Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Act 8:40) | 6 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. |
| (0.30) | (Act 9:3) | 2 tn Or “shone” (BDAG 799 s.v. περιαστράπτω). The light was more brilliant than the sun according to Acts 26:13. |
| (0.30) | (Act 8:33) | 3 sn The rhetorical question suggests the insensitivity of this generation for its act against God’s servant, who was slain unjustly as he was silent. |
| (0.30) | (Act 8:27) | 8 sn Since this man had come to Jerusalem to worship, he may have been a proselyte to Judaism. This event is a precursor to Acts 10. |
| (0.30) | (Act 7:54) | 1 tn This verb, which also occurs in Acts 5:33, means “cut to the quick” or “deeply infuriated” (BDAG 235 s.v. διαπρίω). |
| (0.30) | (Act 7:48) | 1 sn The title the Most High points to God’s majesty (Heb 7:1; Luke 1:32, 35; Acts 16:7). |
| (0.30) | (Act 7:37) | 2 sn A quotation from Deut 18:15. This quotation sets up Jesus as the “leader-prophet” like Moses (Acts 3:22; Luke 9:35). |
| (0.30) | (Act 7:9) | 3 tn Though the Greek term here is καί (kai), in context this remark is clearly contrastive: Despite the malicious act, God was present and protected Joseph. |
| (0.30) | (Act 3:23) | 2 tn Or “will be completely destroyed.” In Acts 3:23 the verb ἐξολεθρεύω (exolethreuō) is translated “destroy and remove” by L&N 20.35. |
| (0.30) | (Act 2:4) | 2 sn Other languages. Acts 2:6-7 indicates that these were languages understandable to the hearers, a diverse group from “every nation under heaven.” |
| (0.30) | (Act 1:1) | 3 sn The former account refers to the Gospel of Luke, which was “volume one” of the two-volume work Luke-Acts. |
| (0.30) | (Act 1:1) | 4 tn Grk “O Theophilus,” but the usage of the vocative in Acts with ὦ (ō) is unemphatic, following more the classical idiom (see ExSyn 69). |
| (0.30) | (Luk 24:28) | 1 sn He acted as though he wanted to go farther. This is written in a way that gives the impression Jesus knew they would ask him to stay. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 21:12) | 3 sn Some of the persecution is of Jewish origin (the synagogues). Some fulfillment of this can be seen in Acts. See the note on synagogues in 4:15. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 20:2) | 3 sn The leadership is looking back to acts like the temple cleansing (19:45-48). How could a Galilean preacher do these things? |
| (0.30) | (Luk 19:5) | 3 sn I must stay. Jesus revealed the necessity of his associating with people like Zacchaeus (5:31-32). This act of fellowship indicated acceptance. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 16:28) | 1 sn To warn them. The warning would consist of a call to act differently than their dead brother had, or else meet his current terrible fate. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 11:45) | 2 tn For this term, see Matt 22:6; Luke 18:32; Acts 14:5; 1 Thess 2:2. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 9:43) | 2 sn The revelation of the mighty power of God was the manifestation of God’s power shown through Jesus. See Acts 10:38. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 1:66) | 5 sn The reference to the Lord’s hand indicates that the presence, direction, and favor of God was with him (Acts 7:9b). |
