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Acts 1:20

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1:20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his house become deserted, 1  and let there be no one to live in it,’ 2  and ‘Let another take his position of responsibility.’ 3 

Acts 7:49

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7:49Heaven is my throne,

and earth is the footstool for my feet.

What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,

or what is my resting place? 4 

Acts 9:11

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9:11 Then the Lord told him, “Get up and go to the street called ‘Straight,’ 5  and at Judas’ house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,

Acts 10:17

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10:17 Now while Peter was puzzling over 6  what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was 7  and approached 8  the gate.

Acts 10:22

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10:22 They said, “Cornelius the centurion, 9  a righteous 10  and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, 11  was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message 12  from you.”

Acts 10:30

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10:30 Cornelius 13  replied, 14  “Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock in the afternoon, 15  I was praying in my house, and suddenly 16  a man in shining clothing stood before me

Acts 16:15

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16:15 After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, 17  “If 18  you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, 19  come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded 20  us.

Acts 16:34

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16:34 The jailer 21  brought them into his house and set food 22  before them, and he rejoiced greatly 23  that he had come to believe 24  in God, together with his entire household. 25 

Acts 19:16

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19:16 Then the man who was possessed by 26  the evil spirit jumped on 27  them and beat them all into submission. 28  He prevailed 29  against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.

Acts 21:16

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21:16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea 30  came along with us too, and brought us to the house 31  of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, 32  with whom we were to stay.

1 tn Or “uninhabited” or “empty.”

2 sn A quotation from Ps 69:25.

3 tn Or “Let another take his office.”

sn A quotation from Ps 109:8.

4 sn What kind…resting place? The rhetorical questions suggest mere human beings cannot build a house to contain God.

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

6 tn Or “was greatly confused over.” The term means to be perplexed or at a loss (BDAG 235 s.v. διαπορέω).

7 tn Grk “having learned.” The participle διερωτήσαντες (dierwthsante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

8 tn BDAG 418 s.v. ἐφίστημι 1 has “ἐπί τι approach or stand by someth. (Sir 41:24) Ac 10:17.”

sn As Peter puzzled over the meaning of the vision, the messengers from Cornelius approached the gate. God’s direction here had a sense of explanatory timing.

9 sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

10 tn Or “just.”

11 tn The phrase τοῦ ἔθνους τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων (tou eqnou" twn Ioudaiwn) is virtually a technical term for the Jewish nation (1 Macc 10:25; 11:30, 33; Josephus, Ant. 14.10.22 [14.248]). “All the Jewish people,” while another possible translation of the Greek phrase, does not convey the technical sense of a reference to the nation in English.

sn The long introduction of Cornelius by his messengers is an attempt to commend this Gentile to his Jewish counterpart, which would normally be important to do in the culture of the time.

12 tn Grk “hear words.”

13 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.

14 tn Grk “said.”

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

16 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.

17 tn Grk “urged us, saying.” The participle λέγουσα (legousa) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

18 tn This is a first class condition in Greek, with the statement presented as real or true for the sake of the argument.

19 tn Or “faithful to the Lord.” BDAG 821 s.v. πίστος 2 states concerning this verse, “Of one who confesses the Christian faith believing or a believer in the Lord, in Christ, in God πιστ. τῷ κυρίῳ Ac 16:15.” L&N 11.17 has “one who is included among the faithful followers of Christ – ‘believer, Christian, follower.’”

20 tn Although BDAG 759 s.v. παραβιάζομαι has “urge strongly, prevail upon,” in contemporary English “persuade” is a more frequently used synonym for “prevail upon.”

21 tn Grk “He”; the referent (the jailer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

22 tn Grk “placed [food] on the table” (a figurative expression). Since the actual word for food is not specified, it would also be possible to translate “set a meal before them,” but since this is taking place in the middle of the night, the preparations necessary for a full meal would probably not have been made. More likely Paul and Silas were given whatever was on hand that needed little or no preparation.

23 tn Or “he was overjoyed.”

24 tn The translation “come to believe” reflects more of the resultative nuance of the perfect tense here.

25 tn The phrase “together with his entire household” is placed at the end of the English sentence so that it refers to both the rejoicing and the belief. A formal equivalence translation would have “and he rejoiced greatly with his entire household that he had come to believe in God,” but the reference to the entire household being baptized in v. 33 presumes that all in the household believed.

26 tn Grk “in whom the evil spirit was.”

27 tn Grk “the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them.” The participle ἐφαλόμενος (efalomeno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. L&N 15.239 has “ἐφαλόμενος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς ‘the man jumped on them’ Ac 19:16.”

28 tn Grk “and beating them all into submission.” The participle κατακυριεύσας (katakurieusa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. According to W. Foerster, TDNT 3:1098, the word means “the exercise of dominion against someone, i.e., to one’s own advantage.” These exorcists were shown to be powerless in comparison to Jesus who was working through Paul.

29 tn BDAG 484 s.v. ἰσχύω 3 has “win out, prevailκατά τινος over, against someone Ac 19:16.”

30 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.

31 tn Grk “to Mnason…”; the words “the house of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by the verb ξενισθῶμεν (xenisqwmen).

32 tn Or perhaps, “Mnason of Cyprus, one of the original disciples.” BDAG 137 s.v. ἀρχαῖος 1 has “. μαθητής a disciple of long standing (perh. original disc.) Ac 21:16.”



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