Acts 5:29

5:29 But Peter and the apostles replied, ¹  “We must obey ²  God rather than people. ³ 

Acts 9:6

9:6 But stand up ⁴  and enter the city and you will be told ⁵  what you must do.”

Acts 9:16

9:16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” ⁶ 

Acts 16:30

16:30 Then he brought them outside ⁷  and asked, “Sirs, what must ⁸  I do to be saved?”

Acts 19:36

19:36 So because these facts ⁹  are indisputable, ¹⁰  you must keep quiet ¹¹  and not do anything reckless. ¹² 

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¹ tn Grk “apostles answered and said.”

² sn Obey. See 4:19. This response has Jewish roots (Dan 3:16-18; 2 Macc 7:2; Josephus, Ant. 17.6.3 [17.159].

³ tn Here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).

⁴ tn Or “But arise.”

⁵ tn Literally a passive construction, “it will be told to you.” This has been converted to another form of passive construction in the translation.

⁶ tn Or “because of my name.” BDAG 1031 s.v. ὑπέρ 2 lists Acts 9:16 as an example of ὑπέρ (Juper) used to indicate “the moving cause or reason, because of, for the sake of, for.”

⁷ tn Grk “And bringing them outside, he asked.” The participle προαγαγών (proagagwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun by supplying the conjunction “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

⁸ tn The Greek term (δεῖ, dei) is used by Luke to represent divine necessity.

⁹ tn Grk “these things.”

¹⁰ tn The genitive absolute construction with the participle ὄντων (ontwn) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle. On the term translated “indisputable” see BDAG 68-69 s.v. ἀναντίρρητος which has “not to be contradicted, undeniable.”

¹¹ tn Grk “it is necessary that you be quiet.”

¹² tn L&N 88.98 has “pertaining to impetuous and reckless behavior – ‘reckless, impetuous.’…‘so then, you must calm down and not do anything reckless’ Ac 19:36.” The city secretary was asking that order be restored.