The Greek in Acts 4:36 that is translated as “son of encouragement” in English is translated as
- “one who makes people receive a helpful word” in Ojitlán Chinantec
- “the person who makes our hearts be at peace” in Lalana Chinantec
- “he will encourage us” in Isthmus Mixe
- “one who enlarges (encourages) hearts” in Chichimeca-Jonaz
- “one who comforts” in San Mateo del Mar Huave
- “one who consoles people” in Tzotzil
- “gives gladness to those who weep” in Desano (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- “The man who strengthens people’s interiors” in Bariai (source: Bariai Back Translation)
- “Child Who Turns Livers Good” in Mairasi (source: Enggavoter 2004)
- “owner of encouraging heart” in Hausa (source: Hausa Common Language Bible Back Translation)
See also Barnabas and encourage / comfort.
The Greek in Acts 2:38 that is translated “receive the gift of the Holy Spirit” or similar in English is translated as
- “receive the gift of God which is the Holy Spirit” in Eastern Highland Otomi
- “God will give his Spirit to you” in Chuj
- “God will cause his Holy Spirit to possess you” in Teutila Cuicatec
- “the Holy Spirit will come into your souls with his power” in Desano
- “you will receive the Holy Spirit, Father God will give you that” in San Mateo del Mar Huave
- “God will send the Holy Spirit to live with you” Mezquital Otomi (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- “you guys will receive Great Above Ones Spirit as a gift from right where Great Above One lives” in Mairasi (source: Enggavoter 2004)
- “you will receive the Straight Spirit as a gift to you” in Bariai (source: Bariai Back Translation)
See also Receive the Holy Spirit.
The Greek that is often translated as “captain of the temple” in English is translated in the following ways:
- Desano: “captain of the temple chief of the persons who guard the big temple”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “boss of the big church of the Jews”
- Chuj: “chief of the guards of God’s house”
- Isthmus Mixe: “church building leader”
- Lalana Chinantec: “boss of the soldiers of the church
- Ayutla Mixtec: “he who is over the soldiers of the temple”
- Morelos Nahuatl: “the chief of police of the big church” (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
The Greek in Acts 6:8 that is typically translated as “full of grace” in English is translated in the following ways:
See also complete verse (Acts 6:8).
The Greek in Acts 7:20 that is translated as “beautiful before God” in English is translated in the following ways:
The Greek in Acts 4:32 that is translated as “of one heart and soul” or similar in English is translated as “like one single person in their souls” in Desano and “were all one inside” in Ayutla Mixtec. (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
The Hebrew, Ge’ez, and and Greek that is translated as “witness” in English is translated in these ways:
- “truly have seen” in Highland Popoluca
- “telling the truth regarding something” in Eastern Highland Otomi
- “know something” in Lalana Chinantec
- “verily know something to be the truth” in San Mateo del Mar Huave
- “we ourselves saw this” in Desano
- “tell the truth about something” in Eastern Highland Otomi
- “know something is true because of seeing it” in Teutila Cuicatec (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- “ones who will confirm that these-things that you have seen are true” in Kankanaey (source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- “ones who are to testify about these things, because it all happened before your eyes” in Tagbanwa (source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
The Greek in Acts 6:2 that is often translated as “serve tables” or “wait at tables is translated in the following ways:
