1:1 Solomon son of David solidified his royal authority, 3 for 4 the Lord his God was with him and magnified him greatly.
8:4 Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.
1 tn Or “high place.”
2 tn Heb “the tent of meeting of God.”
3 tn Heb “and Solomon son of David strengthened himself over his kingdom.”
4 tn The disjunctive clause (note the vav [ו] + subject pattern) probably has a causal nuance here.
5 tn Grk “to what was being said by Philip,” a passive construction that has been changed to active voice in the translation.
6 tn Here the following context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned. This term appears 13 times in Acts, but only twice more after Acts 8:13 (i.e., 14:3; 15:12).