Acts 7:14

7:14 So Joseph sent a message ¹  and invited ²  his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people ³  in all.

Acts 17:9

17:9 After ⁴  the city officials ⁵  had received bail ⁶  from Jason and the others, they released them.

[7:14]  ¹ tn The words “a message” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[7:14]  ² tn Or “Joseph had his father summoned” (BDAG 121 s.v. ἀποστέλλω 2.b).

[7:14]  ³ tn Grk “souls” (here an idiom for the whole person).

[17:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “And after.” 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.

[17:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the city officials) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:9]  ⁶ tn That is, “a payment” or “a pledge of security” (BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός 1) for which “bail” is the most common contemporary English equivalent.