Acts 7:5

Context
7:5 He¹ did not give any of it to him for an inheritance,² not even a foot of ground,³ yet God⁴ promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him,⁵ even though Abraham⁶ as yet had no child.

Acts 13:25

Context
13:25 But while John was completing his mission,⁷ he said repeatedly,⁸ ‘What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!’⁹

Acts 19:26

Context
19:26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded¹⁰ and turned away¹¹ a large crowd,¹² not only in Ephesus¹³ but in practically all of the province of Asia,¹⁴ by saying¹⁵ that gods made by hands are not gods at all.¹⁶

Acts 26:26

Context
26:26 For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely¹⁷ to him,¹⁸ because I cannot believe¹⁹ that any of these things has escaped his notice,²⁰ for this was not done in a corner.²¹

Acts 28:26

Context
28:26 when he said,

‘Go to this people and say,

“You will keep on hearing,²² but will never understand,

and you will keep on looking,²³ but will never perceive.

[7:5] ¹tn Grk “And he.” 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.

[7:5] ²tn Grk “He did not give him an inheritance in it.” This could be understood to mean that God did not give something else to Abraham as an inheritance while he was living there. The point of the text is that God did not give any of the land to him as an inheritance, and the translation makes this clear.

[7:5] ³tn Grk “a step of a foot” (cf. Deut 2:5).

[7:5] ⁴tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:5] ⁵sn An allusion to Gen 12:7; 13:15; 15:2, 18; 17:8; 24:7; 48:4. On the theological importance of the promise and to his descendants after him, see Rom 4 and Gal 3.

[7:5] ⁶tn Grk “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:25] ⁷tn Or “task.”

[13:25] ⁸tn The verb ἔλεγεν (elegen) has been translated as an iterative imperfect, since John undoubtedly said this or something similar on numerous occasions.

[13:25] ⁹tn Literally a relative clause, “of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of his feet.” Because of the awkwardness of this construction in English, a new sentence was begun here.

[19:26] ¹³tn Grk “persuading.” The participle πείσας (peisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[19:26] ¹⁴tn Or “misled.”

[19:26] ¹⁵tn BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός 3.a has “of pers. ὄχλος a large crowd…Ac 11:24, 26; 19:26.”

[19:26] ¹⁶map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.

[19:26] ¹⁷tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 22.

[19:26] ¹⁸tn The participle λέγων (legwn) has been regarded as indicating instrumentality.

[19:26] ¹⁹tn The words “at all” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[26:26] ¹⁹tn BDAG 782 s.v. παρρησιάζομαι 1 states, “speak freely, openly, fearlessly…likew. in the ptc. w. a verb of saying foll.…παρρησιασάμενοι εἶπαν 13:46. – 26:26.” This could refer to boldness in speaking here.

[26:26] ²⁰tn Grk “to whom I am speaking freely.” The relative pronoun (“whom”) was replaced by the personal pronoun (“him”) to simplify the translation.

[26:26] ²¹tn Grk “I cannot convince myself.” BDAG 792 s.v. πείθω 3.a states, “οὐ πείθομαι w. acc. and inf. I cannot believe Ac 26:26” (see also BDAG 586 s.v. λανθάνω).

[26:26] ²²tn BDAG 586 s.v. λανθάνω states, “λανθάνειν αὐτὸν τούτων οὐ πείθομαι οὐθέν I cannot bring myself to believe that any of these things has escaped his notice Ac 26:26.”

[26:26] ²³tn This term refers to a hidden corner (BDAG 209 s.v. γωνία). Paul’s point is that these events to which he refers were not done in a secret, hidden place, tucked away outside of view. They were done in public for all the world to see.

[28:26] ²⁵tn Grk “you will hear with hearing” (an idiom).

[28:26] ²⁶tn Or “seeing”; Grk “you will look by looking” (an idiom).