Kisah Para Rasul 1:3

1:3 To the same apostles ¹  also, after his suffering, ²  he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period ³  and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.

Kisah Para Rasul 5:36

5:36 For some time ago ⁴  Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He ⁵  was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it. ⁶ 

Kisah Para Rasul 7:45

7:45 Our ⁷  ancestors ⁸  received possession of it and brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors, ⁹  until the time ¹⁰  of David.

[1:3]  ¹ tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the apostles) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:3]  ² sn After his suffering is a reference to Jesus’ crucifixion and the abuse which preceded it.

[1:3]  ³ tn Grk “during forty days.” The phrase “over a forty-day period” is used rather than “during forty days” because (as the other NT accounts of Jesus’ appearances make clear) Jesus was not continually visible to the apostles during the forty days, but appeared to them on various occasions.

[5:36]  ⁴ tn Grk “For before these days.”

[5:36]  ⁵ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was replaced by the pronoun “he,” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point.

[5:36]  ⁶ tn Grk “and they came to nothing.” Gamaliel’s argument is that these two insurrectionists were taken care of by natural events.

[7:45]  ⁷ tn Grk “And.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[7:45]  ⁸ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[7:45]  ⁹ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[7:45]  sn Before our ancestors. Stephen has backtracked here to point out how faithful God had been before the constant move to idolatry just noted.

[7:45]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “In those days.”