Discovery BoxActs 7:20 
Context7:20 At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful 1 to God. For 2 three months he was brought up in his father’s house,
Acts 8:10
Context8:10 All the people, 3 from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called ‘Great.’” 4
Acts 16:10
Context16:10 After Paul 5 saw the vision, we attempted 6 immediately to go over to Macedonia, 7 concluding that God had called 8 us to proclaim the good news to them.
Acts 17:27
Context17:27 so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around 9 for him and find him, 10 though he is 11 not far from each one of us.
1 tn Or “was well-formed before God,” or “was well-pleasing to God” (BDAG 145 s.v. ἀστεῖος suggests the meaning is more like “well-bred” as far as God was concerned; see Exod 2:2).
2 tn Grk “who was brought up for three months.” The continuation of the sentence as a relative clause is awkward in English, so a new sentence was started in the translation by changing the relative pronoun to a regular pronoun (“he”).
3 tn Grk “all of them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Or “This man is what is called the Great Power of God.” The translation “what is called the Great Power of God” is given by BDAG 263 s.v. δύναμις 5, but the repetition of the article before καλουμένη μεγάλη (kaloumenh megalh) suggests the translation “the power of God that is called ‘Great.’”
5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Grk “sought.”
7 sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.
8 tn Or “summoned.”
9 tn See BDAG 1097-98 s.v. ψηλαφάω, which lists “touch, handle” and “to feel around for, grope for” as possible meanings.
10 sn Perhaps grope around for him and find him. The pagans’ struggle to know God is the point here. Conscience alone is not good enough.
11 tn The participle ὑπάρχοντα (Juparconta) has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.
