Acts 5:20-22

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Acts 5:20 tn Grk “the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.
2. Acts 5:20 tn Or “speak.”
3. Acts 5:21 tn Grk “the temple.” See the note on the same phrase in the preceding verse.
4. Acts 5:21 tn The imperfect verb ἐδίδασκον (edidaskon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
5. Acts 5:21 tn Or “the council” (the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
6. Acts 5:21 tn A hendiadys (two different terms referring to a single thing) is likely here (a reference to a single legislative body rather than two separate ones) because the term γερουσίαν (gerousian) is used in both 1 Macc 12:6 and Josephus, Ant. 13.5.8 (13.166) to refer to the Sanhedrin.
7. Acts 5:21 tn Grk “sons of Israel.”
8. Acts 5:21 tn Grk “have them”; the referent (the apostles) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9. Acts 5:21 tn The words “before them” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
10. Acts 5:22 tn The Greek term ὑπηρέτης (hupēretēs) generally means “servant,” but in the NT is used for many different types of servants, like attendants to a king, the officers of the Sanhedrin (as here), assistants to magistrates, and (especially in the Gospel of John) Jewish guards in the Jerusalem temple (see L&N 35.20).
11. Acts 5:22 tn The words “for them” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
12. Acts 5:22 tn Grk “reported, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.