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 9:30

9:30 When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea ⁴  and sent him away to Tarsus.

Acts 22:23

22:23 While they were screaming ⁵  and throwing off their cloaks ⁶  and tossing dust ⁷  in the air,

[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.

[9:30]  ⁴ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine, south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.

[22:23]  ⁷ tn The participle κραυγαζόντων (kraugazontwn) has been translated temporally.

[22:23]  ⁸ tn Or “outer garments.”

[22:23]  ⁹ sn The crowd’s act of tossing dust in the air indicated they had heard something disturbing and offensive. This may have been a symbolic gesture, indicating Paul’s words deserved to be thrown to the wind, or it may have simply resulted from the fact they had nothing else to throw at him at the moment.