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Acts 4:25

Context
4:25 who said by the Holy Spirit through 1  your servant David our forefather, 2 

Why do the nations 3  rage, 4 

and the peoples plot foolish 5  things?

Acts 7:26

Context
7:26 The next day Moses 6  saw two men 7  fighting, and tried to make peace between 8  them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?’

Acts 10:21

Context
10:21 So Peter went down 9  to the men and said, “Here I am, 10  the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

Acts 19:32

Context
19:32 So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together. 11 

1 tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).

2 tn Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”

3 tn Or “Gentiles.”

4 sn The Greek word translated rage includes not only anger but opposition, both verbal and nonverbal. See L&N 88.185.

5 tn Or “futile”; traditionally, “vain.”

6 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

7 tn Grk “saw them”; the context makes clear that two individuals were involved (v. 27).

8 tn Or “tried to reconcile” (BDAG 964-65 s.v. συναλλάσσω).

9 tn Grk “Peter going down to the men, said.” The participle καταβάς (katabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

10 tn Grk “Behold, it is I whom you seek,” or “Behold, I am the one you seek.” “Here I am” is used to translate ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι (idou egw eimi).

11 tn Or “had assembled.”



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