Kisah Para Rasul 9:13

9:13 But Ananias replied, ¹  “Lord, I have heard from many people ²  about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

Kisah Para Rasul 14:22

14:22 They strengthened ³  the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue ⁴  in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom ⁵  of God through many persecutions.” ⁶ 

Kisah Para Rasul 18:10

18:10 because I am with you, and no one will assault ⁷  you to harm ⁸  you, because I have many people in this city.”

[9:13]  ¹ sn Ananias replied. Past events might have suggested to Ananias that this was not good counsel, but like Peter in Acts 10, Ananias’ intuitions were wrong.

[9:13]  ² tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[14:22]  ³ tn Grk “to Antioch, strengthening.” Due to the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here. This participle (ἐπιστηρίζοντες, episthrizonte") and the following one (παρακαλοῦντες, parakalounte") have been translated as finite verbs connected by the coordinating conjunction “and.”

[14:22]  ⁴ sn And encouraged them to continue. The exhortations are like those noted in Acts 11:23; 13:43. An example of such a speech is found in Acts 20:18-35. Christianity is now characterized as “the faith.”

[14:22]  ⁵ sn This reference to the kingdom of God clearly refers to its future arrival.

[14:22]  ⁶ tn Or “sufferings.”

[18:10]  ⁷ tn BDAG 384 s.v. ἐπιτίθημι 2 has “to set upon, attack, lay a hand on” here, but “assault” is a contemporary English equivalent very close to the meaning of the original.

[18:10]  ⁸ tn Or “injure.”