Acts 10:44-46

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Acts 10:44 tn Or “came down on.” God now acted to confirm the point of Peter’s speech.
2. Acts 10:44 tn Or “word.”
3. Acts 10:45 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.
4. Acts 10:45 tn Or “The Jewish Christians”; Grk “The believers from the circumcision.”
5. Acts 10:45 sn The Jewish Christians who were with Peter were greatly astonished because they thought the promise of the Spirit would be limited only to those of Israel. God’s plan was taking on fresh dimensions even as it was a reflection of what the prophets had promised.
6. Acts 10:45 tn Or “because.”
7. Acts 10:45 tn That is, the gift consisting of the Holy Spirit. Here τοῦ πνεύματος (tou pneumatos) is a genitive of apposition; the gift consists of the Spirit.
8. Acts 10:45 sn The gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out. Cf. the account in Acts 2, especially 2:33. Note also Joel 2:17-21 and Acts 11:15-18.
9. Acts 10:46 tn Or “extolling,” “magnifying.”