Acts 8:19

8:19 saying, “Give me this power ¹  too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 10:26

10:26 But Peter helped him up, ²  saying, “Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.” ³ 

Acts 13:35

13:35 Therefore he also says in another psalm, ⁴  ‘You will not permit your Holy One ⁵  to experience ⁶  decay.’ ⁷ 

[8:19]  ¹ tn Or “ability”; Grk “authority.”

[10:26]  ² tn BDAG 271 s.v. ἐγείρω 3 has “raise, help to rise….Stretched out Ac 10:26.”

[10:26]  ³ tn Although it is certainly true that Peter was a “man,” here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") has been translated as “mere mortal” because the emphasis in context is not on Peter’s maleness, but his humanity. Contrary to what Cornelius thought, Peter was not a god or an angelic being, but a mere mortal.

[13:35]  ³ tn Grk “Therefore he also says in another”; the word “psalm” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

[13:35]  ⁴ tn The Greek word translated “Holy One” here (ὅσιόν, {osion) is related to the use of ὅσια (Josia) in v. 34. The link is a wordplay. The Holy One, who does not die, brings the faithful holy blessings of promise to the people.

[13:35]  ⁵ tn Grk “to see,” but the literal translation of the phrase “to see decay” could be misunderstood to mean simply “to look at decay,” while here “see decay” is really figurative for “experience decay.”

[13:35]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Ps 16:10.