Acts 5:42

5:42 And every day both in the temple courts ¹  and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news ²  that Jesus was the Christ. ³ 

Acts 8:40

8:40 Philip, however, found himself ⁴  at Azotus, ⁵  and as he passed through the area, ⁶  he proclaimed the good news ⁷  to all the towns ⁸  until he came to Caesarea. ⁹ 

Acts 10:36

10:36 You know ¹⁰  the message ¹¹  he sent to the people ¹²  of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace ¹³  through ¹⁴  Jesus Christ ¹⁵  (he is Lord ¹⁶  of all) –

Acts 14:21

Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria

14:21 After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, ¹⁷  to Iconium, ¹⁸  and to Antioch. ¹⁹ 

Acts 16:10

16:10 After Paul ²⁰  saw the vision, we attempted ²¹  immediately to go over to Macedonia, ²²  concluding that God had called ²³  us to proclaim the good news to them.

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¹ tn Grk “temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper and has been translated accordingly.

² tn Grk “teaching and evangelizing.” They were still obeying God, not men (see 4:18-20; 5:29).

³ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

sn See the note on Christ in 2:31.

⁴ tn Or “appeared.”

⁵ sn Azotus was a city on the coast of southern Palestine, known as Ashdod in OT times.

⁶ tn The words “the area” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

⁷ tn Or “he preached the gospel.”

⁸ tn Or “cities.”

⁹ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.

map For location see Map2-C1; Map4-B3; Map5-F2; Map7-A1; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁰ tn The subject and verb (“you know”) do not actually occur until the following verse, but have been repeated here because of the requirements of English word order.

¹¹ tn Grk “the word.”

¹² tn Grk “to the sons.”

¹³ sn Peace is a key OT concept: Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15; also for Luke: Luke 1:79; 2:14; Acts 9:31. See also the similar phrase in Eph 2:17.

¹⁴ tn Or “by.”

¹⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

¹⁶ sn He is Lord of all. Though a parenthetical remark, this is the theological key to the speech. Jesus is Lord of all, so the gospel can go to all. The rest of the speech proclaims Jesus’ authority.

¹⁷ sn Lystra was a city in Lycaonia about 35 mi (60 km) northwest of Derbe.

map For location see JP1-E2; JP2-E2; JP3-E2.

¹⁸ sn Iconium was a city in Lycaonia about 18 mi (30 km) north of Lystra.

¹⁹ sn Antioch was a city in Pisidia about 90 mi (145 km) west northwest of Lystra.

map For location see JP1-E2; JP2-E2; JP3-E2; JP4-E2.

²⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²¹ tn Grk “sought.”

²² sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

²³ tn Or “summoned.”