Acts 4:24
ContextNETBible | When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind 1 and said, “Master of all, 2 you who made the heaven, the earth, 3 the sea, and everything that is in them, |
XREF | 2Ki 19:15,19; Ne 9:6; Ps 55:16-18; Ps 62:5-8; Ps 69:29,30; Ps 109:29-31; Ps 146:5; Isa 51:12; Jer 10:10-12; Jer 20:13; Jer 32:17; Lu 6:11,12; Ac 16:25; 2Co 1:8-11; 1Th 5:16-18; 2Ti 4:17,18 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn With one mind. Compare Acts 1:14. 2 tn Or “Lord of all.” sn The use of the title Master of all (δεσπότης, despoths) emphasizes that there is a sovereign God who is directing what is taking place. 3 tn Grk “and the earth, and the sea,” but καί (kai) has not been translated before “the earth” and “the sea” since contemporary English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more. |