Acts 9:11

9:11 Then the Lord told him, “Get up and go to the street called ‘Straight,’ ¹  and at Judas’ house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,

Acts 10:30

10:30 Cornelius ²  replied, ³  “Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock in the afternoon, ⁴  I was praying in my house, and suddenly ⁵  a man in shining clothing stood before me

Acts 11:5

11:5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, ⁶  an object something like a large sheet descending, ⁷  being let down from heaven ⁸  by its four corners, and it came to me.

Acts 21:5

21:5 When ⁹  our time was over, ¹⁰  we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied ¹¹  us outside of the city. After ¹²  kneeling down on the beach and praying, ¹³ 

Acts 28:8

28:8 The father ¹⁴  of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him ¹⁵  and after praying, placed ¹⁶  his hands on him and healed ¹⁷  him.

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¹ sn The noting of the detail of the locale, ironically called ‘Straight’ Street, shows how directive and specific the Lord was.

² tn Grk “And Cornelius.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

³ tn Grk “said.”

⁴ tn Grk “at the ninth hour.” Again, this is the hour of afternoon prayer.

⁵ tn Grk “and behold.” The interjection ἰδού (idou) is difficult at times to translate into English. Here it has been translated as “suddenly” to convey the force of Cornelius’ account of the angel’s appearance.

⁶ tn This term describes a supernatural vision and reflects a clear distinction from something imagined (BDAG 718 s.v. ὅραμα 1). Peter repeated the story virtually word for word through v. 13. The repetition with this degree of detail shows the event’s importance.

⁷ tn Or “coming down.”

⁸ tn Or “the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

⁹ tn Grk “It happened that when.” 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.

¹⁰ tn Grk “When our days were over.” L&N 67.71 has “ὅτε δὲ ἐγένετο ἡμᾶς ἐξαρτίσαι τὰς ἡμέρας ‘when we brought that time to an end’ or ‘when our time with them was over’ Ac 21:5.”

¹¹ tn Grk “accompanying.” Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation and the participle προπεμπόντων (propempontwn) translated as a finite verb.

¹² tn Grk “city, and after.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

¹³ sn On praying in Acts, see 1:14, 24; 2:47; 4:23; 6:6; 10:2; 12:5, 12; 13:3; 16:25.

¹⁴ 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.

¹⁵ 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.

¹⁶ tn The participle ἐπιθείς (epiqeis) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁷ sn And healed him. Here are healings like Luke 9:40; 10:30; 13:13; Acts 16:23.