¹ tn Or “All scripture.”

¹ tn Grk “according to the scripture.”

² sn That is, everything that was written in OT scripture.

¹ tn Grk “But so that the scripture may be fulfilled.”

¹ sn The public reading of scripture refers to reading the scripture out loud in the church services. In a context where many were illiterate and few could afford private copies of scripture, such public reading was especially important.

² sn Beginning with this scripture. The discussion likely included many of the scriptures Acts has already noted for the reader in earlier speeches. At the least, readers of Acts would know what other scriptures might be meant.

⁴ tn Or “distort,” “wrench,” “torture” (all are apt descriptions of what heretics do to scripture).

¹ sn There is very little difference in sense between every scripture (emphasizing the individual portions) and “all scripture” (emphasizing the composite whole). The former option is preferred because it fits the normal use of the word “all/every” in Greek (πᾶς, pas) as well as Paul’s normal sense for the word “scripture” in the singular without the article, as here. So every scripture means “every individual portion of scripture.”

¹ sn Paul uses a typical rabbinic formula here in which the OT scriptures are figuratively portrayed as speaking to Pharaoh. What he means is that the scripture he cites refers (or can be applied) to Pharaoh.

³ sn What the prophets and Moses said. Paul argued that his message reflected the hope of the Jewish scriptures.

³ tn Grk “powerful.” BDAG 264 s.v. δυνατός 1.b has “in the Scriptures = well-versed 18:24.”

³ tn The words “same scriptures” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to clarify the referent (“these”).

² sn Everything written about me. The divine plan, events, and scripture itself are seen here as being one.

² tn Heb “books” or “scrolls.” The word “sacred” has been added to clarify that it refers to the Scriptures.

⁵ sn This one incidental line, the rest of the scriptures, links Paul’s writings with scripture. This is thus one of the earliest affirmations of any part of the NT as scripture. Peter’s words were prophetic and were intended as a preemptive strike against the heretics to come.

³ tn Usually φωνή (phōnē) means “voice,” but BDAG 1071-72 s.v. φωνή 2.c has “Also of sayings in scripture…Ac 13:27.”

¹ sn God foretold. Peter’s topic is the working out of God’s plan and promise through events the scriptures also note.

³ sn The time all things are restored. What that restoration involves is already recorded in the scriptures of the nation of Israel.

¹ sn All the prophets…have spoken about and announced. What Peter preaches is rooted in basic biblical and Jewish hope as expressed in the OT scriptures.

¹ tn Or “Study the scriptures thoroughly” (an imperative). For the meaning of the verb see G. Delling, TDNT 2:655-57.