Acts 7:7

7:7 But I will punish ¹  the nation they serve as slaves,’ said God, ‘and after these things they will come out of there ²  and worship ³  me in this place.’ ⁴ 

Acts 7:32

7:32 ‘I am the God of your forefathers, ⁵  the God of Abraham, Isaac, ⁶  and Jacob.’ ⁷  Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely. ⁸ 

Acts 10:21

10:21 So Peter went down ⁹  to the men and said, “Here I am, ¹⁰  the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

Acts 18:10

18:10 because I am with you, and no one will assault ¹¹  you to harm ¹²  you, because I have many people in this city.”

Acts 18:15

18:15 but since it concerns points of disagreement ¹³  about words and names and your own law, settle ¹⁴  it yourselves. I will not be ¹⁵  a judge of these things!”

Acts 20:22

20:22 And now, ¹⁶  compelled ¹⁷  by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem ¹⁸  without knowing what will happen to me there, ¹⁹ 

Acts 20:25

20:25 “And now ²⁰  I know that none ²¹  of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom ²²  will see me ²³  again.

Acts 22:19

22:19 I replied, ²⁴  ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues ²⁵  who believed in you.

Acts 23:1

23:1 Paul looked directly ²⁶  at the council ²⁷  and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience ²⁸  before God to this day.”

Acts 24:21

24:21 other than ²⁹  this one thing ³⁰  I shouted out while I stood before ³¹  them: ‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’” ³² 

Acts 25:20

25:20 Because I was at a loss ³³  how I could investigate these matters, ³⁴  I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried ³⁵  there on these charges. ³⁶ 

Acts 25:25

25:25 But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, ³⁷  and when he appealed ³⁸  to His Majesty the Emperor, ³⁹  I decided to send him. ⁴⁰ 

[7:7]  ¹ tn BDAG 568 s.v. κρίνω 5.b.α states, “Oft. the emphasis is unmistakably laid upon that which follows the Divine Judge’s verdict, upon the condemnation or punishment: condemn, punish …Ac 7:7 (Gen 15:14).”

[7:7]  ² tn The words “of there” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[7:7]  ³ tn Or “and serve,” but with religious/cultic overtones (BDAG 587 s.v. λατρεύω).

[7:7]  ⁴ sn An allusion to Exod 3:12.

[7:32]  ⁵ tn Or “ancestors”; Grk “fathers.”

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

[7:32]  ⁸ tn Or “to investigate,” “to contemplate” (BDAG 522 s.v. κατανοέω 2).

[10:21]  ⁹ tn Grk “Peter going down to the men, said.” The participle καταβάς (katabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[10:21]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Behold, it is I whom you seek,” or “Behold, I am the one you seek.” “Here I am” is used to translate ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι (idou egw eimi).

[18:10]  ¹³ tn BDAG 384 s.v. ἐπιτίθημι 2 has “to set upon, attack, lay a hand on” here, but “assault” is a contemporary English equivalent very close to the meaning of the original.

[18:10]  ¹⁴ tn Or “injure.”

[18:15]  ¹⁷ tn Or “dispute.”

[18:15]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “see to it” (an idiom).

[18:15]  ¹⁹ tn Or “I am not willing to be.” Gallio would not adjudicate their religious dispute.

[20:22]  ²¹ tn Grk “And now, behold.” Here ἰδού (idou) has not been translated.

[20:22]  ²² tn Grk “bound.”

[20:22]  ²³ sn This journey to Jerusalem suggests a parallel between Paul and Jesus, since the “Jerusalem journey” motif figures so prominently in Luke’s Gospel (9:51-19:44).

[20:22]  ²⁴ tn BDAG 965 s.v. συναντάω 2 has τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ συναντήσοντα ἐμοὶ μὴ εἰδώς without knowing what will happen to me there Ac 20:22.”

[20:25]  ²⁵ tn Grk “And now, behold.” Here ἰδού (idou) has not been translated.

[20:25]  ²⁶ tn Grk “all of you…will not see.” Greek handles its negation somewhat differently from English, and the translation follows English grammatical conventions.

[20:25]  ²⁷ sn Note how Paul’s usage of the expression proclaiming the kingdom is associated with (and intertwined with) his testifying to the good news of God’s grace in v. 24. For Paul the two concepts were interrelated.

[20:25]  ²⁸ tn Grk “will see my face” (an idiom for seeing someone in person).

[22:19]  ²⁹ tn Grk “And I said.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai, in καγώ [kagw]) has not been translated here.

[22:19]  ³⁰ tn For the distributive sense of the expression κατὰ τὰς συναγωγάς (kata ta" sunagwga") BDAG 512 s.v. κατά B.1.d has “of places viewed serially, distributive use w. acc.…κατ᾿ οἶκαν from house to house…Ac 2:46b; 5:42…Likew. the pl.…κ. τὰς συναγωγάς 22:19.” See also L&N 37.114.

[23:1]  ³³ tn Grk “Paul, looking directly at the council, said.” The participle ἀτενίσας (atenisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:1]  ³⁴ tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[23:1]  ³⁵ tn BDAG 846 s.v. πολιτεύομαι 3 has “W. a double dat. συνειδήσει ἀγαθῇ πεπολίτευμαι τῷ θεῷ I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God Ac 23:1.”

[24:21]  ³⁷ tn BDAG 433 s.v. ἤ 2.c has “οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἤ nothing else than…Ac 17:21. τί…ἤ what other…than…24:21.”

[24:21]  ³⁸ tn Grk “one utterance.”

[24:21]  ³⁹ tn Cf. BDAG 327 s.v. ἐν 1.e, which has “before, in the presence of, etc.”

[24:21]  ⁴⁰ sn The resurrection of the dead. Paul’s point was, what crime was there in holding this religious belief?

[25:20]  ⁴¹ tn Or “Because I was undecided.” Grk “Being at a loss.” The participle ἀπορούμενος (aporoumeno") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[25:20]  ⁴² tn L&N 27.34 states, “ἀπορούμενος δὲ ἐγὼ τὴν περὶ τούτων ζήτησιν ‘I was undecided about how I could get information on these matters’ Ac 25:20. The clause ‘about how I could get information on these matters’ may also be rendered as ‘about how I should try to find out about these matters’ or ‘about how I could learn about these matters.’”

[25:20]  ⁴³ tn Or “stand trial.”

[25:20]  ⁴⁴ tn Grk “on these things.”

[25:25]  ⁴⁵ sn He had done nothing that deserved death. Festus’ opinion of Paul’s guilt is like Pilate’s of Jesus (Luke 23:4, 14, 22).

[25:25]  ⁴⁶ tn The participle ἐπικαλεσαμένου (epikalesamenou) has been taken temporally. It could also be translated as causal: “and because he appealed…”

[25:25]  ⁴⁷ tn A designation of the Roman emperor (in this case, Nero). BDAG 917 s.v. σεβαστός states, “ὁ Σεβαστός His Majesty the Emperor Ac 25:21, 25 (of Nero).”

[25:25]  ⁴⁸ tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.