Acts 6:5

6:5 The ¹  proposal pleased the entire group, so ²  they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with ³  Philip, ⁴  Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism ⁵  from Antioch. ⁶ 

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 15:22

15:22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided ¹³  to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, ¹⁴  leaders among the brothers, to Antioch ¹⁵  with Paul and Barnabas.

[6:5]  ¹ tn Grk “And the.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[6:5]  ² tn The translation “so” has been used to indicate the logical sequence in English.

[6:5]  ³ tn “With” is smoother English style for an addition like this. Because of differences between Greek and English style, καί (kai), which occurs between each name in the list, has not been translated except preceding the last element.

[6:5]  ⁴ sn Philip. Note how many of the names in this list are Greek. This suggests that Hellenists were chosen to solve the problem they had been so sensitive about fixing (cf. 6:1).

[6:5]  ⁵ tn Or “a proselyte.”

[6:5]  ⁶ map For location see JP1 F2; JP2 F2; JP3 F2; JP4 F2.

[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.

[15:22]  ¹³ 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]  ¹⁴ sn Silas. See 2 Cor 1:19; 1 Thess 1:1; 2 Thess 1:1 (= Silvanus).

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