³ tn Or “response”; “answer.”

⁴ sn Terrified. See similar responses in Luke 1:12, 29.

³ tn Heb “no divine response” or “no answer from God.”

¹ sn The questions in vv. 29-30 all expect a negative response.

⁴ sn Here yet another Gentile is presented as responsive to Paul’s message in Acts.

³ sn Note how faith and response are linked here by the phrase and does what is right.

² tn Grk “said,” but in response to the angel’s address, “replied” is better English style.

⁵ sn They turned. To “turn” is a good summary term for the response to the gospel.

² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author explaining the parents’ response.

¹ tn An ingressive imperfect conveys the idea that Jesus’ reply provoked the disciples’ response.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the preceding responses.

⁵ sn Entrusted with much. To be gifted with precious responsibility is something that requires faithfulness.

¹ sn Peter wants reassurance that the disciples’ response and sacrifice has been noticed.

² sn Peter wants reassurance that the disciples’ response and sacrifice have been noticed.

² sn That is, a heart that symbolizes a will that is responsive and obedient to God.

³ sn A similar response to a divine encounter is found in Acts 9:8-9.

¹ tn The rhetorical questions assume an emphatic negative response, “Of course not!”

² tn Heb “[was] with” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “tutored”; NRSV “attended”; NLT “was responsible to teach.’

¹ tn Heb “you shall assign by names the vessels of the responsibility of their burden.”

² tn Heb “the keepers of the responsibility” (שֹׁמְרֵי מִשְׁמֶרֶת, shom^erey mishmeret). The participle is a genitive specifying the duty to which he was appointed (thing possessed); its cognate genitive emphasizes that their responsibility was over the holy place.