Discovery BoxActs 11:18 
Context11:18 When they heard this, 1 they ceased their objections 2 and praised 3 God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance 4 that leads to life even to the Gentiles.” 5
Acts 19:17
Context19:17 This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, 6 both Jews and Greeks; fear came over 7 them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised. 8
1 tn Grk “these things.”
2 tn Or “became silent,” but this would create an apparent contradiction with the subsequent action of praising God. The point, in context, is that they ceased objecting to what Peter had done.
3 tn Or “glorified.”
4 sn Here the summary phrase for responding to the gospel is the repentance that leads to life. Note how the presence of life is tied to the presence of the Spirit (cf. John 4:7-42; 7:37-39).
5 sn In the Greek text the phrase even to the Gentiles is in an emphatic position.
6 map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.
7 tn Grk “fell on.” BDAG 377 s.v. ἐπιπίπτω 2 has “φόβος ἐ. ἐπί τινα fear came upon someone…Ac 19:17.”
8 tn Or “exalted.”
