[4:26] 1 tn Traditionally, “The kings of the earth took their stand.”
[4:26] 2 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
[4:26] sn See the note on Christ in 2:31.
[4:26] 3 sn A quotation from Ps 2:1-2.
[5:6] 5 tn The translation “wrapped up” for συνέστειλαν (sunesteilan) is suggested by L&N 79.119, but another interpretation is possible. The same verb could also be translated “removed” (see L&N 15.200), although that sense appears somewhat redundant and out of sequence with the following verb and participle (“carried him out and buried him”).
[5:6] 6 sn Buried. Same day burial was a custom in the Jewish world of the first century (cf. also Deut 21:23).