Discovery BoxActs 2:29 
Context2:29 “Brothers, 1 I can speak confidently 2 to you about our forefather 3 David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Acts 4:25
Context4:25 who said by the Holy Spirit through 4 your servant David our forefather, 5
and the peoples plot foolish 8 things?
Acts 7:2
Context7:2 So he replied, 9 “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather 10 Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
1 tn Since this represents a continuation of the address beginning in v.14 and continued in v. 22, “brothers” has been used here rather than a generic expression like “brothers and sisters.”
2 sn Peter’s certainty is based on well-known facts.
3 tn Or “about our noted ancestor,” “about the patriarch.”
4 tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).
5 tn Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”
6 tn Or “Gentiles.”
7 sn The Greek word translated rage includes not only anger but opposition, both verbal and nonverbal. See L&N 88.185.
8 tn Or “futile”; traditionally, “vain.”
9 tn Grk “said.”
10 tn Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”
