Acts 5:37

5:37 After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, ¹  and incited people to follow him in revolt. ²  He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.

Acts 7:10

7:10 and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made ³  him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

Acts 13:22

13:22 After removing him, God ⁴  raised up ⁵  David their king. He testified about him: ⁶  ‘I have found David ⁷  the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, ⁸  who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’ ⁹ 

Acts 16:3

16:3 Paul wanted Timothy ¹⁰  to accompany him, and he took ¹¹  him and circumcised ¹²  him because of the Jews who were in those places, ¹³  for they all knew that his father was Greek. ¹⁴ 

Acts 18:26

18:26 He began to speak out fearlessly ¹⁵  in the synagogue, ¹⁶  but when Priscilla and Aquila ¹⁷  heard him, they took him aside ¹⁸  and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

Acts 22:29

22:29 Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away ¹⁹  from him, and the commanding officer ²⁰  was frightened when he realized that Paul ²¹  was ²²  a Roman citizen ²³  and that he had had him tied up. ²⁴ 

Acts 28:8

28:8 The father ²⁵  of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him ²⁶  and after praying, placed ²⁷  his hands on him and healed ²⁸  him.

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¹ tn Or “registration.”

² tn The verb ἀφίστημι (afisthmi) as a transitive means “cause to revolt” as used in Josephus, Ant. 8.7.5 (8.198), 20.5.2 (20.102); see BDAG 157 s.v. 1.

³ tn Or “appointed.” See Gen 41:41-43.

⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ sn The expression raised up refers here to making someone king. There is a wordplay here: “raising up” refers to bringing someone onto the scene of history, but it echoes with the parallel to Jesus’ resurrection.

⁶ tn Grk “about whom.” The relative pronoun (“whom”) was replaced by the pronoun “him” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek. The verb εἶπεν (eipen) has not been translated (literally “he said testifying”) because it is redundant when combined with the participle μαρτυρήσας (marturhsa", “testifying”). Instead the construction of verb plus participle has been translated as a single English verb (“testified”).

⁷ sn A quotation from Ps 89:20.

⁸ sn A quotation from 1 Sam 13:14.

⁹ tn Or “who will perform all my will,” “who will carry out all my wishes.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “this one”; the referent (Timothy) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Grk “and taking him he circumcised him.” The participle λαβών (labwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Paul’s cultural sensitivity showed in his action here. He did not want Timothy’s lack of circumcision to become an issue (1 Cor 9:15-23).

¹² tn The verb περιέτεμεν (perietemen) here may be understood as causative (cf. ExSyn 411-12) if Paul did not personally perform the circumcision.

¹³ tn Or “who lived in the area.”

¹⁴ tn The anarthrous predicate nominative has been translated as qualitative (“Greek”) rather than indefinite (“a Greek”).

sn His father was Greek. Under Jewish law at least as early as the 2nd century, a person was considered Jewish if his or her mother was Jewish. It is not certain whether such a law was in effect in the 1st century, but even if it was, Timothy would not have been accepted as fully Jewish because he was not circumcised.

¹⁵ tn Or “boldly.” This is a frequent term in Acts (9:27-28; 13:46; 14:3; 19:8; 26:26).

¹⁶ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

¹⁷ sn Priscilla and Aquila. This key couple, of which Priscilla was an important enough figure to be mentioned by name, instructed Apollos about the most recent work of God. See also the note on Aquila in 18:2.

¹⁸ tn BDAG 883 s.v. προσλαμβάνω 3 has “take aside, mid. τινά someone…So prob. also Ac 18:26: Priscilla and Aquila take Apollos aside to teach him undisturbed.”

¹⁹ tn BDAG 158 s.v. ἀφίστημι 2.b has “keep away…ἀπό τινος… Lk 4:13; Ac 5:38; 2 Cor 12:8…cp. Ac 22:29.” In context, the point would seem to be not that the interrogators departed or withdrew, but that they held back from continuing the flogging.

²⁰ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 24.

²¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²² tn This is a present tense (ἐστιν, estin) retained in indirect discourse. It must be translated as a past tense in contemporary English.

²³ tn The word “citizen” is supplied here for emphasis and clarity.

²⁴ sn Had him tied up. Perhaps a reference to the chains in Acts 21:33, or the preparations for the lashing in Acts 22:25. A trial would now be needed to resolve the matter. The Roman authorities’ hesitation to render a judgment in the case occurs repeatedly: Acts 22:30; 23:28-29; 24:22; 25:20, 26-27. The legal process begun here would take the rest of Acts and will be unresolved at the end. The process itself took four years of Paul’s life.

²⁵ tn Grk “It happened that the father.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

²⁶ tn Grk “to whom Paul going in.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“whom”) was replaced by a personal pronoun (“him”) and a new sentence begun here in the translation. The participle εἰσελθών (eiselqwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

²⁷ tn The participle ἐπιθείς (epiqeis) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

²⁸ sn And healed him. Here are healings like Luke 9:40; 10:30; 13:13; Acts 16:23.