Discovery BoxActs 1:22 
Context1:22 beginning from his baptism by John until the day he 1 was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”
Acts 3:1
Context3:1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time 2 for prayer, 3 at three o’clock in the afternoon. 4
Acts 3:11
Context3:11 While the man 5 was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway 6 called Solomon’s Portico. 7
Acts 4:1
Context4:1 While Peter and John 8 were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander 9 of the temple guard 10 and the Sadducees 11 came up 12 to them,
Acts 4:6-7
Context4:6 Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family. 13 4:7 After 14 making Peter and John 15 stand in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power or by what name 16 did you do this?”
Acts 4:23
Context4:23 When they were released, Peter and John 17 went to their fellow believers 18 and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.
Acts 8:14
Context8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem 19 heard that Samaria had accepted the word 20 of God, they sent 21 Peter and John to them.
Acts 11:16
Context11:16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, 22 as he used to say, 23 ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 24
Acts 12:12
Context12:12 When Peter 25 realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, 26 where many people had gathered together and were praying.
Acts 13:5
Context13:5 When 27 they arrived 28 in Salamis, 29 they began to proclaim 30 the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. 31 (Now they also had John 32 as their assistant.) 33
Acts 13:13
Context13:13 Then Paul and his companions put out to sea 34 from Paphos 35 and came to Perga 36 in Pamphylia, 37 but John 38 left them and returned to Jerusalem. 39
Acts 19:4
Context19:4 Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, 40 that is, in Jesus.”
1 tn Here the pronoun “he” refers to Jesus.
2 tn Grk “hour.”
3 sn Going up to the temple at the time for prayer. The earliest Christians, being of Jewish roots, were still participating in the institutions of Judaism at this point. Their faith in Christ did not make them non-Jewish in their practices.
4 tn Grk “at the ninth hour.” This is calculated from sunrise (Josephus, Ant. 14.4.3 [14.65]; Dan 9:21).
5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Or “portico,” “colonnade”; Grk “stoa.” The translation “covered walkway” (a descriptive translation) was used here because the architectural term “portico” or “colonnade” is less familiar. However, the more technical term “portico” was retained in the actual name that follows.
7 sn Solomon’s Portico was a covered walkway formed by rows of columns supporting a roof and open on the inner side facing the center of the temple complex. It was located on the east side of the temple (Josephus, Ant. 15.11.3-5 [15.391-420], 20.9.7 [20.221]) and was a place of commerce and conversation.
8 tn Grk “While they”; the referents (Peter and John) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Or “captain.”
10 tn Grk “the official of the temple,” a title for the commander of the Jewish soldiers guarding the temple (thus the translation, “the commander of the temple guard”). See L&N 37.91.
sn The commander of the temple guard was the title of the officer commanding the Jewish soldiers responsible for guarding and keeping order in the temple courts in Jerusalem.
11 sn The Sadducees controlled the official political structures of Judaism at this time, being the majority members of the Sanhedrin. They were known as extremely strict on law and order issues (Josephus, J. W. 2.8.2 [2.119], 2.8.14 [2.164-166]; Ant. 13.5.9 [13.171-173], 13.10.6 [13.293-298], 18.1.2 [18.11], 18.1.4 [18.16-17], 20.9.1 [20.199]; Life 2 [10-11]). See also Matt 3:7; 16:1-12; 22:23-34; Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-38; Acts 5:17; 23:6-8.
12 tn Or “approached.” This verb often denotes a sudden appearing (BDAG 418 s.v. ἐφίστημι 1).
13 sn The high priest’s family. This family controlled the high priesthood as far back as
14 tn Grk “And after.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new sentence is begun in the translation at the beginning of v. 7.
15 tn Grk “making them”; the referents (Peter and John) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
16 sn By what name. The issue of the “name” comes up again here. This question, meaning “by whose authority,” surfaces an old dispute (see Luke 20:1-8). Who speaks for God about the ancient faith?
17 tn Grk “they”; the referents (Peter and John) have been specified in the translation for clarity, since a new topic begins in v. 23 and the last specific reference to Peter and John in the Greek text is in 4:19.
18 tn Grk “to their own [people].” In context this phrase is most likely a reference to other believers rather than simply their own families and/or homes, since the group appears to act with one accord in the prayer that follows in v. 24. At the literary level, this phrase suggests how Jews were now splitting into two camps, pro-Jesus and anti-Jesus.
19 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
20 tn Or “message.”
21 sn They sent. The Jerusalem church with the apostles was overseeing the expansion of the church, as the distribution of the Spirit indicates in vv. 15-17.
22 sn The word of the Lord is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1, Isa 1:10, Jonah 1:1). In the NT it occurs 15 times: 3 times as ῥῆμα τοῦ κυρίου (rJhma tou kuriou; here and in Luke 22:61, 1 Pet 1:25) and 12 times as λόγος τοῦ κυρίου (logo" tou kuriou; Acts 8:25; 13:44, 48, 49; 15:35, 36; 16:32; 19:10, 20; 1 Thess 1:8, 4:15; 2 Thess 3:1). As in the OT, this phrase focuses on the prophetic nature and divine origin of what has been said.
23 tn The imperfect verb ἔλεγεν (elegen) is taken as a customary imperfect.
24 sn John…Spirit. This remark repeats Acts 1:5.
25 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
26 tn Grk “John who was also called Mark.”
sn John Mark becomes a key figure in Acts 12:25; 13:5, 13; 15:37-39.
27 tn Grk “And when.” 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.
28 tn The participle γενόμενοι (genomenoi) is taken temporally.
29 sn Salamis was a city on the southeastern coast of the island of Cyprus. This was a commercial center and a center of Judaism.
30 tn The imperfect verb κατήγγελλον (kathngellon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
31 sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.
32 sn John refers here to John Mark (see Acts 12:25).
33 tn The word ὑπηρέτης (Juphreth") usually has the meaning “servant,” but it is doubtful John Mark fulfilled that capacity for Barnabas and Saul. He was more likely an apprentice or assistant to them.
sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
34 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.”
35 sn Paphos was a city on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. See Acts 13:6.
36 sn Perga was a city in Pamphylia near the southern coast of Asia Minor. The journey from Paphos to Perga is about 105 mi (175 km).
37 sn Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor.
38 sn That is, John Mark.
39 sn Returned to Jerusalem. John Mark had originally accompanied them from Jerusalem (see Acts 12:25). John Mark’s decision to leave became an issue later for Barnabas and Paul (Acts 15:36-39).
map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
40 sn These disciples may have had their contact with John early on in the Baptist’s ministry before Jesus had emerged. This is the fifth time Luke links John the Baptist and Jesus (Acts 1:5; 11:16; 13:25; 18:25).
