Discovery BoxActs 7:35 
Context7:35 This same 1 Moses they had rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge?’ 2 God sent as both ruler and deliverer 3 through the hand of the angel 4 who appeared to him in the bush.
Acts 17:31
Context17:31 because he has set 5 a day on which he is going to judge the world 6 in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, 7 having provided proof to everyone by raising 8 him from the dead.”
Acts 24:10
Context24:10 When the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I know 9 that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I confidently make my defense. 10
1 sn This same. The reference to “this one” occurs five times in this speech. It is the way the other speeches in Acts refer to Jesus (e.g., Acts 2:23).
2 sn A quotation from Exod 2:14 (see Acts 7:27). God saw Moses very differently than the people of the nation did. The reference to a ruler and a judge suggests that Stephen set up a comparison between Moses and Jesus, but he never finished his speech to make the point. The reader of Acts, however, knowing the other sermons in the book, recognizes that the rejection of Jesus is the counterpoint.
3 tn Or “liberator.” The meaning “liberator” for λυτρωτήν (lutrwthn) is given in L&N 37.129: “a person who liberates or releases others.”
4 tn Or simply “through the angel.” Here the “hand” could be understood as a figure for the person or the power of the angel himself. The remark about the angel appearing fits the first century Jewish view that God appears to no one (John 1:14-18; Gal 3:19; Deut 33:2 LXX).
5 tn Or “fixed.”
6 sn The world refers to the whole inhabited earth.
7 tn Or “appointed.” BDAG 723 s.v. ὁρίζω 2.b has “of persons appoint, designate, declare: God judges the world ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν through a man whom he has appointed Ac 17:31.”
sn A man whom he designated. Jesus is put in the position of eschatological judge. As judge of the living and the dead, he possesses divine authority (Acts 10:42).
8 tn The participle ἀναστήσας (anasthsa") indicates means here.
9 tn Grk “knowing.” The participle ἐπιστάμενος (epistamenos) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.
10 sn “Because…defense.” Paul also paid an indirect compliment to the governor, implying that he would be fair in his judgment.
