Acts 9:17

9:17 So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed¹ his hands on Saul² and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here,³ has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”⁴

Acts 12:17

12:17 He motioned to them⁵ with his hand to be quiet and then related⁶ how the Lord had brought⁷ him out of the prison. He said, “Tell James and the brothers these things,” and then he left and went to another place.⁸

Acts 16:18

16:18 She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed,⁹ and turned¹⁰ and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ¹¹ to come out of her!” And it came out of her at once.¹²

Acts 16:37

16:37 But Paul said to the police officers,¹³ “They had us beaten in public¹⁴ without a proper trial¹⁵ – even though we are Roman citizens¹⁶ – and they threw us¹⁷ in prison. And now they want to send us away¹⁸ secretly? Absolutely not! They¹⁹ themselves must come and escort us out!”²⁰

Acts 19:35

19:35 After the city secretary²¹ quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what person²² is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper²³ of the temple of the great Artemis²⁴ and of her image that fell from heaven?²⁵

Acts 21:11

21:11 He came²⁶ to us, took²⁷ Paul’s belt,²⁸ tied²⁹ his own hands and feet with it,³⁰ and said, “The Holy Spirit says this: ‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over³¹ to the Gentiles.’”

Acts 25:24

25:24 Then Festus³² said, “King Agrippa,³³ and all you who are present here with us, you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace³⁴ petitioned³⁵ me both in Jerusalem³⁶ and here,³⁷ shouting loudly³⁸ that he ought not to live any longer.

Acts 28:6

28:6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up³⁹ or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited⁴⁰ a long time and had seen⁴¹ nothing unusual happen⁴² to him, they changed their minds⁴³ and said he was a god.⁴⁴

Acts 28:17

Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome

28:17 After three days⁴⁵ Paul⁴⁶ called the local Jewish leaders⁴⁷ together. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers,⁴⁸ although I had done⁴⁹ nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors,⁵⁰ from Jerusalem⁵¹ I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.⁵²

¹tn Grk “and placing his hands on Saul, he said.” The participle ἐπιθείς (epiqei") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. For the same reason καί (kai) has not been translated before the participle.

²tn Grk “on him”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³tn Grk “on the road in which you came,” but the relative clause makes for awkward English style, so it was translated as a temporal clause (“as you came here”).

⁴sn Be filled with the Holy Spirit. Here someone who is not an apostle (Ananias) commissions another person with the Spirit.

⁵tn Or “He gave them a signal.” Grk “Giving them a signal…he related to them.” The participle κατασείσας (kataseisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁶tc ‡ Most mss, including some of the most important ones (B D E Ψ Ï sy), read αὐτοῖς (autoi", “to them”) here, while some excellent and early witnesses (Ì^45vid,74vid א A 33 81 945 1739 pc) lack the pronoun. Although it is possible that the pronoun was deleted because it was seen as superfluous, it is also possible that it was added as a natural expansion on the text, strengthening the connection between Peter and his listeners. Although a decision is difficult, the shorter reading is slightly preferred. NA²⁷ puts the pronoun in brackets, indicating some doubts as to its authenticity.

⁷tn Or “led.”

⁸sn He…went to another place. This is Peter’s last appearance in Acts with the exception of the Jerusalem council in Acts 15.

⁹tn Grk “becoming greatly annoyed.” The participle διαπονηθείς (diaponhqei") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. The aorist has been translated as an ingressive aorist (entry into a state or condition). See BDAG 235 s.v. διαπονέομαι.

¹⁰tn Grk “and turning.” The participle ἐπιστρέψας (epistreya") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹¹tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

¹²tn BDAG 1102-3 s.v. ὥρα 2.c has “at that very time, at once, instantly” for the usage in this verse.

¹³tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the police officers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴tn Grk “Having us beaten in public.” The participle δείραντες (deirante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁵tn Or “in public, uncondemned.” BDAG 35 s.v. ἀκατάκριτος has “uncondemned, without due process” for this usage.

¹⁶tn The participle ὑπάρχοντας (Juparconta") has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

¹⁷tn The word “us” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

¹⁸tn L&N 28.71 has “send us away secretly” for this verse.

¹⁹tn Grk “But they.”

²⁰sn They themselves must come and escort us out! Paul was asking for the injustice he and Silas suffered to be symbolically righted. It was a way of publicly taking their actions off the record and showing the apostles’ innocence, a major public statement. Note the apology given in v. 39.

²¹tn Or “clerk.” The “scribe” (γραμματεύς, grammateu") was the keeper of the city’s records.

²²tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo").

²³tn See BDAG 670 s.v. νεωκόρος. The city is described as the “warden” or “guardian” of the goddess and her temple.

²⁴sn Artemis was a Greek goddess worshiped particularly in Asia Minor, whose temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was located just outside the city of Ephesus.

²⁵tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

sn The expression fell from heaven adds a note of apologetic about the heavenly origin of the goddess. The city’s identity and well-being was wrapped up with this connection, in their view. Many interpreters view her image that fell from heaven as a stone meteorite regarded as a sacred object.

²⁶tn Grk “And coming.” 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. The participle ἐλθών (elqwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

²⁷tn Grk “and taking.” This καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more. The participle ἄρας (aras) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

²⁸sn The belt was a band or sash used to keep money as well as to gird up the tunic (BDAG 431 s.v. ζώνη).

²⁹tn The participle δήσας (dhsas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

³⁰tn The words “with it” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

³¹tn Grk “and will deliver him over into the hands of” (a Semitic idiom).

sn The Jews…will tie up…and will hand him over. As later events will show, the Jews in Jerusalem did not personally tie Paul up and hand him over to the Gentiles, but their reaction to him was the cause of his arrest (Acts 21:27-36).

³²sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

³³sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

³⁴tn Probably best understood as rhetorical hyperbole. BDAG 825 s.v. πλῆθος 2.b.γ states, “people, populace, population…τὸ πλῆθος the populace…ἅπαν τὸ πλ. τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων Ac 25:24.” However, the actions of the leadership are seen by Luke as representing the actions of the entire nation, so the remark is not inaccurate.

³⁵tn Or “appealed to” (BDAG 341 s.v. ἐντυγχάνω 1.a).

³⁶map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³⁷sn Here means “here in Caesarea.”

³⁸tn Or “screaming.”

³⁹tn Or “going to burn with fever.” According to BDAG 814 s.v. πίμπρημι, either meaning (“swell up” or “burn with fever”) is possible for Acts 28:6.

⁴⁰tn The participle προσδοκώντων (prosdokwntwn) has been taken temporally.

⁴¹tn The participle θεωρούντων (qewrountwn) has been taken temporally.

⁴²tn Grk “happening.” The participle γινόμενον (ginomenon) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁴³tn Grk “changing their minds.” The participle μεταβαλόμενοι (metabalomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁴⁴sn And said he was a god. The reaction is like Acts 14:11-19 where the crowd wanted to make Paul and Barnabas into gods. The providence of God had protected Paul again.

⁴⁵tn Grk “It happened that after three 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.

⁴⁶tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴⁷tn L&N 33.309 has “‘after three days, he called the local Jewish leaders together’ Ac 28:17.”

⁴⁸tn Grk “Men brothers,” but this is both awkward and unnecessary in English.

⁴⁹tn The participle ποιήσας (poihsas) has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

⁵⁰tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

sn I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors. Once again Paul claimed to be faithful to the Jewish people and to the God of Israel.

⁵¹map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵²tn Grk “into the hands of the Romans,” but this is redundant when παρεδόθην (paredoqhn) has been translated “handed over.”