Acts 8:2

8:2 Some ¹  devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation ²  over him. ³ 

Acts 6:8

Stephen is Arrested

6:8 Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs ⁴  among the people.

Acts 7:59

7:59 They ⁵  continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

Acts 6:9

6:9 But some men from the Synagogue ⁶  of the Freedmen (as it was called), ⁷  both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, ⁸  stood up and argued with Stephen.

Acts 6:5

6:5 The ⁹  proposal pleased the entire group, so ¹⁰  they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with ¹¹  Philip, ¹²  Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism ¹³  from Antioch. ¹⁴ 

Acts 11:19

Activity in the Church at Antioch

11:19 Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen ¹⁵  went as far as ¹⁶  Phoenicia, ¹⁷  Cyprus, ¹⁸  and Antioch, ¹⁹  speaking the message ²⁰  to no one but Jews.

Acts 22:20

22:20 And when the blood of your witness ²¹  Stephen was shed, ²²  I myself was standing nearby, approving, ²³  and guarding the cloaks ²⁴  of those who were killing him.’ ²⁵ 

[8:2]  ¹ tn “Some” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[8:2]  ² sn Made loud lamentation. For someone who was stoned to death, lamentation was normally not allowed (m. Sanhedrin 6:6). The remark points to an unjust death.

[8:2]  ³ tn Or “mourned greatly for him.”

[6:8]  ⁴ tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context. Here the work of miracles extends beyond the Twelve for the first time.

[7:59]  ⁷ tn Grk “And they.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences, καί (kai) has not been translated here; a new sentence is begun instead.

[6:9]  ¹⁰ sn A synagogue was a place for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership (cf. Luke 8:41). Though the origin of the synagogue is not entirely clear, it seems to have arisen in the postexilic community during the intertestamental period. A town could establish a synagogue if there were at least ten men. In normative Judaism of the NT period, the OT scripture was read and discussed in the synagogue by the men who were present (see the Mishnah, m. Megillah 3-4; m. Berakhot 2).

[6:9]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the so-called Synagogue of the Freedmen.” The translation of the participle λεγομένης (legomenh") by the phrase “as it was called” is given by L&N 87.86. “Freedmen” would be slaves who had gained their freedom, or the descendants of such people (BDAG 594-95 s.v. Λιβερτῖνος).

[6:9]  ¹² tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.

[6:5]  ¹³ tn Grk “And the.” 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.

[6:5]  ¹⁴ tn The translation “so” has been used to indicate the logical sequence in English.

[6:5]  ¹⁵ tn “With” is smoother English style for an addition like this. Because of differences between Greek and English style, καί (kai), which occurs between each name in the list, has not been translated except preceding the last element.

[6:5]  ¹⁶ sn Philip. Note how many of the names in this list are Greek. This suggests that Hellenists were chosen to solve the problem they had been so sensitive about fixing (cf. 6:1).

[6:5]  ¹⁷ tn Or “a proselyte.”

[6:5]  ¹⁸ map For location see JP1 F2; JP2 F2; JP3 F2; JP4 F2.

[11:19]  ¹⁶ sn The phrase over Stephen means in connection with Stephen’s death. See Acts 8:1b-3.

[11:19]  ¹⁷ tn Or “finally reached.” The translations “went as far as” and “finally reached” for διῆλθον (dihlqon) in this verse are given in L&N 15.17.

[11:19]  ¹⁸ sn Phoenicia was an area along the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine.

[11:19]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “and Cyprus,” 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.

[11:19]  ²⁰ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). This was probably the third largest city in the Greco-Roman world (Alexandria in Egypt was the second largest, and Rome the largest) and was the seat of government in Syria. Five miles away was a major temple to Artemis, Apollo, and Astarte, major pagan deities.

[11:19]  ²¹ tn Grk “word.”

[22:20]  ¹⁹ sn Now Paul referred to Stephen as your witness, and he himself had also become a witness. The reversal was now complete; the opponent had now become a proponent.

[22:20]  ²⁰ sn When the blood of your witness Stephen was shed means “when your witness Stephen was murdered.”

[22:20]  ²¹ tn Grk “and approving.” This 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.

[22:20]  ²² tn Or “outer garments.”

[22:20]  ²³ tn Or “who were putting him to death.” For the translation of ἀναιρούντων (anairountwn) as “putting to death” see BDAG 64 s.v. ἀναιρέω 2.