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Acts 5:9

Context
5:9 Peter then told her, “Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!”

Acts 9:11

Context
9:11 Then the Lord told him, “Get up and go to the street called ‘Straight,’ 1  and at Judas’ house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,

Acts 12:14

Context
12:14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told 2  them 3  that Peter was standing at the gate.

Acts 22:10

Context
22:10 So I asked, 4  ‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Get up 5  and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything 6  that you have been designated 7  to do.’

1 sn The noting of the detail of the locale, ironically called ‘Straight’ Street, shows how directive and specific the Lord was.

2 tn Or “informed.”

3 tn The word “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

4 tn Grk “So I said.”

5 tn Grk “Getting up.” The participle ἀναστάς (anasta") is an adverbial participle of attendant circumstance and has been translated as a finite verb.

6 tn Grk “about all things.”

7 tn Or “assigned,” “ordered.” BDAG 991 s.v. τάσσω 2.a has “act. and pass., foll. by acc. w. inf.…περὶ πάντων ὧν τέτακταί σοι ποιῆσαι concerning everything that you have been ordered to do 22:10.” There is an allusion to a divine call and commission here.



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