Kisah Para Rasul 7:17

7:17 “But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, ¹  the people increased greatly in number ²  in Egypt,

Kisah Para Rasul 15:4

15:4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received ³  by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported ⁴  all the things God had done with them. ⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 15:38

15:38 but Paul insisted ⁶  that they should not take along this one who had left them in Pamphylia ⁷  and had not accompanied them in the work.

[7:17]  ¹ tn Grk “But as the time for the fulfillment of the promise drew near that God had declared to Abraham.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged to improve English style. See vv. 6-7 above.

[7:17]  ² tn Grk “the people increased and multiplied.”

[15:4]  ³ tn BDAG 761 s.v. παραδέχομαι 2 has “receive, accept” for the meaning here.

[15:4]  ⁴ tn Or “announced.”

[15:4]  ⁵ tn “They reported all the things God had done with them” – an identical phrase occurs in Acts 14:27. God is always the agent.

[15:38]  ⁶ tn BDAG 94 s.v. ἀξιόω 2.a has “he insisted (impf.) that they should not take him along” for this phrase.

[15:38]  ⁷ sn Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor. See Acts 13:13, where it was mentioned previously.