Discovery Box| (0.43) | (Act 21:33) | 1 tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 31. |
| (0.43) | (Act 21:32) | 6 tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 31. |
| (0.43) | (Act 21:16) | 1 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. |
| (0.43) | (Act 20:21) | 2 sn Repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. Note the twofold description of the message. It is a turning to God involving faith in Jesus Christ. |
| (0.43) | (Act 17:6) | 4 sn Throughout the world. Note how some of those present had knowledge of what had happened elsewhere. Word about Paul and his companions and their message was spreading. |
| (0.43) | (Act 17:3) | 5 sn See the note on Christ in 2:31. The identification of the Messiah with Jesus indicates Paul was proclaiming the fulfillment of messianic promise. |
| (0.43) | (Act 15:17) | 3 sn Note the linkage back to v. 14 through the mention of Gentiles. What Simeon explained is what the OT text says would happen. |
| (0.43) | (Act 14:27) | 2 sn Note that God is the subject of the activity. The outcome of this mission is seen as a confirmation of the mission to the Gentiles. |
| (0.43) | (Act 13:45) | 1 sn They were filled with jealousy. Their foolish response to the gospel is noted again (see Acts 5:17; 7:9; 17:5). |
| (0.43) | (Act 12:21) | 2 tn Or “apparel.” On Herod’s robes see Josephus, Ant. 19.8.2 (19.344), summarized in the note at the end of v. 23. |
| (0.43) | (Act 12:19) | 7 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. |
| (0.43) | (Act 11:22) | 5 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19. Again the Jerusalem church exercised an oversight role. |
| (0.43) | (Act 11:11) | 2 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. |
| (0.43) | (Act 9:36) | 3 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. Dorcas is the Greek translation of the Aramaic name Tabitha. Dorcas in Greek means “gazelle” or “deer.” |
| (0.43) | (Act 9:30) | 1 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. |
| (0.43) | (Act 9:22) | 5 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.” Note again the variation in the titles used. |
| (0.43) | (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. |
| (0.43) | (Act 7:45) | 3 sn Before our ancestors. Stephen has backtracked here to point out how faithful God had been before the constant move to idolatry just noted. |
| (0.43) | (Act 7:39) | 3 sn To obey. Again the theme of the speech is noted. The nation disobeyed the way of God and opted for Egypt over the promised land. |
| (0.43) | (Act 7:8) | 3 sn God gave…the covenant. Note how the covenant of promise came before Abraham’s entry into the land and before the building of the temple. |
