Luke 6:45

6:45 The good person out of the good treasury of his ¹  heart ²  produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury ³  produces evil, for his mouth speaks ⁴  from what fills ⁵  his heart.

Psalms 17:14

17:14 Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, ⁶ 

from the murderers of this world! ⁷ 

They enjoy prosperity; ⁸ 

you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. ⁹ 

They have many children,

and leave their wealth to their offspring. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, ¹¹  and they sit in front of you as ¹²  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ¹³  them. For they talk lustfully, ¹⁴  and their heart is set on ¹⁵  their own advantage. ¹⁶ 

Acts 8:18-19

8:18 Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit ¹⁷  was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, offered them money, 8:19 saying, “Give me this power ¹⁸  too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 8:1

8:1 And Saul agreed completely with killing ¹⁹  him.

Saul Begins to Persecute the Church

Now on that day a great ²⁰  persecution began ²¹  against the church in Jerusalem, ²²  and all ²³  except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions ²⁴  of Judea and Samaria.

Acts 6:5

6:5 The ²⁵  proposal pleased the entire group, so ²⁶  they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with ²⁷  Philip, ²⁸  Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism ²⁹  from Antioch. ³⁰ 

[6:45]  ¹ tn Grk “the”; the Greek article has been translated here and in the following clause (“out of the evil”) as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[6:45]  ² sn Mention of the heart shows that Jesus is not interested in what is done, but why. Motives are more important than actions for him.

[6:45]  ³ tn The word “treasury” is not repeated in the Greek text at this point, but is implied.

[6:45]  ⁴ sn What one utters from one’s mouth is especially singled out as the example of this principle. James seems to have known this teaching (Jas 1:26; 3:1-12).

[6:45]  ⁵ tn Grk “for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”

[17:14]  ⁶ tc Heb “from men [by] your hand, Lord.” The translation assumes an emendation (both here and in the following line) of מִמְתִים (mimtim, “from men”) to מִמְמִתִים (mimmitim, “from those who kill”). For other uses of the plural form of the Hiphil participle of מוּת (mut, “die”), see 2 Kgs 17:26 (used with lions as subject), Job 33:22 (apparently referring to the agents of death), and Jer 26:15 (used of those seeking Jeremiah’s life).

[17:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “from men, from [the] world.” On the emendation of “men” to “murderers,” see the preceding note on the word “murderers.”

[17:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “their portion, in life.”

[17:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “and [with] your treasures you fill their belly.”

[17:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they are satisfied [with] sons and leave their abundance to their children.”

[33:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

[33:31]  ¹² tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

[33:31]  ¹³ tn Heb “do.”

[33:31]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

[33:31]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “goes after.”

[33:31]  ¹⁶ tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.

[8:18]  ¹⁷ tc Most witnesses (Ì^45,74 A* C D E Ψ 33 1739 Ï latt sy bo) here read “the Holy Spirit” (τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, to pneuma to {agion), while a few key mss have simply τὸ πνεῦμα (א A^c B sa mae). Although it is possible that some scribes omitted τὸ ἅγιον because of its perceived superfluity (note vv. 15, 17, 19), it is far more likely that others added the adjective out of pious motives.

[8:19]  ¹⁸ tn Or “ability”; Grk “authority.”

[8:1]  ¹⁹ tn The term ἀναίρεσις (anairesi") can refer to murder (BDAG 64 s.v.; 2 Macc 5:13; Josephus, Ant. 5.2.12 [5.165]).

[8:1]  ²⁰ tn Or “severe.”

[8:1]  ²¹ tn Grk “Now there happened on that day a great persecution.” It is less awkward to say in English “Now on that day a great persecution began.”

[8:1]  ²² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ²³ sn All. Given that the Jerusalem church is still active after this and that the Hellenists are the focus of Acts 6-8, it is possible to argue that only the Hellenistic Christians were forced to scatter.

[8:1]  ²⁴ tn Or “countryside.”

[6:5]  ²⁵ 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]  ²⁶ tn The translation “so” has been used to indicate the logical sequence in English.

[6:5]  ²⁷ 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]  ²⁸ 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]  ²⁹ tn Or “a proselyte.”

[6:5]  ³⁰ map For location see JP1 F2; JP2 F2; JP3 F2; JP4 F2.