Acts 10:3-5

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Acts 10:3 tn Grk “at about the ninth hour of the day.” This would be the time for afternoon prayer.
2. Acts 10:3 tn Or “the angel of God.” Linguistically, “angel of God” is the same in both testaments (and thus, he is either “an angel of God” or “the angel of God” in both testaments). For arguments and implications, see ExSyn 252; M. J. Davidson, “Angels,” DJG, 9; W. G. MacDonald argues for “an angel” in both testaments: “Christology and ‘The Angel of the Lord’,” Current Issues in Biblical and Patristic Interpretation, 324-35.
3. Acts 10:3 tn The participles εἰσελθόντα (eiselthonta) and εἰπόντα (eiponta) are accusative, and thus best taken as adjectival participles modifying ἄγγελον (angelon): “an angel who came in and said.”
4. Acts 10:4 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Cornelius) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5. Acts 10:4 tn Grk “said,” but in response to the angel’s address, “replied” is better English style.
6. Acts 10:4 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7. Acts 10:4 tn Or “your gifts to the needy.”
8. 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).
9. 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.
10. Acts 10:5 sn Joppa was a seaport on the Philistine coast, in the same location as modern Jaffa.
11. Acts 10:5 tn Grk “a certain Simon.”