Acts 7:39

7:39 Our ¹  ancestors ²  were unwilling to obey ³  him, but pushed him aside ⁴  and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

Acts 14:13

14:13 The priest of the temple ⁵  of Zeus, ⁶  located just outside the city, brought bulls ⁷  and garlands ⁸  to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them. ⁹ 

Acts 19:33

19:33 Some of the crowd concluded ¹⁰  it was about ¹¹  Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. ¹²  Alexander, gesturing ¹³  with his hand, was wanting to make a defense ¹⁴  before the public assembly. ¹⁵ 

[7:39]  ¹ tn Grk “whom our.” The continuation of the sentence as a relative clause is awkward in English, so a new sentence was started in the translation at this point.

[7:39]  ² tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[7:39]  ³ sn To obey. Again the theme of the speech is noted. The nation disobeyed the way of God and opted for Egypt over the promised land.

[7:39]  ⁴ sn Pushed him aside. This is the second time Moses is “pushed aside” in Stephen’s account (see v. 27).

[14:13]  ⁵ tn The words “the temple of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. The translation “the priest of (the temple/shrine of) Zeus located before the city” is given for this phrase by BDAG 426 s.v. Ζεύς.

[14:13]  ⁶ sn See the note on Zeus in the previous verse.

[14:13]  ⁷ tn Or “oxen.”

[14:13]  ⁸ tn Or “wreaths.”

[14:13]  ⁹ tn The words “to them” are not in the Greek text, but are clearly implied by the response of Paul and Barnabas in the following verse.

[19:33]  ⁹ tn Or “Some of the crowd gave instructions to.”

[19:33]  ¹⁰ tn The words “it was about” are not in the Greek text but are implied; ᾿Αλέξανδρον (Alexandron) is taken to be an accusative of general reference.

[19:33]  ¹¹ tn BDAG 865 s.v. προβάλλω 1 has “to cause to come forward, put forward…τινά someone…push someone forward to speak in the theater…Ac 19:33.”

[19:33]  ¹² tn Or “motioning.”

[19:33]  ¹³ sn The nature of Alexander’s defense is not clear. It appears he was going to explain, as a Jew, that the problem was not caused by Jews, but by those of “the Way.” However, he never got a chance to speak.

[19:33]  ¹⁴ tn Or “before the crowd.” According to BDAG 223 s.v. δῆμος 2, “in a Hellenistic city, a convocation of citizens called together for the purpose of transacting official business, popular assembly…ἀπολογεῖσθαι τῷ δ. make a defense before the assembly vs. 33.”