Acts 2:23

2:23 this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed 1  by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles. 2 

Acts 6:7

6:7 The word of God continued to spread, 3  the number of disciples in Jerusalem 4  increased greatly, and a large group 5  of priests became obedient to the faith.

Acts 15:10

15:10 So now why are you putting God to the test 6  by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke 7  that neither our ancestors 8  nor we have been able to bear?

1 tn Or “you killed.”

2 tn Grk “at the hands of lawless men.” At this point the term ἄνομος (anomo") refers to non-Jews who live outside the Jewish (Mosaic) law, rather than people who broke any or all laws including secular laws. Specifically it is a reference to the Roman soldiers who carried out Jesus’ crucifixion.

3 tn Grk “kept on spreading”; the verb has been translated as a progressive imperfect.

4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

5 tn Grk “a great multitude.”

sn A large group. Many Jews, even some religious leaders, were responding.

6 tn According to BDAG 793 s.v. πειράζω 2.c, “In Ac 15:10 the πειράζειν τὸν θεόν consists in the fact that after God’s will has been clearly made known through granting of the Spirit to the Gentiles (v. 8), some doubt and make trial to see whether God’s will really becomes operative.” All testing of God in Luke is negative: Luke 4:2; 11:16.

7 sn A yoke is a wooden bar or frame that joins two animals like oxen or horses so that they can pull a wagon, plow, etc. together. Here it is used figuratively of the restriction that some in the early church wanted to place on Gentile converts to Christianity of observing the law of Moses and having males circumcised. The yoke is a decidedly negative image: Matt 23:4, but cf. Matt 11:29-30.

8 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”