Discovery Box| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 7:8) |
3 sn God gave…the covenant. Note how the covenant of promise came before Abraham’s entry into the land and before the building of the temple. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 7:9) |
3 tn Though the Greek term here is καί (kai), in context this remark is clearly contrastive: Despite the malicious act, God was present and protected Joseph. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 7:39) |
3 sn To obey. Again the theme of the speech is noted. The nation disobeyed the way of God and opted for Egypt over the promised land. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 7:45) |
3 sn Before our ancestors. Stephen has backtracked here to point out how faithful God had been before the constant move to idolatry just noted. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 7:48) |
1 sn The title the Most High points to God’s majesty (Heb 7:1; Luke 1:32, 35; Acts 16:7). |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 8:12) |
1 sn The kingdom of God is also what Jesus preached: Acts 1:3. The term reappears in 14:22; 19:8; 28:23, 31. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 8:20) |
1 tn Grk “May your silver together with you be sent into destruction.” This is a strong curse. The gifts of God are sovereignly bestowed and cannot be purchased. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 8:33) |
3 sn The rhetorical question suggests the insensitivity of this generation for its act against God’s servant, who was slain unjustly as he was silent. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 9:20) |
2 sn This is the only use of the title Son of God in Acts. The book prefers to allow a variety of descriptions to present Jesus. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 9:23) |
1 sn Fitting the pattern emphasized earlier with Stephen and his speech in Acts 7, some Jews plotted to kill God’s messenger (cf. Luke 11:53-54). |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 10:15) |
3 sn For the significance of this vision see Mark 7:14-23; Rom 14:14; Eph 2:11-22. God directed this change in practice. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 10:17) |
3 sn As Peter puzzled over the meaning of the vision, the messengers from Cornelius approached the gate. God’s direction here had a sense of explanatory timing. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 10:28) |
6 sn God has shown me…unclean. Peter sees the significance of his vision as not about food, but about open fellowship between Jewish Christians and Gentiles. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 10:42) |
5 tn Or “designated.” BDAG 723 s.v. ὁρίζω 2.b has “the one appointed by God as judge” for this phrase. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 11:17) |
5 tn Or “prevent,” “forbid” (BDAG 580 s.v. κωλύω 1.a). Peter’s point is that he will not stand in the way of God. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 13:7) |
4 sn The proconsul…wanted to hear the word of God. This description of Sergius Paulus portrays him as a sensitive, secular Gentile leader. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 14:27) |
2 sn Note that God is the subject of the activity. The outcome of this mission is seen as a confirmation of the mission to the Gentiles. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 15:5) |
2 sn The Greek word used here (δεῖ, dei) is a strong term that expresses divine necessity. The claim is that God commanded the circumcision of Gentiles. |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 15:14) |
3 tn BDAG 378 s.v. ἐπισκέπτομαι 3 translates this phrase in Acts 15:14, “God concerned himself about winning a people fr. among the nations.” |
| (0.50351098039216) | (Act 15:18) |
1 sn Who makes these things known. The remark emphasizes how God’s design of these things reaches back to the time he declared them. |
