⁶ sn The concluding note about the road appears to be a parenthetical note by the author.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.

³ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding summary.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding summary of the account.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.

¹ sn Psalm 150. The Psalter concludes with a resounding call for praise from everything that has breath.

³ tn The words “I concluded that” do not appear in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “And.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) introduces a concluding statement for all the preceding material.

¹ tn Or “is.” No verb is stated, but a wish (“be”) rather than a declarative statement (“is”) is most likely in a concluding greeting such as this.

¹ tn BDAG 231 s.v. διακρίνω 1.b lists this passage under the meaning “to conclude that there is a difference, make a distinction, differentiate.”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of Jesus’ ascension and the concluding summary of Luke’s Gospel.

¹ tn This preterite verb provides the concluding statement for the temporal clauses as well as the parallel to v. 27 “I was there.”

¹ sn The psalm concludes with a petition to the Lord, asking him to continue to intervene in strength for the king and nation.

⁴ sn Using the poetic device of inclusio, the psalmist ends the psalm the way he began it. The concluding refrain is identical to v. 1.

¹ tn After the concluding disjunctive clause at the end of v. 6, the author now begins a more detailed account of the murder and its aftermath.

² sn To pray. In this verse Paul resumes and concludes the section about prayer begun in 2:1-2. 1 Tim 2:3-7 described God’s concern for all people as the motive for such prayer.

⁶ sn Like Jesus went to Jerusalem, Paul would now go to Rome. This trip forms the concluding backdrop to Acts. This is the second notice about going to Rome (see Acts 19:21 for the first).

¹ sn The Lord concludes his case against Israel by offering them the opportunity to be forgiven and by setting before them the alternatives of renewed blessing (as a reward for repentance) and final judgment (as punishment for persistence in sin).

¹ sn Eccl 12:9-12 fits the pattern of a concluding colophon that draws from a conventional stock of ancient Near Eastern scribal practices and vocabulary. See M. A. Fishbane, Biblical Interpretation, 29-31.

¹ tn The exclamation כֵּן (ken, “so; thus; such”) marks a conclusion (BDB 485 s.v.). It draws a comparison between the destruction of the wicked in v. 18 and the concluding statement in v. 19.