Discovery BoxActs 1:8 
Context1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts 1 of the earth.”
Acts 5:37
Context5:37 After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, 2 and incited people to follow him in revolt. 3 He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.
Acts 16:3
Context16:3 Paul wanted Timothy 4 to accompany him, and he took 5 him and circumcised 6 him because of the Jews who were in those places, 7 for they all knew that his father was Greek. 8
Acts 18:2
Context18:2 There he 9 found 10 a Jew named Aquila, 11 a native of Pontus, 12 who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius 13 had ordered all the Jews to depart from 14 Rome. 15 Paul approached 16 them,
Acts 20:32
Context20:32 And now I entrust 17 you to God and to the message 18 of his grace. This message 19 is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Acts 21:5
Context21:5 When 20 our time was over, 21 we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied 22 us outside of the city. After 23 kneeling down on the beach and praying, 24
Acts 21:20
Context21:20 When they heard this, they praised 25 God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews 26 there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers 27 of the law. 28
Acts 26:14
Context26:14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, 29 ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself 30 by kicking against the goads.’ 31
Acts 26:20
Context26:20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, 32 and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, 33 performing deeds consistent with 34 repentance.
1 tn Or “to the ends.”
2 tn Or “registration.”
3 tn The verb ἀφίστημι (afisthmi) as a transitive means “cause to revolt” as used in Josephus, Ant. 8.7.5 (8.198), 20.5.2 (20.102); see BDAG 157 s.v. 1.
4 tn Grk “this one”; the referent (Timothy) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Grk “and taking him he circumcised him.” The participle λαβών (labwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Paul’s cultural sensitivity showed in his action here. He did not want Timothy’s lack of circumcision to become an issue (1 Cor 9:15-23).
6 tn The verb περιέτεμεν (perietemen) here may be understood as causative (cf. ExSyn 411-12) if Paul did not personally perform the circumcision.
7 tn Or “who lived in the area.”
8 tn The anarthrous predicate nominative has been translated as qualitative (“Greek”) rather than indefinite (“a Greek”).
sn His father was Greek. Under Jewish law at least as early as the 2nd century, a person was considered Jewish if his or her mother was Jewish. It is not certain whether such a law was in effect in the 1st century, but even if it was, Timothy would not have been accepted as fully Jewish because he was not circumcised.
9 tn Grk “And he.” 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 word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
10 tn Grk “finding.” The participle εὑρών (Jeurwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
11 sn On Aquila and his wife Priscilla see also Acts 18:18, 26; Rom 16:3-4; 1 Cor 16:19; 2 Tim 4:19. In the NT “Priscilla” and “Prisca” are the same person. This author uses the full name Priscilla, while Paul uses the diminutive form Prisca.
12 sn Pontus was a region in the northeastern part of Asia Minor. It was a Roman province.
13 sn Claudius refers to the Roman emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, known as Claudius, who ruled from
14 tn Or “to leave.”
15 map For location see JP4 A1.
16 tn Or “went to.”
17 tn Or “commend.” BDAG 772 s.v. παρατίθημι 3.b has “τινά τινι entrust someone to the care or protection of someone…Of divine protection παρέθεντο αὐτοὺς τῷ κυρίῳ Ac 14:23; cp. 20:32.”
18 tn Grk “word.”
19 tn Grk “the message of his grace, which.” The phrase τῷ δυναμένῳ οἰκοδομῆσαι… (tw dunamenw oikodomhsai…) refers to τῷ λόγω (tw logw), not τῆς χάριτος (ths caritos); in English it could refer to either “the message” or “grace,” but in Greek, because of agreement in gender, the referent can only be “the message.” To make this clear, a new sentence was begun in the translation and the referent “the message” was repeated at the beginning of this new sentence.
20 tn Grk “It happened that when.” 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.
21 tn Grk “When our days were over.” L&N 67.71 has “ὅτε δὲ ἐγένετο ἡμᾶς ἐξαρτίσαι τὰς ἡμέρας ‘when we brought that time to an end’ or ‘when our time with them was over’ Ac 21:5.”
22 tn Grk “accompanying.” Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation and the participle προπεμπόντων (propempontwn) translated as a finite verb.
23 tn Grk “city, and after.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.
24 sn On praying in Acts, see 1:14, 24; 2:47; 4:23; 6:6; 10:2; 12:5, 12; 13:3; 16:25.
25 tn Or “glorified.”
26 tn Grk “how many thousands there are among the Jews.”
sn How many thousands of Jews. See Acts 2-5 for the accounts of their conversion, esp. 2:41 and 4:4. Estimates of the total number of Jews living in Jerusalem at the time range from 20,000 to 50,000.
27 tn Or “are all zealous for the law.” BDAG 427 s.v. ζηλωτής 1.a.β has “of thing…τοῦ νόμου an ardent observer of the law Ac 21:20.”
28 sn That is, the law of Moses. These Jewish Christians had remained close to their Jewish practices after becoming believers (1 Cor 7:18-19; Acts 16:3).
29 tn Grk “in the Hebrew language.” See Acts 22:7 and 9:4.
30 tn Grk “It is hard for you.”
31 tn “Goads” are pointed sticks used to direct a draft animal (an idiom for stubborn resistance). See BDAG 539-40 s.v. κέντρον 2.
sn Sayings which contain the imagery used here (kicking against the goads) were also found in Greek writings; see Pindar, Pythians 2.94-96; Euripides, Bacchae 795.
32 tn BDAG 1093-94 s.v. χώρα 2.b states, “of the provincial name (1 Macc 8:3) ἡ χώρα τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας Ac 26:20.”
33 sn That they should repent and turn to God. This is the shortest summary of Paul’s message that he preached.
34 tn BDAG 93 s.v. ἄξιος 1.b, “καρποὶ ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας fruits in keeping with your repentance…Lk 3:8; Mt 3:8. For this ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα Ac 26:20.” Note how Paul preached the gospel offer and the issue of response together, side by side.
