Discovery BoxActs 2:37 
Context2:37 Now when they heard this, 1 they were acutely distressed 2 and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?”
Acts 15:17
Context15:17 so that the rest of humanity 3 may seek the Lord,
namely, 4 all the Gentiles 5 I have called to be my own,’ 6 says the Lord, 7 who makes these things
Acts 16:25
Context16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying 8 and singing hymns to God, 9 and the rest of 10 the prisoners were listening to them.
Acts 27:44
Context27:44 and the rest were to follow, 11 some on planks 12 and some on pieces of the ship. 13 And in this way 14 all were brought safely to land.
1 tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.
2 tn Grk “they were pierced to the heart” (an idiom for acute emotional distress).
3 tn Or “so that all other people.” The use of this term follows Amos 9:11 LXX.
4 tn Here καί (kai) introduces an explanatory clause that explains the preceding phrase “the rest of humanity.” The clause introduced by καί (kai) could also be punctuated in English as a parenthesis.
5 tn Or “all the nations” (in Greek the word for “nation” and “Gentile” is the same).
sn Note the linkage back to v. 14 through the mention of Gentiles. What Simeon explained is what the OT text says would happen.
6 tn Grk “all the Gentiles on whom my name has been called.” Based on well-attested OT usage, the passive of ἐπικαλέω (epikalew) here indicates God’s ownership (“all the Gentiles who belong to me”) or calling (“all the Gentiles whom I have called to be my own”). See L&N 11.28.
7 sn A quotation from Amos 9:11-12 LXX. James demonstrated a high degree of cultural sensitivity when he cited a version of the text (the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament) that Gentiles would use.
8 tn Grk “praying, were singing.” The participle προσευχόμενοι (proseucomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
9 sn Praying and singing hymns to God. Tertullian said, “The legs feel nothing in the stocks when the heart is in heaven” (To the Martyrs 2; cf. Rom 5:3; Jas 1:2; 1 Pet 5:6). The presence of God means the potential to be free (cf. v. 26).
10 tn The words “the rest of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
11 tn The words “were to follow” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. They must be supplied to clarify the sense in contemporary English.
12 tn Or “boards” according to BDAG 913 s.v. σανίς.
13 tn Grk “on pieces from the ship”; that is, pieces of wreckage from the ship.
sn Both the planks and pieces of the ship were for the weak or nonswimmers. The whole scene is a historical metaphor representing how listening to Paul and his message could save people.
14 tn Grk “And in this way it happened that.” 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.
