Luke 17:16

Context
17:16 He¹ fell with his face to the ground² at Jesus’ feet and thanked him.³ (Now⁴ he was a Samaritan.)⁵

Acts 10:25

Context
10:25 So when⁶ Peter came in, Cornelius met⁷ him, fell⁸ at his feet, and worshiped⁹ him.

Acts 14:13

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14:13 The priest of the temple¹⁰ of Zeus,¹¹ located just outside the city, brought bulls¹² and garlands¹³ to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.¹⁴

Acts 28:6

Context
28:6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up¹⁵ or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited¹⁶ a long time and had seen¹⁷ nothing unusual happen¹⁸ to him, they changed their minds¹⁹ and said he was a god.²⁰

Revelation 11:16

Context

11:16 Then²¹ the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground²² and worshiped God

Revelation 19:10

Context
19:10 So²³ I threw myself down²⁴ at his feet to worship him, but²⁵ he said, “Do not do this!²⁶ I am only²⁷ a fellow servant²⁸ with you and your brothers²⁹ who hold to the testimony about³⁰ Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Revelation 22:8

Context

22:8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things,³¹ and when I heard and saw them,³² I threw myself down³³ to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me.

[17:16] ¹tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:16] ²tn Grk “he fell on his face” (an idiom for complete prostration).

[17:16] ³sn And thanked him. This action recognized God’s healing work through Jesus.

[17:16] ⁴tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of a parenthetical comment.

[17:16] ⁵sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The comment that the man was a Samaritan means that to most Jews of Jesus’ day he would have been despised as a half-breed and a heretic. The note adds a touch of irony to the account (v. 18).

[10:25] ⁶tn Grk “So it happened that when.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[10:25] ⁷tn Grk “meeting him.” The participle συναντήσας (sunanthsa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[10:25] ⁸tn Grk “falling at his feet, worshiped.” The participle πεσών (peswn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[10:25] ⁹sn When Cornelius worshiped Peter, it showed his piety and his respect for Peter, but it was an act based on ignorance, as Peter’s remark in v. 26 indicates.

[14:13] ¹⁰tn 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] ¹¹sn See the note on Zeus in the previous verse.

[14:13] ¹²tn Or “oxen.”

[14:13] ¹³tn Or “wreaths.”

[14:13] ¹⁴tn 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.

[28:6] ¹⁵tn Or “going to burn with fever.” According to BDAG 814 s.v. πίμπρημι, either meaning (“swell up” or “burn with fever”) is possible for Acts 28:6.

[28:6] ¹⁶tn The participle προσδοκώντων (prosdokwntwn) has been taken temporally.

[28:6] ¹⁷tn The participle θεωρούντων (qewrountwn) has been taken temporally.

[28:6] ¹⁸tn Grk “happening.” The participle γινόμενον (ginomenon) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[28:6] ¹⁹tn Grk “changing their minds.” The participle μεταβαλόμενοι (metabalomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[28:6] ²⁰sn And said he was a god. The reaction is like Acts 14:11-19 where the crowd wanted to make Paul and Barnabas into gods. The providence of God had protected Paul again.

[11:16] ²¹tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[11:16] ²²tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[19:10] ²³tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s announcement.

[19:10] ²⁴tn Grk “I fell down at his feet.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[19:10] ²⁵tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[19:10] ²⁶tn On the elliptical expression ὅρα μή (Jora mh) BDAG 720 s.v. ὁράω B.2 states: “Elliptically…ὅρα μή (sc. ποιήσῃς) watch out! don’t do that! Rv 19:10; 22:9.”

[19:10] ²⁷tn The lowliness of a slave is emphasized in the Greek text with the emphatic position of σύνδουλος (sundoulo"). The use of “only” helps to bring this nuance out in English.

[19:10] ²⁸tn Grk “fellow slave.” See the note on the word “servants” in v. 2.

[19:10] ²⁹tn The Greek term “brother” literally refers to family relationships, but here it is used in a broader sense to connote familial relationships within the family of God (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a).

[19:10] ³⁰tn The genitive ᾿Ιησοῦ (Ihsou) has been translated as an objective genitive here. A subjective genitive, also possible, would produce the meaning “who hold to what Jesus testifies.”

[22:8] ³¹tn Or “I am John, the one who heard and saw these things.”

[22:8] ³²tn The pronoun “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[22:8] ³³tn Grk “I fell down and worshiped at the feet.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”