Acts 7:12

7:12 So when Jacob heard that there was grain ¹  in Egypt, he sent our ancestors ²  there ³  the first time.

Acts 7:15

7:15 So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, ⁴  along with our ancestors, ⁵ 

Acts 22:1

Paul’s Defense

22:1 “Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense ⁶  that I now ⁷  make to you.”

[7:12]  ¹ tn Or possibly “food,” since in a number of extrabiblical contexts the phrase σιτία καὶ ποτά (sitia kai pota) means “food and drink,” where solid food is contrasted with liquid nourishment (L&N 3.42).

[7:12]  ² tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[7:12]  ³ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[7:15]  ⁴ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[7:15]  ⁵ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[22:1]  ⁷ sn Listen to my defense. This is the first of several speeches Paul would make in his own defense: Acts 24:10ff.; 25:8, 16; and 26:1ff. For the use of such a speech (“apologia”) in Greek, see Josephus, Ag. Ap. 2.15 [2.147]; Wis 6:10.

[22:1]  ⁸ tn The adverb νυνί (nuni, “now”) is connected with the phrase τῆς πρὸς ὑμᾶς νυνὶ ἀπολογίας (th" pro" Juma" nuni apologia") rather than the verb ἀκούσατε (akousate), and the entire construction (prepositional phrase plus adverb) is in first attributive position and thus translated into English by a relative clause.