this. ¹⁸  Then ¹⁹  they raised their voices and shouted, ²⁰  “Away with this man ²¹  from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!” ²² 

[15:6]  ¹ tn The translation for ἰδεῖν (idein) in this verse is given by BDAG 279-80 s.v. εἶδον 3 as “deliberate concerning this matter.” A contemporary idiom would be to “look into” a matter.

[15:27]  ¹ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

[15:27]  ² sn Judas and Silas were the “two witnesses” who would vouch for the truth of the recommendation.

[15:27]  ³ tn Grk “by means of word” (an idiom for a verbal report).

[14:12]  ¹ tn The imperfect verb ἐκάλουν (ekaloun) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[14:12]  ² sn Zeus was the chief Greek deity, worshiped throughout the Greco-Roman world (known to the Romans as Jupiter).

[14:12]  ³ sn Hermes was a Greek god who (according to Greek mythology) was the messenger of the gods and the god of oratory (equivalent to the Roman god Mercury).

[15:32]  ¹ tn Here λόγου (logou) is singular. BDAG 599-600 s.v. λόγος 1.a.β has “in a long speech” for this phrase.

[18:15]  ¹ tn Or “dispute.”

[18:15]  ² tn Grk “see to it” (an idiom).

[18:15]  ³ tn Or “I am not willing to be.” Gallio would not adjudicate their religious dispute.

[20:24]  ¹ tn Grk “soul.”

[20:24]  ² tn Or “I do not consider my life worth a single word.” According to BDAG 599 s.v. λόγος 1.a.α, “In the textually uncertain pass. Ac 20:24 the text as it stands in N., οὐδενὸς λόγου (v.l. λόγον) ποιοῦμαι τὴν ψυχὴν τιμίαν, may well mean: I do not consider my life worth a single word (cp. λόγου ἄξιον [ἄξιος 1a] and our ‘worth mention’).”

[20:24]  ³ tn BDAG 1106 s.v. ὡς 9 describes this use as “a final particle, expressing intention/purpose, with a view to, in order to.”

[20:24]  ⁴ tn Grk “course.” See L&N 42.26, “(a figurative extension of meaning of δρόμος ‘race’) a task or function involving continuity, serious, effort, and possibly obligation – ‘task, mission’…Ac 20:24.” On this Pauline theme see also Phil 1:19-26; Col 1:24; 2 Tim 4:6-7.

[20:24]  ⁵ tn Or “to the gospel.”

[22:22]  ¹ tn Grk “They were listening”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:22]  ² tn Grk “until this word.”

[22:22]  ³ tn Grk “And.” To indicate the logical sequence, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” here.

[22:22]  ⁴ tn Grk “and said.”

[22:22]  ⁵ tn Grk “this one.”

[22:22]  ⁶ 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.”