Discovery BoxActs 1:3 
Context1:3 To the same apostles 1 also, after his suffering, 2 he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period 3 and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.
Acts 8:13
Context8:13 Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to 4 Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed. 5
Acts 12:11
Context12:11 When 6 Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued 7 me from the hand 8 of Herod 9 and from everything the Jewish people 10 were expecting to happen.”
Acts 14:17
Context14:17 yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, 11 by giving you rain from heaven 12 and fruitful seasons, satisfying you 13 with food and your hearts with joy.” 14
Acts 16:27
Context16:27 When the jailer woke up 15 and saw the doors of the prison standing open, 16 he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, 17 because he assumed 18 the prisoners had escaped.
Acts 20:13
Context20:13 We went on ahead 19 to the ship and put out to sea 20 for Assos, 21 intending 22 to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. 23 He 24 himself was intending 25 to go there by land. 26
Acts 20:35
Context20:35 By all these things, 27 I have shown you that by working in this way we must help 28 the weak, 29 and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” 30
1 tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the apostles) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 sn After his suffering is a reference to Jesus’ crucifixion and the abuse which preceded it.
3 tn Grk “during forty days.” The phrase “over a forty-day period” is used rather than “during forty days” because (as the other NT accounts of Jesus’ appearances make clear) Jesus was not continually visible to the apostles during the forty days, but appeared to them on various occasions.
4 tn Or “he kept close company with.”
5 sn He was amazed. Now Simon, the one who amazed others, is himself amazed, showing the superiority of Philip’s connection to God. Christ is better than anything the culture has to offer.
6 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.
7 tn Or “delivered.”
8 sn Here the hand of Herod is a metaphor for Herod’s power or control.
9 sn King Herod was Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod I (Herod the Great).
10 sn Luke characterizes the opposition here as the Jewish people, including their leadership (see 12:3).
11 tn The participle ἀγαθουργῶν (agaqourgwn) is regarded as indicating means here, parallel to the following participles διδούς (didou") and ἐμπιπλῶν (empiplwn). This is the easiest way to understand the Greek structure. Semantically, the first participle is a general statement, followed by two participles giving specific examples of doing good.
12 tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
13 tn Grk “satisfying [filling] your hearts with food and joy.” This is an idiomatic expression; it strikes the English reader as strange to speak of “filling one’s heart with food.” Thus the additional direct object “you” has been supplied, separating the two expressions somewhat: “satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy.”
14 sn God’s general sovereignty and gracious care in the creation are the way Paul introduces the theme of the goodness of God. He was trying to establish monotheism here. It is an OT theme (Gen 8:22; Ps 4:7; 145:15-16; 147:8-9; Isa 25:6; Jer 5:24) which also appears in the NT (Luke 12:22-34).
15 tn L&N 23.75 has “had awakened” here. It is more in keeping with contemporary English style, however, to keep the two verbal ideas parallel in terms of tense (“when the jailer woke up and saw”) although logically the second action is subsequent to the first.
16 tn The additional semantic component “standing” is supplied (“standing open”) to convey a stative nuance in English.
17 sn Was about to kill himself. The jailer’s penalty for failing to guard the prisoners would have been death, so he contemplated saving the leaders the trouble (see Acts 12:19; 27:42).
18 tn Or “thought.”
19 tn Grk “going on ahead.” The participle προελθόντες (proelqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
20 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.”
21 sn Assos was a city of Mysia about 24 mi (40 km) southeast of Troas.
22 tn BDAG 628 s.v. μέλλω 1.c.γ has “denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind…Ac 17:31; 20:3, 7, 13ab; 23:15; 26:2; 27:30.”
23 tn Or “for he told us to do this.” Grk “for having arranged it this way, he.” The participle διατεταγμένος (diatetagmeno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. BDAG 237 s.v. διατάσσω 1 has “οὕτως διατεταγμένος ἦν he had arranged it so Ac 20:13.” L&N 15.224 has “‘he told us to do this.”
24 tn A new sentence was begun here in the translation because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence; in Greek this is part of the preceding sentence beginning “We went on ahead.”
25 tn BDAG 628 s.v. μέλλω 1.c.γ has “denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind…Ac 17:31; 20:3, 7, 13ab; 23:15; 26:2; 27:30.”
26 tn Or “there on foot.”
27 sn The expression By all these things means “In everything I did.”
28 tn Or “must assist.”
29 tn Or “the sick.” See Eph 4:28.
30 sn The saying is similar to Matt 10:8. Service and generosity should be abundant. Interestingly, these exact words are not found in the gospels. Paul must have known of this saying from some other source.
