Discovery BoxActs 3:23 
Context3:23 Every person 1 who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed 2 from the people.’ 3
Acts 4:19
Context4:19 But Peter and John replied, 4 “Whether it is right before God to obey 5 you rather than God, you decide,
Acts 7:39
Context7:39 Our 6 ancestors 7 were unwilling to obey 8 him, but pushed him aside 9 and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,
1 tn Grk “every soul” (here “soul” is an idiom for the whole person).
2 tn Or “will be completely destroyed.” In Acts 3:23 the verb ἐξολεθρεύω (exoleqreuw) is translated “destroy and remove” by L&N 20.35.
3 sn A quotation from Deut 18:19, also Lev 23:29. The OT context of Lev 23:29 discusses what happened when one failed to honor atonement. One ignored the required sacrifice of God at one’s peril.
4 tn Grk “answered and said to them.”
5 tn Grk “hear,” but the idea of “hear and obey” or simply “obey” is frequently contained in the Greek verb ἀκούω (akouw; see L&N 36.14).
6 tn Grk “whom our.” The continuation of the sentence as a relative clause is awkward in English, so a new sentence was started in the translation at this point.
7 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
8 sn To obey. Again the theme of the speech is noted. The nation disobeyed the way of God and opted for Egypt over the promised land.
9 sn Pushed him aside. This is the second time Moses is “pushed aside” in Stephen’s account (see v. 27).
