¹ tn Heb “and David went, going and becoming great, and the Lord of Heaven’s Armies [traditionally, Lord of hosts] was with him.”

³ tn Or “from beneath the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

³ tn Or “as the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

¹ tn Or “the heavens” (also in the following verse). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

² tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

² tn Or “in the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

⁶ tn Grk “in spirit,” referring to the heavenly, eternal realm of existence (cf. 3:18).

¹ tn Grk “who is at the right hand…having gone into heaven.”

⁵ tn Grk “because of both they and you, the Lord is, in heaven…”

² tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

⁴ tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

⁵ tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

² tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

³ tn Or “the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

¹ tn Or “into the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

² tn Or “the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

² tn Grk “Now there were residing in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.”

² sn An allusion to Isa 34:4. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.

¹ sn An allusion to Isa 13:10; 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.

³ sn An allusion to Isa 13:10; 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.