Kisah Para Rasul 8:24

8:24 But Simon replied, ¹  “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to ²  me.”

Kisah Para Rasul 11:21

11:21 The ³  hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed ⁴  turned ⁵  to the Lord.

Kisah Para Rasul 19:18

19:18 Many of those who had believed came forward, ⁶  confessing and making their deeds known. ⁷ 

[8:24]  ¹ tn Grk “Simon answered and said.”

[8:24]  sn Given that Simon does not follow Peter’s call for repentance, many interpreters read this reply as flippant rather than sincere. But the exact nature of Simon’s reply is not entirely clear.

[8:24]  ² tn Grk “may come upon.”

[11:21]  ³ tn Grk “And the.” 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.

[11:21]  ⁴ tn The participle πιστεύσας (pisteusa") is articular and thus cannot be adverbial. It is adjectival, modifying ἀριθμός (ariqmo"), but has been translated into English as a relative clause (“who believed”).

[11:21]  ⁵ sn Again, the expression turned is a summary term for responding to the gospel.

[19:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “came”; the word “forward” is supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning and to conform to the contemporary English idiom.

[19:18]  ⁷ tn Or “confessing and disclosing their deeds.” BDAG 59 s.v. ἀναγγέλλω 2 has “W. ἐξομολογεῖσθαι: ἀ. τὰς πράξεις αὐτο'ν make their deeds known Ac 19:18.”

[19:18]  sn Making their deeds known. Ephesus was a major pagan religious center with much syncretistic “magical” practice. Coming to Jesus changed the lives and attitudes of these believers, creating a social impact.