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 1  God for what had happened.

Acts 10:23

10:23 So Peter 2  invited them in and entertained them as guests.

On the next day he got up and set out 3  with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa 4  accompanied him.

Acts 19:16

19:16 Then the man who was possessed by 5  the evil spirit jumped on 6  them and beat them all into submission. 7  He prevailed 8  against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.

1 tn Or “glorifying.”

2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

sn When Peter entertained them as guests, he performed a culturally significant act denoting acceptance.

3 tn Or “went forth.”

4 sn Some of the brothers from Joppa. As v. 45 makes clear, there were Jewish Christians in this group of witnesses.

5 tn Grk “in whom the evil spirit was.”

6 tn Grk “the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them.” The participle ἐφαλόμενος (efalomeno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. L&N 15.239 has “ἐφαλόμενος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς ‘the man jumped on them’ Ac 19:16.”

7 tn Grk “and beating them all into submission.” The participle κατακυριεύσας (katakurieusa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. According to W. Foerster, TDNT 3:1098, the word means “the exercise of dominion against someone, i.e., to one’s own advantage.” These exorcists were shown to be powerless in comparison to Jesus who was working through Paul.

8 tn BDAG 484 s.v. ἰσχύω 3 has “win out, prevail…κατά τινος over, against someone Ac 19:16.”