Acts 3:10

3:10 and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations ¹  at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement ²  at what had happened to him.

Acts 4:21

4:21 After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising ³  God for what had happened.

Acts 7:40

7:40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go in front of us, for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt ⁴  – we do not know what has happened to him!’ ⁵ 

Acts 14:1

Paul and Barnabas at Iconium

14:1 The same thing happened in Iconium ⁶  when Paul and Barnabas ⁷  went into the Jewish synagogue ⁸  and spoke in such a way that a large group ⁹  of both Jews and Greeks believed.

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¹ tn Grk “alms,” but this term is not in common use today, so the closest modern equivalent, “donations,” is used instead. The idea is that of a donation to charity.

² sn Amazement is a frequent response to miracles of Jesus or the apostles. These took the ancients by as much surprise as they would people today. But in terms of response to what God is doing, amazement does not equal faith (Luke 4:36; 5:9, 26; 7:16).

³ tn Or “glorifying.”

⁴ tn Or simply “of Egypt.” The phrase “the land of” could be omitted as unnecessary or redundant.

⁵ sn A quotation from Exod 32:1, 23. Doubt (we do not know what has happened to him) expresses itself in unfaithful action. The act is in contrast to God’s promise in Exod 23:20.

⁶ sn Iconium. See the note in 13:51.

⁷ tn Grk “they”; the referents (Paul and Barnabas) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

⁹ tn Or “that a large crowd.”