Discovery BoxActs 1:2 
Context1:2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, 1 after he had given orders 2 by 3 the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.
Acts 8:16
Context8:16 (For the Spirit 4 had not yet come upon 5 any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 6
Acts 10:45
Context10:45 The 7 circumcised believers 8 who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished 9 that 10 the gift of the Holy Spirit 11 had been poured out 12 even on the Gentiles,
Acts 14:26
Context14:26 From there they sailed back to Antioch, 13 where they had been commended 14 to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. 15
Acts 15:33
Context15:33 After 16 they had spent some time there, 17 they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.
Acts 15:38
Context15:38 but Paul insisted 18 that they should not take along this one who had left them in Pamphylia 19 and had not accompanied them in the work.
Acts 21:19
Context21:19 When Paul 20 had greeted them, he began to explain 21 in detail 22 what God 23 had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
Acts 21:29
Context21:29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and 24 they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.) 25
Acts 28:11
Context28:11 After three months we put out to sea 26 in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island and had the “Heavenly Twins” 27 as its figurehead. 28
1 tn The words “to heaven” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied from v. 11. Several modern translations (NIV, NRSV) supply the words “to heaven” after “taken up” to specify the destination explicitly mentioned later in 1:11.
2 tn Or “commands.” Although some modern translations render ἐντειλάμενος (enteilameno") as “instructions” (NIV, NRSV), the word implies authority or official sanction (G. Schrenk, TDNT 2:545), so that a word like “orders” conveys the idea more effectively. The action of the temporal participle is antecedent (prior) to the action of the verb it modifies (“taken up”).
3 tn Or “through.”
4 tn Grk “For he”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Or “fallen on.”
6 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
7 tn Grk “And the.” 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.
8 tn Or “The Jewish Christians”; Grk “The believers from the circumcision.”
9 sn The Jewish Christians who were with Peter were greatly astonished because they thought the promise of the Spirit would be limited only to those of Israel. God’s plan was taking on fresh dimensions even as it was a reflection of what the prophets had promised.
10 tn Or “because.”
11 tn That is, the gift consisting of the Holy Spirit. Here τοῦ πνεύματος (tou pneumato") is a genitive of apposition; the gift consists of the Spirit.
12 sn The gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out. Compare the account in Acts 2, especially 2:33. Note also Joel 2:17-21 and Acts 11:15-18.
13 sn Antioch was the city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia) from which Paul’s first missionary journey began (see Acts 13:1-4). That first missionary journey ends here, after covering some 1,400 mi (2,240 km).
map For location see JP1 F2; JP2 F2; JP3 F2; JP4 F2.
14 tn Or “committed.” BDAG 762 s.v. παραδίδωμι 2 gives “commended to the grace of God for the work 14:26” as the meaning for this phrase, although “give over” and “commit” are listed as alternative meanings for this category.
15 tn BDAG 829 s.v. πληρόω 5 has “to bring to completion an activity in which one has been involved from its beginning, complete, finish” as meanings for this category. The ministry to which they were commissioned ends with a note of success.
16 tn Grk “And after.” 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.
17 tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
18 tn BDAG 94 s.v. ἀξιόω 2.a has “he insisted (impf.) that they should not take him along” for this phrase.
19 sn Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor. See Acts 13:13, where it was mentioned previously.
20 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
21 tn Or “to report,” “to describe.” The imperfect verb ἐξηγεῖτο (exhgeito) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
22 tn BDAG 293 s.v. εἷς 5.e has “καθ᾿ ἕν one after the other (hence τὸ καθ᾿ ἕν ‘a detailed list’: PLille 11, 8 [III bc]; PTebt. 47, 34; 332, 16) J 21:25. Also καθ᾿ ἕν ἕκαστον…Ac 21:19.”
23 sn Note how Paul credited God with the success of his ministry.
24 tn Grk “whom.”
25 tn On the phrase “inner temple courts” see the note on the word “temple” in v. 28.
sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The note explains the cause of the charge and also notes that it was false.
26 tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”
27 tn Or “the ‘Twin Gods’”; Grk “the Dioscuri” (a joint name for the pagan deities Castor and Pollux).
sn That had the ‘Heavenly Twins’ as its figurehead. The twin brothers Castor and Pollux, known collectively as the Dioscuri or ‘Heavenly Twins,’ were the twin sons of Zeus and Leda according to Greek mythology. The Alexandrian ship on which Paul and his companions sailed from Malta had a carved emblem or figurehead of these figures, and they would have been the patron deities of the vessel. Castor and Pollux were the “gods of navigation.” To see their stars was considered a good omen (Epictetus, Discourses 2.18.29; Lucian of Samosata, The Ship 9).
28 tn Or “as its emblem.”
