For several days 5 he was with the disciples in Damascus,
1 tn Grk “came upon all Egypt.”
2 tn Grk “and,” but logically causal.
3 sn Our. Stephen spoke of “our” ancestors (Grk “fathers”) in an inclusive sense throughout the speech until his rebuke in v. 51, where the nation does what “your” ancestors did, at which point an exclusive pronoun is used. This serves to emphasize the rebuke.
4 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
5 tn Grk “It happened that for several days.” 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.