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How can biblical exegesis be fruitful and meaningful when commentaries and lexicons provide contradictory interpretations, seeming to support opposing translations? An Exegetical Summary of Acts 1–14 asks important exegetical and interpretive questions phrase by phrase, summarizing and organizing content from every major Bible commentary and dozens of lexicons. You can instantly identify...

QUESTION—What is meant by ‘not many days from now’? The Greek negative-positive expression ‘not many’ is often rendered as ‘a few’ [TH]. According to the chronology of Acts, the time frame was about ten days, since Pentecost was fifty days after Passover and Jesus appeared for forty days [BECNT]. DISCOURSE UNIT—1:6–14 [AB]. The topic is the mission to the world and the ascension. DISCOURSE UNIT—1:6–11 [BECNT, CBC, TNTC; CEV, ESV, NCV, NLT, NRSV, TEV]. The topic is the ascension [ESV, TNTC], the ascension
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