Acts 10:4-6

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Acts 10:4 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Cornelius) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2. Acts 10:4 tn Grk “said,” but in response to the angel’s address, “replied” is better English style.
3. Acts 10:4 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4. Acts 10:4 tn Or “your gifts to the needy.”
5. Acts 10:4 sn The language used in the expression gone up as a memorial before God parallels what one would say of acceptable sacrifices (Ps 141:2; Sir 35:6; 50:16).
6. Acts 10:5 tn Grk “And now.” 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.
7. Acts 10:5 sn Joppa was a seaport on the Philistine coast, in the same location as modern Jaffa.
8. Acts 10:5 tn Grk “a certain Simon.”
9. Acts 10:6 tn Or “with a certain Simon Berseus.” Although most modern English translations treat βυρσεῖ (bursei) as Simon’s profession (“Simon the tanner”), it is possible that the word is actually Simon’s surname (“Simon Berseus” or “Simon Tanner”). BDAG 185 s.v. βυρσεύς regards it as a surname. See also MM 118.