Kisah Para Rasul 1:1

Jesus Ascends to Heaven

1:1 I wrote ¹  the former ²  account, ³  Theophilus, ⁴  about all that Jesus began to do and teach

Kisah Para Rasul 4:28

4:28 to do as much as your power ⁵  and your plan ⁶  had decided beforehand ⁷  would happen.

Kisah Para Rasul 5:20

5:20 “Go and stand in the temple courts ⁸  and proclaim ⁹  to the people all the words of this life.”

Kisah Para Rasul 7:15

7:15 So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, ¹⁰  along with our ancestors, ¹¹ 

Kisah Para Rasul 7:54

Stephen is Killed

7:54 When they heard these things, they became furious ¹²  and ground their teeth ¹³  at him.

Kisah Para Rasul 9:16

9:16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” ¹⁴ 

Kisah Para Rasul 13:24

13:24 Before ¹⁵  Jesus ¹⁶  arrived, John ¹⁷  had proclaimed a baptism for repentance ¹⁸  to all the people of Israel.

Kisah Para Rasul 13:44

13:44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord. ¹⁹ 

Kisah Para Rasul 28:9-10

28:9 After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick ²⁰  also came and were healed. ²¹  28:10 They also bestowed many honors, ²²  and when we were preparing to sail, ²³  they gave ²⁴  us all the supplies we needed. ²⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 28:22

28:22 But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know ²⁶  that people ²⁷  everywhere speak against ²⁸  it.”

[1:1]  ¹ tn Or “produced,” Grk “made.”

[1:1]  ² tn Or “first.” The translation “former” is preferred because “first” could imply to the modern English reader that the author means that his previous account was the first one to be written down. The Greek term πρῶτος (prwtos) does not necessarily mean “first” in an absolute sense, but can refer to the first in a set or series. That is what is intended here – the first account (known as the Gospel of Luke) as compared to the second one (known as Acts).

[1:1]  ³ tn The Greek word λόγος (logos) is sometimes translated “book” (NRSV, NIV) or “treatise” (KJV). A formal, systematic treatment of a subject is implied, but the word “book” may be too specific and slightly misleading to the modern reader, so “account” has been used.

[1:1]  sn The former account refers to the Gospel of Luke, which was “volume one” of the two-volume work Luke-Acts.

[1:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “O Theophilus,” but the usage of the vocative in Acts with ὦ (w) is unemphatic, following more the classical idiom (see ExSyn 69).

[4:28]  ⁵ tn Grk “hand,” here a metaphor for God’s strength or power or authority.

[4:28]  ⁶ tn Or “purpose,” “will.”

[4:28]  ⁷ tn Or “had predestined.” Since the term “predestine” is something of a technical theological term, not in wide usage in contemporary English, the translation “decide beforehand” was used instead (see L&N 30.84). God’s direction remains as the major theme.

[5:20]  ⁸ tn Grk “the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.

[5:20]  ⁹ tn Or “speak.”

[7:15]  ¹⁰ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[7:15]  ¹¹ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[7:54]  ¹² tn This verb, which also occurs in Acts 5:33, means “cut to the quick” or “deeply infuriated” (BDAG 235 s.v. διαπρίω).

[7:54]  ¹³ tn Or “they gnashed their teeth.” This idiom is a picture of violent rage (BDAG 184 s.v. βρύχω). See also Ps 35:16.

[9:16]  ¹⁴ tn Or “because of my name.” BDAG 1031 s.v. ὑπέρ 2 lists Acts 9:16 as an example of ὑπέρ (Juper) used to indicate “the moving cause or reason, because of, for the sake of, for.”

[13:24]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “John having already proclaimed before his coming a baptism…,” a genitive absolute construction which is awkward in English. A new sentence was begun in the translation at this point.

[13:24]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the context for clarity, since God is mentioned in the preceding context and John the Baptist in the following clause.

[13:24]  ¹⁷ sn John refers here to John the Baptist.

[13:24]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “a baptism of repentance”; the genitive has been translated as a genitive of purpose.

[13:44]  ¹⁹ tc Most mss (B* C E Ψ Ï sy bo) read θεοῦ (qeou, “of God”) here instead of κυρίου (kuriou, “of the Lord”). Other mss, among them some important early witnesses (Ì⁷⁴ א A B² 33 81 323 945 1175 1739 al sa), read κυρίου. The external evidence favors κυρίου, though not decisively. Internally, the mention of “God” in v. 43, and especially “the word of God” in v. 46, would provide some temptation for scribes to assimilate the wording in v. 44 to these texts.

[13:44]  sn The word of the Lord is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1, Isa 1:10, Jonah 1:1). In the NT it occurs 15 times: 3 times as ῥῆμα τοῦ κυρίου (rJhma tou kuriou; Luke 22:61, Acts 11:16, 1 Pet 1:25) and 12 times as λόγος τοῦ κυρίου (logo" tou kuriou; here and in vv. 48 and 49; Acts 8:25; 15:35, 36; 16:32; 19:10, 20; 1 Thess 1:8, 4:15; 2 Thess 3:1). As in the OT, this phrase focuses on the prophetic nature and divine origin of what has been said.

[28:9]  ²⁰ tn BDAG 142 s.v. ἀσθένεια 1 states, “ἔχειν ἀ. be ill Ac 28:9.”

[28:9]  ²¹ sn Many…also came and were healed. Again, here is irony. Paul, though imprisoned, “frees” others of their diseases.

[28:10]  ²² tn Or “they also honored us greatly”; Grk “they also honored us with many honors” (an idiom).

[28:10]  ²³ tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.” In this case the simpler English “sail” is more appropriate. The English participle “preparing” has also been supplied, since the provisioning of the ship would take place some time before the actual departure.

[28:10]  ²⁴ tn BDAG 384 s.v. ἐπιτίθημι 1.b has “give τινί τι someth. to someone…ἀναγομένοις τὰ πρὸς τὰς χρείας when we sailed they gave us what we needed Ac 28:10.”

[28:10]  ²⁵ sn They gave us all the supplies we needed. What they had lost in the storm and shipwreck was now replaced. Luke describes these pagans very positively.

[28:22]  ²⁶ tn Grk “regarding this sect it is known to us.” The passive construction “it is known to us” has been converted to an active one to simplify the translation.

[28:22]  ²⁷ tn Grk “that everywhere it is spoken against.” To simplify the translation the passive construction “it is spoken against” has been converted to an active one with the subject “people” supplied.

[28:22]  ²⁸ tn On the term translated “speak against,” see BDAG 89 s.v. ἀντιλέγω 1.