Kisah Para Rasul 8:35

8:35 So Philip started speaking, ¹  and beginning with this scripture ²  proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.

Kisah Para Rasul 9:14

9:14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison ³  all who call on your name!” ⁴ 

Kisah Para Rasul 16:30

16:30 Then he brought them outside ⁵  and asked, “Sirs, what must ⁶  I do to be saved?”

Kisah Para Rasul 21:14

21:14 Because he could not be persuaded, ⁷  we said no more except, ⁸  “The Lord’s will be done.” ⁹ 

[8:35]  ¹ tn Grk “opening his mouth” (a Semitic idiom for beginning to speak in a somewhat formal manner). The participle ἀνοίξας (anoixa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[8:35]  ² sn Beginning with this scripture. The discussion likely included many of the scriptures Acts has already noted for the reader in earlier speeches. At the least, readers of Acts would know what other scriptures might be meant.

[9:14]  ³ tn Grk “to bind.”

[9:14]  ⁴ sn The expression “those who call on your name” is a frequent description of believers (Acts 2:21; 1 Cor 1:2; Rom 10:13).

[16:30]  ⁵ tn Grk “And bringing them outside, he asked.” The participle προαγαγών (proagagwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun by supplying the conjunction “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

[16:30]  ⁶ tn The Greek term (δεῖ, dei) is used by Luke to represent divine necessity.

[21:14]  ⁷ tn The participle πειθομένου (peiqomenou) in this genitive absolute construction has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[21:14]  ⁸ tn Grk “we became silent, saying.”

[21:14]  ⁹ sn “The Lord’s will be done.” Since no one knew exactly what would happen, the matter was left in the Lord’s hands.