Acts 13:48

When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice ¹  and praise ²  the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life ³  believed.

Ps 138:2; Mt 28:16; Lu 2:10-11; Lu 7:8; Joh 10:16,26,27; Joh 11:52; Ac 2:41; Ac 2:47; Ac 8:8; Ac 13:42; Ac 15:2; Ac 15:31; Ac 20:13; Ac 22:10; Ac 28:23; Ro 8:30; Ro 11:7; Ro 13:1; Ro 15:9-12; 1Co 16:15; Eph 1:19; Eph 2:5-10; 2Th 2:13,14; 2Th 3:1

¹ tn The imperfect verb ἔχαιρον (ecairon) and the following ἐδόξαζον (edoxazon) are translated as ingressive imperfects.

² tn Or “glorify.” Although “honor” is given by BDAG 258 s.v. δοξάζω as a translation, it would be misleading here, because the meaning is “to honor in the sense of attributing worth to something,” while in contemporary English usage one speaks of “honoring” a contract in the sense of keeping its stipulations. It is not a synonym for “obey” in this context (“obey the word of the Lord”), but that is how many English readers would understand it.

³ sn Note the contrast to v. 46 in regard to eternal life.