Acts 2:43

2:43 Reverential awe ¹  came over everyone, ²  and many wonders and miraculous signs ³  came about by the apostles.

Acts 5:18

5:18 They ⁴  laid hands on ⁵  the apostles and put them in a public jail.

Acts 5:29

5:29 But Peter and the apostles replied, ⁶  “We must obey ⁷  God rather than people. ⁸ 

Acts 6:6

6:6 They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed ⁹  and placed ¹⁰  their hands on them.

Acts 15:6

15:6 Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate ¹¹  about this matter.

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¹ tn Or “Fear.”

² tn Grk “on every soul” (here “soul” is an idiom for the whole person).

³ tn In this context the miraculous nature of these signs is implied. Cf. BDAG 920 s.v. σημεῖον 2.a.

⁴ tn Grk “jealousy, and they.” In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but a new sentence has been started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Or “they arrested.”

⁶ tn Grk “apostles answered and said.”

⁷ sn Obey. See 4:19. This response has Jewish roots (Dan 3:16-18; 2 Macc 7:2; Josephus, Ant. 17.6.3 [17.159].

⁸ tn Here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).

⁹ tn Literally this is a participle in the Greek text (προσευξάμενοι, proseuxamenoi). It could be translated as a finite verb (“and they prayed and placed their hands on them”) but much smoother English results if the entire coordinate clause is converted to a relative clause that refers back to the apostles.

sn Who prayed. The prayer indicates their acceptance and commissioning for ministry (cf. Deut 34:9).

¹⁰ tn Or “laid.”

¹¹ tn The translation for ἰδεῖν (idein) in this verse is given by BDAG 279-80 s.v. εἶδον 3 as “deliberate concerning this matter.” A contemporary idiom would be to “look into” a matter.