Acts 7:31-32

7:31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord, 7:32 ‘I am the God of your forefathers, ¹  the God of Abraham, Isaac, ²  and Jacob.’ ³  Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely. ⁴ 

Acts 11:6

11:6 As I stared ⁵  I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, ⁶  and wild birds. ⁷ 

Acts 27:39

Paul is Shipwrecked

27:39 When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed ⁸  a bay ⁹  with a beach, ¹⁰  where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

[7:32]  ¹ tn Or “ancestors”; Grk “fathers.”

[7:32]  ² tn Grk “and Isaac,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[7:32]  ³ sn A quotation from Exod 3:6. The phrase suggests the God of promise, the God of the nation.

[7:32]  ⁴ tn Or “to investigate,” “to contemplate” (BDAG 522 s.v. κατανοέω 2).

[11:6]  ¹ tn Grk “Staring I looked into it.” The participle ἀτενίσας (atenisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[11:6]  ² tn Or “snakes.” Grk “creeping things.” According to L&N 4.51, in most biblical contexts the term (due to the influence of Hebrew classifications such as Gen 1:25-26, 30) included small four-footed animals like rats, mice, frogs, toads, salamanders, and lizards. In this context, however, where “creeping things” are contrasted with “four-footed animals,” the English word “reptiles,” which primarily but not exclusively designates snakes, is probably more appropriate.

[11:6]  ³ tn Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. BDAG 809 s.v. πετεινόν).

[27:39]  ¹ tn Or “observed,” “saw.”

[27:39]  ² tn Or “gulf” (BDAG 557 s.v. κόλπος 3).

[27:39]  ³ sn A beach would refer to a smooth sandy beach suitable for landing.