Discovery BoxActs 2:36 
Context2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt 1 that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified 2 both Lord 3 and Christ.” 4
Acts 7:20
Context7:20 At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful 5 to God. For 6 three months he was brought up in his father’s house,
Acts 8:3
Context8:3 But Saul was trying to destroy 7 the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off 8 both men and women and put them in prison. 9
Acts 10:32
Context10:32 Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, 10 by the sea.’
Acts 11:12-13
Context11:12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers 11 also went with me, and we entered the man’s house. 11:13 He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,
Acts 12:12
Context12:12 When Peter 12 realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, 13 where many people had gathered together and were praying.
Acts 16:40
Context16:40 When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then 14 departed.
Acts 21:8
Context21:8 On the next day we left 15 and came to Caesarea, 16 and entered 17 the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, 18 and stayed with him.
1 tn Or “know for certain.” This term is in an emphatic position in the clause.
2 tn Grk “has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” The clause has been simplified in the translation by replacing the pronoun “him” with the explanatory clause “this Jesus whom you crucified” which comes at the end of the sentence.
3 sn Lord. This looks back to the quotation of Ps 110:1 and the mention of “calling on the Lord” in 2:21. Peter’s point is that the Lord on whom one calls for salvation is Jesus, because he is the one mediating God’s blessing of the Spirit as a sign of the presence of salvation and the last days.
4 tn Or “and Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
sn See the note on Christ in 2:31.
5 tn Or “was well-formed before God,” or “was well-pleasing to God” (BDAG 145 s.v. ἀστεῖος suggests the meaning is more like “well-bred” as far as God was concerned; see Exod 2:2).
6 tn Grk “who was brought up for three months.” The continuation of the sentence as a relative clause is awkward in English, so a new sentence was started in the translation by changing the relative pronoun to a regular pronoun (“he”).
7 tn Or “began to harm [the church] severely.” If the nuance of this verb is “destroy,” then the imperfect verb ἐλυμαίνετο (elumaineto) is best translated as a conative imperfect as in the translation above. If instead the verb is taken to mean “injure severely” (as L&N 20.24), it should be translated in context as an ingressive imperfect (“began to harm the church severely”). Either option does not significantly alter the overall meaning, since it is clear from the stated actions of Saul in the second half of the verse that he intended to destroy or ravage the church.
8 tn The participle σύρων (surwn) has been translated as an finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
9 tn BDAG 762 s.v. παραδίδωμι 1.b has “εἰς φυλακήν put in prison Ac 8:3.”
10 tn Or “with a certain Simon Berseus.” Although most modern English translations treat βυρσεῖ (bursei) as Simon’s profession (“Simon the tanner”), it is possible that the word is actually Simon’s surname (“Simon Berseus” or “Simon Tanner”). BDAG 185 s.v. βυρσεύς regards it as a surname.
11 sn Six witnesses is three times more than what would normally be required. They could confirm the events were not misrepresented by Peter.
12 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 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.
14 tn “Then” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to clarify the logical sequence in the translation.
15 tn Grk “On the next day leaving, we came.” The participle ἐξελθόντες (exelqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
16 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was another 40 mi (65 km).
map For location see Map2 C1; Map4 B3; Map5 F2; Map7 A1; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
17 tn Grk “and entering…we stayed.” The participle εἰσελθόντες (eiselqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
18 sn Philip was one of the seven deacons appointed in the Jerusalem church (Acts 6:1-7).
