Discovery BoxActs 6:8 
Context6:8 Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs 1 among the people.
Acts 8:19
Context8:19 saying, “Give me this power 2 too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 26:12
Context26:12 “While doing this very thing, 3 as I was going 4 to Damascus with authority and complete power 5 from the chief priests,
1 tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context. Here the work of miracles extends beyond the Twelve for the first time.
2 tn Or “ability”; Grk “authority.”
3 tn Grk “in which [activity].” Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 12 in the translation. The referent of the relative pronoun (“which”) was specified as “this very thing” for clarity.
4 tn Grk “going.” The participle πορευόμενος (poreuomenos) has been taken temporally.
5 tn L&N 37.40 s.v. ἐπιτροπή states, “the full authority to carry out an assignment or commission – ‘authority, complete power.’ πορευόμενος εἰς τὴν Δαμασκὸν μετ᾿ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐπιτροπῆς τῶν ἀρχιερέων ‘going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the high priests’ Ac 26:12. In Ac 26:12 the combination of ἐξουσία and ἐπιτροπή serves to reinforce the sense of complete authority.”
