Kisah Para Rasul 1:14

1:14 All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. ¹ 

Kisah Para Rasul 1:24

1:24 Then they prayed, ²  “Lord, you know the hearts of all. Show us which one of these two you have chosen

Kisah Para Rasul 2:47

2:47 praising God and having the good will ³  of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day ⁴  those who were being saved.

Kisah Para Rasul 4:23

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4:23 When they were released, Peter and John ⁵  went to their fellow believers ⁶  and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.

Kisah Para Rasul 6:6

6:6 They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed ⁷  and placed ⁸  their hands on them.

Kisah Para Rasul 10:2

10:2 He ⁹  was a devout, God-fearing man, ¹⁰  as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people ¹¹  and prayed to God regularly.

Kisah Para Rasul 12:5

12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly ¹²  praying to God for him. ¹³ 

Kisah Para Rasul 12:12

12:12 When Peter ¹⁴  realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, ¹⁵  where many people had gathered together and were praying.

Kisah Para Rasul 13:3

13:3 Then, after they had fasted ¹⁶  and ¹⁷  prayed and placed their hands ¹⁸  on them, they sent them off.

Kisah Para Rasul 16:25

16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying ¹⁹  and singing hymns to God, ²⁰  and the rest of ²¹  the prisoners were listening to them.

[1:14]  ¹ sn Jesus’ brothers are mentioned in Matt 13:55 and John 7:3.

[1:24]  ² tn Grk “And praying, they said.” 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.

[2:47]  ³ tn Or “the favor.”

[2:47]  ⁴ tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.

[4:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “they”; the referents (Peter and John) have been specified in the translation for clarity, since a new topic begins in v. 23 and the last specific reference to Peter and John in the Greek text is in 4:19.

[4:23]  ⁶ tn Grk “to their own [people].” In context this phrase is most likely a reference to other believers rather than simply their own families and/or homes, since the group appears to act with one accord in the prayer that follows in v. 24. At the literary level, this phrase suggests how Jews were now splitting into two camps, pro-Jesus and anti-Jesus.

[6:6]  ⁷ tn Literally this is a participle in the Greek text (προσευξάμενοι, proseuxamenoi). It could be translated as a finite verb (“and they prayed and placed their hands on them”) but much smoother English results if the entire coordinate clause is converted to a relative clause that refers back to the apostles.

[6:6]  sn Who prayed. The prayer indicates their acceptance and commissioning for ministry (cf. Deut 34:9).

[6:6]  ⁸ tn Or “laid.”

[10:2]  ⁹ tn In the Greek text this represents a continuation of the previous sentence. Because of the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was begun here in the translation.

[10:2]  ¹⁰ sn The description of Cornelius as a devout, God-fearing man probably means that he belonged to the category called “God-fearers,” Gentiles who worshiped the God of Israel and in many cases kept the Mosaic law, but did not take the final step of circumcision necessary to become a proselyte to Judaism. See further K. G. Kuhn, TDNT 6:732-34, 43-44, and Sir 11:17; 27:11; 39:27.

[10:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “gave many gifts to the poor.” This was known as “giving alms,” or acts of mercy (Sir 7:10; BDAG 315-16 s.v. ἐλεημοσύνη).

[12:5]  ¹² tn Or “constantly.” This term also appears in Luke 22:14 and Acts 26:7.

[12:5]  ¹³ tn Grk “but earnest prayer was being made by the church to God for him.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged to follow English style, and the somewhat awkward passive “prayer was being made” has been changed to the simpler active verb “were praying.” Luke portrays what follows as an answer to prayer.

[12:12]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:12]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “John who was also called Mark.”

[12:12]  sn John Mark becomes a key figure in Acts 12:25; 13:5, 13; 15:37-39.

[13:3]  ¹⁶ tn The three aorist participles νηστεύσαντες (nhsteusante"), προσευξάμενοι (proseuxamenoi), and ἐπιθέντες (epiqente") are translated as temporal participles. Although they could indicate contemporaneous time when used with an aorist main verb, logically here they are antecedent. On fasting and prayer, see Matt 6:5, 16; Luke 2:37; 5:33; Acts 14:23.

[13:3]  ¹⁷ tn Normally English style, which uses a coordinating conjunction between only the last two elements of a series of three or more, would call for omission of “and” here. However, since the terms “fasting and prayer” are something of a unit, often linked together, the conjunction has been retained here.

[13:3]  ¹⁸ sn The placing of hands on Barnabas and Saul (traditionally known as “the laying on of hands”) refers to an act picturing the commission of God and the church for the task at hand.

[16:25]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “praying, were singing.” The participle προσευχόμενοι (proseucomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:25]  ²⁰ sn Praying and singing hymns to God. Tertullian said, “The legs feel nothing in the stocks when the heart is in heaven” (To the Martyrs 2; cf. Rom 5:3; Jas 1:2; 1 Pet 5:6). The presence of God means the potential to be free (cf. v. 26).

[16:25]  ²¹ tn The words “the rest of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.