Acts 1:13

1:13 When ¹  they had entered Jerusalem, ²  they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter ³  and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there. ⁴ 

Acts 5:21

5:21 When they heard this, they entered the temple courts ⁵  at daybreak and began teaching. ⁶ 

Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin ⁷  – that is, the whole high council ⁸  of the Israelites ⁹  – and sent to the jail to have the apostles ¹⁰  brought before them. ¹¹ 

Acts 12:10

12:10 After they had passed the first and second guards, ¹²  they came to the iron ¹³  gate leading into the city. It ¹⁴  opened for them by itself, ¹⁵  and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, ¹⁶  when at once the angel left him.

Acts 23:21

23:21 So do not let them persuade you to do this, ¹⁷  because more than forty of them ¹⁸  are lying in ambush ¹⁹  for him. They ²⁰  have bound themselves with an oath ²¹  not to eat or drink anything ²²  until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request.” ²³ 

Acts 28:6

28:6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up ²⁴  or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited ²⁵  a long time and had seen ²⁶  nothing unusual happen ²⁷  to him, they changed their minds ²⁸  and said he was a god. ²⁹ 

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¹ tn Grk “And when.” 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.

² tn The word “Jerusalem” is not in the Greek text but is implied (direct objects were often omitted when clear from the context).

³ sn In the various lists of the twelve, Peter (also called Simon) is always mentioned first (see also Matt 10:1-4; Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:13-16) and the first four are always the same, though not in the same order after Peter.

⁴ tn The words “were there” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

⁵ tn Grk “the temple.” See the note on the same phrase in the preceding verse.

⁶ tn The imperfect verb ἐδίδασκον (edidaskon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

⁷ tn Or “the council” (the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

⁸ tn A hendiadys (two different terms referring to a single thing) is likely here (a reference to a single legislative body rather than two separate ones) because the term γερουσίαν (gerousian) is used in both 1 Macc 12:6 and Josephus, Ant. 13.5.8 (13.166) to refer to the Sanhedrin.

⁹ tn Grk “sons of Israel.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “have them”; the referent (the apostles) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn The words “before them” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

¹² tn Or perhaps, “guard posts.”

¹³ sn The iron gate shows how important security was here. This door was more secure than one made of wood (which would be usual).

¹⁴ tn Grk “which.” The relative pronoun (“which”) was replaced by the pronoun “it,” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.

¹⁵ tn The Greek term here, αὐτομάτη (automath), indicates something that happens without visible cause (BDAG 152 s.v. αὐτόματος).

¹⁶ tn Or “lane,” “alley” (BDAG 907 s.v. ῥύμη).

¹⁷ tn Grk “do not be persuaded by them.” The passive construction μὴ πεισθῇς αὐτοῖς (mh peisqh" autoi") has been converted to an active construction in the translation, and the phrase “to do this” supplied to indicate more clearly the object of their persuasion.

¹⁸ tn Grk “forty men of them.” In the expression ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες (ex autwn andre") “men” is somewhat redundant and has not been included in the English translation.

¹⁹ tn Grk “are lying in wait for him” (BDAG 334 s.v. ἐνεδρεύω); see also v. 16.

²⁰ tn Grk “for him, who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“who”) was translated by the third person plural pronoun (“they”) and a new sentence begun in the translation.

²¹ tn Or “bound themselves under a curse.” BDAG 63 s.v. ἀναθεματίζω 1 has “trans. put under a curse τινά someone… ἀ. ἑαυτόν vss. 12, 21, 13 v.l.”

²² tn The word “anything” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

²³ tn Grk “waiting for your approval,” “waiting for your agreement.” Since it would be possible to misunderstand the literal translation “waiting for your approval” to mean that the Jews were waiting for the commander’s approval to carry out their plot or to kill Paul (as if he were to be an accomplice to their plot), the object of the commander’s approval (their request to bring Paul to the council) has been specified in the translation as “their request.”

²⁴ tn 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.

²⁵ tn The participle προσδοκώντων (prosdokwntwn) has been taken temporally.

²⁶ tn The participle θεωρούντων (qewrountwn) has been taken temporally.

²⁷ tn Grk “happening.” The participle γινόμενον (ginomenon) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

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

²⁹ sn 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.