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 4:31

4:31 When ³  they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, ⁴  and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak ⁵  the word of God ⁶  courageously. ⁷ 

Acts 5:3

5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled ⁸  your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of ⁹  the land?

Acts 5:28

5:28 saying, “We gave ¹⁰  you strict orders ¹¹  not to teach in this name. ¹²  Look, ¹³  you have filled Jerusalem ¹⁴  with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood ¹⁵  on us!”

Acts 19:29

19:29 The ¹⁶  city was filled with the uproar, ¹⁷  and the crowd ¹⁸  rushed to the theater ¹⁹  together, ²⁰  dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.

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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 Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

⁴ sn The place where they were assembled…was shaken. This signifies that God is in their midst. See Acts 16:26; Exod 19:18; Ps 114:7; Isa 6:4.

⁵ tn The imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect (“began to speak”). Logical sequencing suggests that their speaking began after they were filled with the Spirit. The prayer was answered immediately.

⁶ tn Or “speak God’s message.”

⁷ tn Or “with boldness.”

⁸ sn This is a good example of the Greek verb fill (πληρόω, plhrow) meaning “to exercise control over someone’s thought and action” (cf. Eph 5:18).

⁹ tn The words “from the sale of” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to clarify the meaning, since the phrase “proceeds from the land” could possibly be understood as crops rather than money from the sale.

¹⁰ tc ‡ The majority of mss, including a few important witnesses (א² D E [Ψ] 1739 Ï sy sa), have the negative particle οὐ (ou) here, effectively turning the high priest’s words into a question: “Did we not give you strict orders not to teach in this name?” But the earliest and most important mss, along with some others (Ì⁷⁴ א* A B 1175 lat bo), lack the particle, making this a strong statement rather than a question. Scribes may have been tempted to omit the particle to strengthen the contrast between official Judaism and the new faith, but the fact that v. 27 introduces the quotation with ἐπηρώτησεν (ephrwthsen, “he questioned”) may well have prompted scribes to add οὐ to convert the rebuke into a question. Further, that excellent witnesses affirm the shorter reading is sufficient ground for accepting it as most probably authentic. NA²⁷ includes the particle in brackets, indicating some doubt as to its authenticity.

¹¹ tn Grk “We commanded you with a commandment” (a Semitic idiom that is emphatic).

¹² sn The name (i.e., person) of Jesus is the constant issue of debate.

¹³ tn Grk “And behold.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

¹⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁵ sn To bring this man’s blood on us is an idiom meaning “you intend to make us guilty of this man’s death.”

¹⁶ tn Grk “And the.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

¹⁷ tn L&N 39.43 has “‘the uproar spread throughout the whole city’ (literally ‘the city was filled with uproar’) Ac 19:29.” BDAG 954 s.v. σύγχυσις has “confusion, tumult.”

¹⁸ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁹ sn To the theater. This location made the event a public spectacle. The Grand Theater in Ephesus (still standing today) stood facing down the main thoroughfare of the city toward the docks. It had a seating capacity of 25,000.

²⁰ tn Grk “to the theater with one accord.”