Kisah Para Rasul 7:42

7:42 But God turned away from them and gave them over ¹  to worship the host ²  of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices ³  forty years in the wilderness, was it, ⁴  house of Israel?

Kisah Para Rasul 7:3

7:3 and said to him, ‘Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.’ ⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 28:16

28:16 When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live ⁶  by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

[7:42]  ¹ sn The expression and gave them over suggests similarities to the judgment on the nations described by Paul in Rom 1:18-32.

[7:42]  ² tn Or “stars.”

[7:42]  sn To worship the hosts of heaven. Their action violated Deut 4:19; 17:2-5. See Ps 106:36-43.

[7:42]  ³ tn The two terms for sacrifices “semantically reinforce one another and are here combined essentially for emphasis” (L&N 53.20).

[7:42]  ⁴ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative reply which is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ question, “was it?”

[7:3]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Gen 12:1.

[28:16]  ⁶ tn Or “to stay.”

[28:16]  sn Allowed to live by himself. Paul continued to have a generous prison arrangement (cf. Acts 27:3).