Acts 4:17

4:17 But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more ¹  to anyone in this name.”

Acts 7:32

7:32 ‘I am the God of your forefathers, ²  the God of Abraham, Isaac, ³  and Jacob.’ ⁴  Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely. ⁵ 

Acts 23:20

23:20 He replied, ⁶  “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council ⁷  tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.

Acts 24:22

24:22 Then Felix, ⁸  who understood the facts ⁹  concerning the Way ¹⁰  more accurately, ¹¹  adjourned their hearing, ¹²  saying, “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.” ¹³ 

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¹ tn Or “speak no longer.”

² tn Or “ancestors”; Grk “fathers.”

³ tn Grk “and Isaac,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

⁴ sn A quotation from Exod 3:6. The phrase suggests the God of promise, the God of the nation.

⁵ tn Or “to investigate,” “to contemplate” (BDAG 522 s.v. κατανοέω 2).

⁶ tn Grk “He said.”

⁷ tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

⁸ sn See the note on Antonius Felix in 23:24.

⁹ tn Grk “the things.”

¹⁰ tn That is, concerning Christianity.

¹¹ tn BDAG 39 s.v. ἀκριβῶς has “Comp. ἀκριβέστερον more exactly…ἀ. ἐκτίθεσθαι explain more exactly Ac 18:26, cp. 23:15, 20; also more accurately…24:22.” Felix knew more about the Christian movement than what the Jewish leaders had told him.

¹² tn L&N 56.18 s.v. ἀναβάλλω has “to adjourn a court proceeding until a later time – ‘to adjourn a hearing, to stop a hearing and put it off until later.’…‘then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned their hearing’ Ac 24:22.”

¹³ tn BDAG 227 s.v. διαγινώσκω 2 states, “to make a judicial decision, decide/hear (a case)…τὰ καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς decide your case Ac 24:22.”