Acts 2:17

2:17 ‘And in the last days ¹  it will be,’ God says,

‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, ² 

and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

and your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

Acts 4:10

4:10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ ³  the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy.

Acts 13:46

13:46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, ⁴  “It was necessary to speak the word of God ⁵  to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy ⁶  of eternal life, we ⁷  are turning to the Gentiles. ⁸ 

Acts 28:23

28:23 They set ⁹  a day to meet with him, ¹⁰  and they came to him where he was staying ¹¹  in even greater numbers. ¹²  From morning until evening he explained things ¹³  to them, ¹⁴  testifying ¹⁵  about the kingdom of God ¹⁶  and trying to convince ¹⁷  them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.

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¹ sn The phrase in the last days is not quoted from Joel, but represents Peter’s interpretive explanation of the current events as falling “in the last days.”

² tn Grk “on all flesh.”

³ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

⁴ tn Grk “Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out courageously and said.” The redundancy is removed in the translation and the verb “replied” is used in keeping with the logical sequence of events. The theme of boldness reappears: Acts 4:24-30; 9:27-28.

⁵ tn Grk “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken.” For smoothness and simplicity of English style, the passive construction has been converted to active voice in the translation.

⁶ tn Or “and consider yourselves unworthy.”

⁷ tn Grk “behold, we.” In this context ἰδού (idou) is not easily translated into English.

⁸ sn This turning to the Gentiles would be a shocking rebuke to 1st century Jews who thought they alone were the recipients of the promise.

⁹ tn Grk “Having set.” The participle ταξάμενοι (taxamenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁰ tn Grk “Having set a day with him”; the words “to meet” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

¹¹ tn Or “came to him in his rented quarters.”

¹² tn BDAG 848 s.v. πολύς 1.b.β.ב states, “(even) more πλείονες in even greater numbers Ac 28:23.”

¹³ tn The word “things” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

¹⁴ tn Grk “to whom he explained.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“whom”) has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) and a new sentence begun at this point in the translation.

¹⁵ tn BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 1 has “to make a solemn declaration about the truth of someth. testify of, bear witness to (orig. under oath)…God’s kingdom 28:23.”

¹⁶ sn Testifying about the kingdom of God. The topic is important. Paul’s preaching was about the rule of God and his promise in Jesus. Paul’s text was the Jewish scriptures.

¹⁷ tn Or “persuade.”