Acts 13:23-25

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Acts 13:23 tn Or “From the offspring”; Grk “From the seed.”sn From the descendants (Grk “seed”). On the importance of the seed promise involving Abraham, see Gal 3:6-29.
2. Acts 13:23 sn The phrase this man is in emphatic position in the Greek text.
3. Acts 13:23 tn Grk “according to [his] promise.” The comparative clause “just as he promised” is less awkward in English.sn Just as he promised. Note how Paul describes Israel’s history carefully to David and then leaps forward immediately to Jesus. Paul is expounding the initial realization of Davidic promise as it was delivered in Jesus.
4. Acts 13:24 tn Grk “John having already proclaimed before his coming a baptism…,” a genitive absolute construction which is awkward in English. A new sentence was begun in the translation at this point.
5. Acts 13:24 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the context for clarity, since God is mentioned in the preceding context and John the Baptist in the following clause.
6. Acts 13:24 sn John refers here to John the Baptist.
7. Acts 13:24 tn Grk “a baptism of repentance”; the genitive has been translated as a genitive of purpose.
8. Acts 13:25 tn Or “task.”
9. Acts 13:25 tn The verb ἔλεγεν (elegen) has been translated as an iterative imperfect, since John undoubtedly said this or something similar on numerous occasions.
10. Acts 13:25 tn Literally a relative clause, “of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of his feet.” Because of the awkwardness of this construction in English, a new sentence was begun here.