Acts 4:25

4:25 who said by the Holy Spirit through ¹  your servant David our forefather, ² 

‘Why do the nations ³  rage, ⁴ 

and the peoples plot foolish ⁵  things?

Acts 7:26

7:26 The next day Moses ⁶  saw two men ⁷  fighting, and tried to make peace between ⁸  them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?’

Acts 10:21

10:21 So Peter went down ⁹  to the men and said, “Here I am, ¹⁰  the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

Acts 19:32

19:32 So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together. ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).

² tn Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”

³ tn Or “Gentiles.”

⁴ sn The Greek word translated rage includes not only anger but opposition, both verbal and nonverbal. See L&N 88.185.

⁵ tn Or “futile”; traditionally, “vain.”

⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “saw them”; the context makes clear that two individuals were involved (v. 27).

⁸ tn Or “tried to reconcile” (BDAG 964-65 s.v. συναλλάσσω).

⁹ tn Grk “Peter going down to the men, said.” The participle καταβάς (katabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁰ tn Grk “Behold, it is I whom you seek,” or “Behold, I am the one you seek.” “Here I am” is used to translate ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι (idou egw eimi).

¹¹ tn Or “had assembled.”