Acts 2:29

2:29 “Brothers, ¹  I can speak confidently ²  to you about our forefather ³  David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

Acts 4:25

4:25 who said by the Holy Spirit through ⁴  your servant David our forefather, ⁵ 

‘Why do the nations ⁶  rage, ⁷ 

and the peoples plot foolish ⁸  things?

Acts 7:2

7:2 So he replied, ⁹  “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather ¹⁰  Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

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¹ tn Since this represents a continuation of the address beginning in v.14 and continued in v. 22, “brothers” has been used here rather than a generic expression like “brothers and sisters.”

² sn Peter’s certainty is based on well-known facts.

³ tn Or “about our noted ancestor,” “about the patriarch.”

⁴ tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).

⁵ tn Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”

⁶ tn Or “Gentiles.”

⁷ sn The Greek word translated rage includes not only anger but opposition, both verbal and nonverbal. See L&N 88.185.

⁸ tn Or “futile”; traditionally, “vain.”

⁹ tn Grk “said.”

¹⁰ tn Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”