Core Glossary

Core Glossary — Acts 1–28 (English → Gujarati)

This glossary consolidates every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, across the whole book of Acts. Terms already established in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked [Reused from Romans TM] and their rendering is carried over unchanged — see that file for full notes. All other terms are new to the Acts curriculum and receive full risk rationale here. This file governs Phase 2 enforcement for Acts alongside the baseline translation_memory.json.

Risk tiers follow the baseline definitions exactly:

Critical — mistranslation destroys essential doctrine; mandatory theologian review every occurrence.
High — significant theological confusion/syncretism risk; theologian review required.
Medium — clarity reduced but core meaning preserved; native speaker review recommended.
Low — minor imprecision risk; automated review sufficient.

Section A — Terms Reused from the Romans Baseline (Translation Memory Compliance)

Term (English)	Gujarati	Risk	Chapters Cited (Acts)	Note
gospel	સુવાર્તા	High	8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20	[Reused from Romans TM]
grace	કૃપા	Critical	11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20	[Reused] — Acts 15:11, “saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus,” is a key parallel occurrence
faith	વિશ્વાસ	High	3, 6, 11, 13–16, 20, 24, 26	[Reused]
righteousness	ન્યાયીપણું	Critical	3, 13, 17, 24	[Reused]
justification	ન્યાયી ઠરાવવું	Critical	13:38-39	[Reused] — anchors the “Justification apart from the Law” doctrine in Acts
salvation	ઉદ્ધાર	Critical	2, 4, 11, 13, 15, 16, 27, 28	[Reused]
apostle	પ્રેરિત	Medium	1, 2, 4–6, 8, 9, 11, 14–16	[Reused]
called / calling	તેડાયેલા / તેડું	High	2, 9, 13, 16	[Reused]
holy	પવિત્ર	High	1–7, 9–13, 15–17, 19, 20	[Reused] (holy_spirit occurrences throughout)
saints	પવિત્ર જનો	High	9, 26	[Reused]
sanctification	પવિત્રીકરણ	High	20, 26	[Reused]
resurrection	પુનરુત્થાન	Critical	1–4, 17, 23, 24, 26	[Reused]
lord	પ્રભુ	Critical	2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19–22, 26	[Reused]
son_of_god	પરમેશ્વરનો પુત્ર	Critical	9, 13	[Reused]
incarnation	દેહધારણ	Critical	14, 28 (contrast cases)	[Reused] — used in translator notes contrasting Lystra/Malta “god in human form” confusion
peace	શાંતિ	Medium	9, 10, 15	[Reused]
spiritual_gifts	આત્મિક કૃપાદાન	Medium	6, 8 (contrasted with magic/gift-of-Spirit distinctions)	[Reused]
thanksgiving	આભારસ્તુતિ	Low	27, 28	[Reused]
fellowship	સંગત	Low	2	[Reused]
church	મંડળી	Medium	2, 5, 6, 8–20	[Reused]
kingdom_of_god	પરમેશ્વરનું રાજ્ય	Medium	1, 8, 14, 19, 20, 28	[Reused]
law	નિયમશાસ્ત્ર	High	13, 15, 21, 25	[Reused]
sin	પાપ	High	2, 3, 7	[Reused]
gentiles	અન્ય પ્રજાઓ	Medium	9–11, 13–15, 18, 21, 22, 26, 28	[Reused]
glory	મહિમા	High	7, 12	[Reused]
obedience_of_faith	વિશ્વાસનું આજ્ઞાપાલન	High	5, 6	[Reused]
power_of_god	પરમેશ્વરનું સામર્થ્ય	High	1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10	[Reused]
messiah	મસીહા	Critical	2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 17, 18, 26, 28	[Reused]
prophet / prophecy	ભવિષ્યવક્તા / ભવિષ્યવાણી	Low	2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 21, 28	[Reused]
covenant	કરાર	High	2, 3, 7, 15	[Reused]
election	પરમેશ્વરની પસંદગી	High	9, 13	[Reused]
intercession	મધ્યસ્થતા	Medium	1, 4, 12, 13	[Reused]
providence	પરમેશ્વરનું વિધાન	High	2, 4, 20, 27	[Reused]
mission	મિશન / સુવાર્તા પ્રચાર	Medium	1, 8, 9, 13, 22, 26	[Reused]
david	દાઉદ	Low	2, 4, 7, 13, 15	[Reused]
israel	ઇઝરાયલ	Medium	1–5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 21, 26, 28	[Reused]
jesus	ઈસુ	Critical	throughout	[Reused]
god	પરમેશ્વર	Critical	throughout	[Reused]
holy_spirit	પવિત્ર આત્મા	Critical	1, 2, 4–11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20	[Reused]
father	પિતા	Critical	1, 2	[Reused]
exhort	પ્રોત્સાહન આપવું	Low	2, 11, 14–16, 20	[Reused]
imputed_righteousness	આરોપિત ન્યાયીપણું	Critical	13:38-39	[Reused]

Section B — New Terms Specific to the Acts Curriculum

#	Term (English)	Original (Greek)	Transliteration	Gujarati Rendering	Literal Meaning	Semantic Range / English Variants	Risk	Doctrine	Chapters	Rationale / Rejected Alternatives
1	Pentecost	πεντηκοστή	pentēkostē	પેન્તેકોસ્ત / પેન્તેકોસ્તનું પર્વ	”fiftieth [day]“	The OT Feast of Weeks; later, the Christian feast of the Spirit’s outpouring	Medium	The Holy Spirit and Pentecost	2, 20	No true Gujarati cultural equivalent; requires OT festival-calendar teaching, not syncretism risk.
2	tongues (fire, literal)	γλῶσσα	glōssa	જીભ (pl. જીભો)	“tongue” (body part)	Physical tongue; here, flame shaped like a tongue	High	Holy Spirit and Pentecost	2	Must not be confused with entry #3; same Greek word, two different Gujarati words required within two consecutive verses.
3	tongues (languages)	γλῶσσα / ἑτέρα γλῶσσα	glōssa / hetera glōssa	ભાષાઓ / અન્ય ભાષાઓ	”language”	Real, known human languages (confirmed by “each in his own dialect,” 2:6-11)	High	Holy Spirit and Pentecost	2, 10, 19	Must not be rendered so as to suggest unintelligible ecstatic utterance (risk of merging with local trance/oracular speech phenomena); confirmed intelligible languages in this narrative.
4	filled with the Holy Spirit	πίμπλημι + πνεῦμα ἅγιον	plēsthentes pneumatos hagiou	પવિત્ર આત્માથી ભરપૂર થવું	”filled with the Holy Spirit”	Complete Spirit-empowerment for speech/mission/boldness	High	Holy Spirit and Pentecost	2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13	Inherits Critical status of પવિત્ર આત્મા (baseline); never drift toward પરમાત્મા/બ્રહ્મ.
5	baptism / baptize	βάπτισμα / βαπτίζω	baptisma / baptizō	બાપ્તિસ્મા / બાપ્તિસ્મા આપવું	”immersion, dipping”	Water rite of repentance (John’s) vs. Christian baptism in Jesus’s name; also metaphorical “Spirit-baptism”	High	Repentance and Baptism	1, 2, 8–11, 16, 18, 19, 22	Must not be read as a ritual purification bath (સ્નાન) that itself washes away karma; it is a sign of repentance/faith and union with Christ, not a self-effected purification.
6	repentance	μετάνοια / μετανοέω	metanoia / metanoeō	પસ્તાવો / પસ્તાવો કરવો	”change of mind, turning”	A God-granted change of heart and direction, turning from sin to God	High	Repentance and Baptism	2, 3, 8, 11, 17, 19, 26	Must be distinguished from પ્રાયશ્ચિત્ત (a Hindu/Jain ritual/ascetic act of expiation performed to offset karma); biblical repentance is granted by God (11:18), not self-generated merit-atonement.
7	witness	μάρτυς / μαρτυρέω	martys / martyreō	સાક્ષી	”one who testifies, a witness”	Eyewitness testimony, especially to the resurrection; later gives rise to “martyr” as testimony unto death	Medium-High	Persecution and Bold Witness	1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 13, 22, 26	Must convey personal, costly testimony to a historical fact (the resurrection), not generic opinion-sharing; note the semantic bridge toward “martyrdom” that begins to emerge with Stephen (ch.7).
8	boldness	παρρησία	parrēsia	હિંમત / નિર્ભયતા	”freedom/openness of speech”	Fearless, open, public proclamation despite threat	Medium	Persecution and Bold Witness	4, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19, 26, 28	Distinguish from mere social confidence; this is Spirit-given courage under threat of real persecution.
9	signs and wonders	σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα	sēmeia kai terata	ચિહ્નો અને આશ્ચર્યકર્મો	”signs and wonders/marvels”	Miraculous acts authenticating apostolic proclamation	High	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	2, 4–6, 8, 13–15, 19	Must be clearly distinguished from occult wonder-working (μαγεία, entry #24) and from siddhi-type ascetic/yogic power claims prominent in Gujarati religious culture.
10	the Way	ἡ ὁδός	hē hodos	ખ્રિસ્તનો માર્ગ (never bare માર્ગ)	“the road, the way”	The early Christian movement’s self-designation	Critical	Gospel to Jews and Gentiles; Persecution	9, 19, 22, 24	CRITICAL: bare માર્ગ collides directly with Hindu bhakti-marga/jnana-marga/karma-marga (multiple paths to liberation) and Jain moksha-marga. Always qualify as ખ્રિસ્તનો માર્ગ (“the Way of Christ”) to preserve exclusivity.
11	clean / unclean (ceremonial)	κοινός / ἀκάθαρτος	koinos / akathartos	સામાન્ય (ceremonially “common”) / અશુદ્ધ (unclean)	“common, ordinary” / “impure”	OT dietary/ceremonial boundary-markers, overturned by God’s declaration in Peter’s vision	High	Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	10, 11, 15	Must not be read through Hindu/Jain ritual-purity (ashaucha) frameworks; the point of Acts 10 is God unilaterally declaring the boundary void, not a person achieving purity by self-effort.
12	common possessions	κοινά	koina	બધું સહિયારું	”held in common”	Voluntary economic sharing among believers	Medium	The Church as Community	2, 4	Describes voluntary generosity, not enforced collectivism; must not be flattened into a political-economic term.
13	Sanhedrin	συνέδριον	synedrion	સાન્હેડ્રિન (ન્યાયસભા)	“council, assembly”	The Jewish ruling judicial council	Low	Apostolic Authority; Persecution	4–6, 22, 23	Transliterated proper institutional term with a descriptive gloss; low doctrinal ambiguity.
14	deacon / service	διακονία / διάκονος	diakonia / diakonos	સેવા (મંડળીની સેવા) / સેવક	”service, ministry” / “servant, one who serves”	Practical church ministry function, distinct from apostolic teaching office	High	The Church as Community	6, 11 (implicit), 20	સેવા is heavily used in Gujarat’s bhakti (guru/deity seva) and Jain philanthropic traditions as merit-generating devotional service; must be qualified (મંડળીની સેવા) and taught as Spirit-appointed functional ministry flowing from grace, not merit accumulation.
15	elder	πρεσβύτερος	presbyteros	વડીલ	”elder, older one”	Church leadership office	Low	The Church as Community; Apostolic Authority	11, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21	Established, low-risk Gujarati Christian usage.
16	overseer	ἐπίσκοπος	episkopos	અધ્યક્ષ	”one who watches over”	Church oversight office, used interchangeably with “elder” and “shepherd” at Acts 20	Low-Medium	The Church as Community	20	Note interchangeability with પ્રેસ્બ્યુટેરોસ/elder in this passage; avoid implying a separate, higher hierarchical rank not present in the text.
17	shepherd / pastor	ποιμήν	poimēn	પાળક	”shepherd”	Pastoral care metaphor for church leadership	Low	The Church as Community	20	Standard pastoral metaphor; low risk.
18	Christian	Χριστιανός	Christianos	ખ્રિસ્તી	”belonging to Christ, Christ-one”	The name first applied to believers at Antioch	Low	The Church as Community; Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	11, 26	Established modern Gujarati term.
19	vision	ὅραμα	horama	સંદર્શન	”a thing seen”	A God-given revelatory sight, waking or in a trance-state	High	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	9, 10, 16, 18	Avoid bare દર્શન, a major Hindu/Jain technical term (darshan = sight of a deity/idol; also the name for the six schools of Indian philosophy, ṣaḍ-darśana). સંદર્શન (or a qualified phrase, “પરમેશ્વર તરફથી સંદર્શન”) avoids this double collision.
20	dream	ἐνύπνιον	enypnion	સ્વપ્ન	”dream”	God-given revelatory dream (Joel quotation, Acts 2:17)	Low	Holy Spirit and Pentecost	2	Standard term; low risk.
21	angel	ἄγγελος	angelos	સ્વર્ગદૂત	”messenger”	God’s messenger, delivering, guiding, or announcing	Low-Medium	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	1, 5, 8, 10, 12, 27	Established Christian term; distinguish generally from Hindu deva-messengers, though risk is low given consistent usage across the baseline package.
22	Ascension	ἀναλαμβάνω / ἀνελήμφθη	analambanō / anelēmphthē	સ્વર્ગારોહણ	”taken up”	Christ’s bodily, historical, one-time exaltation into heaven, to an active, ongoing reign	High	(Christology, undergirds Lordship of Christ)	1, 2	Must be explicitly contrasted with the Jain siddha’s permanent, non-interactive withdrawal to siddha-loka (per baseline’s existing Lordship caution) — Christ’s ascension issues immediately in his active pouring out of the Spirit, not a static departure.
23	gift (of the Holy Spirit)	δωρεά	dōrea	(પવિત્ર આત્માનું) દાન	”gift, free gift”	The once-for-all gift of the Spirit’s indwelling given at conversion	High	Repentance and Baptism; Holy Spirit and Pentecost	2, 8, 10, 11	Must be distinguished from baseline’s આત્મિક કૃપાદાન (χαρίσματα, ministry-enablement gifts); this δωρεά is the gift of the Spirit’s presence itself, not a functional ability. Never વરદાન (deity’s boon) alone.
24	magic / sorcery	μαγεία / μάγος	mageia / magos	જાદુ / મંત્રવિદ્યા	”magic, sorcery”	Occult power-working, explicitly contrasted with Spirit-given signs	Medium-High	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	8, 13, 19	Relevant given Gujarati cultural familiarity with astrology/occult practice (cf. baseline’s જ્યોતિષી caution for “prophet”); Acts itself draws the contrast (8:18-23) between purchasable/self-worked power and the Spirit’s free gift.
25	idol	εἴδωλον	eidōlon	મૂર્તિ	”idol, image”	An image or object of false worship	High	Gospel to Jews and Gentiles; Apostolic Authority	15, 17, 19	મૂર્તિ is the exact everyday Gujarati/Hindu/Jain word for a devotional image; the term itself correctly names the referent, but renderings must preserve Scripture’s direct condemnation without either softening it (per the AI instructions’ non-softening rule) or framing it in needlessly inflammatory language beyond the text’s own tone.
26	self-control	ἐγκράτεια	egkrateia	સંયમ	”self-mastery, restraint”	A Spirit-produced virtue, not a self-achieved ascetic discipline	High	Justification apart from the Law (contrast)	24	સંયમ is a major technical term in Jain ascetic practice (self-restraint as one of the central vows/virtues toward liberation); must be taught as fruit of the Spirit given by grace, not a self-effort technique earning standing before God.
27	judgment (to come)	κρίσις	krisis	ન્યાય / ન્યાયનો દિવસ	”judgment, decision”	The future divine judgment	Medium	(Eschatology, undergirds Salvation/Justification)	17, 24	Standard eschatological term; ensure it is God’s personal judicial verdict, not an impersonal karmic reckoning.
28	circumcision	περιτομή	peritomē	સુન્નત	”circumcision”	The Jewish covenant sign, at issue in the Gentile-inclusion controversy	High	Justification apart from the Law	15, 16, 21	Central term in the Jerusalem Council’s ruling that circumcision is not required for salvation; must clearly convey that this is a ritual/ethnic covenant sign, not a means of justification, reinforcing the baseline’s law/righteousness cautions.
29	partiality	προσωπολημψία	prosōpolēmpsia	પક્ષપાત	”favoritism, respect of persons”	God’s impartial acceptance of all peoples	Medium-High	Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	10	Reinforces baseline’s High-risk universal_scope_of_gospel and unity_of_jews_and_gentiles doctrines; must not be softened given caste-sensitivity in the Gujarati context.
30	household	οἶκος	oikos	ઘરનું કુટુંબ	”house, household”	Extended family/dependents unit, baptized together	Medium	The Church as Community; Repentance and Baptism	16	Note the collective household-solidarity concept behind household baptisms; avoid implying baptism was administered apart from personal repentance/faith by any member capable of it.
31	spirit of divination	πνεῦμα πύθωνος	pneuma pythōnos	દુષ્ટ આત્મા (ભૂત-પ્રેત આત્મા)	“python-spirit” (oracular spirit)	An evil, oracular spirit empowering fortune-telling	Medium-High	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	16	Must be sharply distinguished from પવિત્ર આત્મા; relevant given widespread Gujarati folk-belief in oracular/possessing spirits (bhoot-pret) and astrological practice.
32	unknown god	ἄγνωστος θεός	agnōstos theos	અજાણ્યો દેવ	”unknown god”	The pagan Athenian altar inscription Paul uses as a rhetorical bridge	High	Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	17	Deliberately NOT rendered with પરમેશ્વર (reserved for the true God); the contrast between this pagan “દેવ” and the true, revealed પરમેશ્વર that Paul proceeds to proclaim must be visibly preserved in translation.
33	gods in human form	θεοὶ ὁμοιωθέντες ἀνθρώποις	theoi homoiōthentes anthrōpois	માનવ રૂપે દેવો	”gods made like men”	Pagan crowd’s mistaken identification of Paul/Barnabas as gods	Critical	(Contrast case for Incarnation)	14, 28	Direct textual polemic against exactly the avatar-confusion the baseline already flags Critical for incarnation; Paul/Barnabas’s forceful refusal of worship should be taught as a model rebuttal to avatar-theology categories.
34	Son of Man	υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου	huios tou anthrōpou	માનવપુત્ર	”son of man”	Danielic/eschatological divine-human title Christ applies to himself; Stephen’s vision	High	(Christology, undergirds Deity/Lordship of Christ)	7	Must not be flattened to mean merely “a human being,” losing the Daniel 7:13 exalted, judging, divine-human figure sense.
35	servant of God (Christological title)	παῖς θεοῦ	pais theou	પરમેશ્વરનો સેવક	”servant/child of God”	Isaiah’s Suffering Servant fulfilled in Jesus	High	Gospel to Jews and Gentiles; (Christology)	3, 4, 8	Must be taught with Isaiah 53’s exaltation-through-suffering background; risk of wrongly reducing Christ’s status to a mere devoted servant/guru-disciple figure without that background.
36	stoning	λιθοβολέω	lithoboleō	પથ્થરે મારવું	”to stone, throw stones at”	Method of Stephen’s execution	Low-Medium	Persecution and Bold Witness	7, 14	Descriptive narrative term; low doctrinal ambiguity.
37	falling asleep (death)	κοιμάομαι	koimaomai	ઊંઘી જવું / મરણ પામવું	”to fall asleep”	Euphemism for a believer’s death	Low-Medium	(undergirds Resurrection hope)	7	Must not be confused with “raised to life” miracle-vocabulary (entry #38) or with the doctrinal resurrection term itself.
38	raised to life (temporary miracle)	ἀνίστημι / ἐγείρω (narrative use)	anistēmi / egeirō	મરેલામાંથી ઉઠાડવું / જીવતાં કર્યાં	”raised up, got up”	A this-life restoration to mortal life (Tabitha, Eutychus)	Medium-High	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	9, 20	Must be clearly distinguished from the Critical baseline term પુનરુત્થાન (the final, bodily, once-for-all eschatological resurrection); these are temporary miracles of restoration to ordinary mortal life, not instances of “the resurrection.”
39	chosen instrument	σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς	skeuos eklogēs	પસંદ કરેલું પાત્ર	”vessel of election”	Paul’s divine commissioning for Gentile mission	High	Conversion of Paul; (undergirds Election)	9	Reinforces baseline’s High-risk election doctrine; God’s sovereign personal choice, not impersonal fate/karma.
40	scales fell from eyes	ὡς λεπίδες	hōs lepides	આંખો પરથી પોપડા ખરી પડ્યા	”as scales”	Physical sign of Paul’s restored sight and spiritual conversion	Low	Conversion of Paul	9	Vivid narrative detail; low doctrinal ambiguity, but should be rendered with a natural Gujarati idiom for flaking/peeling, not a literal fish-scale image if that reads oddly.
41	light and darkness (conversion imagery)	φῶς / σκότος	phōs / skotos	અજવાળું અને અંધારું	”light” / “darkness”	Conversion pictured as a turn from darkness/Satan’s power to light/God	Medium-High	Conversion of Paul	26	Preserve the personal-agency framing (“that they may turn,” an act granted and enabled by God) rather than a vague dualistic light-vs-dark cosmic principle resonant with some Hindu/Jain cosmological dualisms.
42	Satan	Σατανᾶς	Satanas	શેતાન	”Satan, the adversary”	The personal, defeated spiritual enemy	Medium	Conversion of Paul; Apostolic Authority	26	Established transliterated Gujarati Christian term; ensure personal, defeated-enemy framing, not an abstract impersonal evil principle.
43	deeds worthy of repentance	ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα	axia tēs metanoias erga	પસ્તાવાને છાજે એવાં કામ	”deeds fitting of repentance”	Visible fruit that gives evidence of genuine repentance	High	Repentance and Baptism; Justification apart from the Law	26	Must be framed strictly as evidence/fruit of a repentance already granted by God, never as works that earn or complete repentance’s acceptability — critical guard against works-righteousness misreading.
44	unhindered	ἀκωλύτως	akōlytōs	કંઈ પણ રોકટોક વિના	”without hindrance/obstacle”	The gospel’s free, unstoppable advance to Rome, closing the book	Low	The Great Commission Fulfilled	28	Climactic final word of Acts; low ambiguity but high thematic weight — structurally answers Acts 1:8’s “to the end of the earth.”
45	proconsul	ἀνθύπατος	anthypatos	પ્રાંતપતિ	”proconsul”	Roman provincial governor title (Sergius Paulus)	Low	(historical/political background)	13	Historical-political title; low theological ambiguity.
46	crooked generation	γενεὰ σκολιά	genea skolia	કુટિલ પેઢી	”crooked/perverse generation”	Peter’s description of the unbelieving generation needing rescue	Low-Medium	Repentance and Baptism	2	Standard idiom; low doctrinal ambiguity.
47	added (to the church)	προστίθημι	prostithēmi	ઉમેરાયા	”were added”	Church-growth term describing new converts joining the believing community	Low-Medium	The Church as Community	2, 5, 11	Marks numeric/communal growth of the church as a direct result of gospel proclamation; low ambiguity.
48	devote themselves	προσκαρτερέω	proskartereō	વળગી રહેવું	”to continue steadfastly, adhere to”	The early church’s sustained commitment to apostolic teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer	Low-Medium	The Church as Community	2	Describes ongoing communal practice; low doctrinal ambiguity.
49	breaking of bread	κλάσις τοῦ ἄρτου	klasis tou artou	રોટલી ભાંગવી	”breaking of the bread”	Shared communal meal, possibly including the Lord’s Supper	Medium	The Church as Community	2	Genuine scholarly ambiguity on whether this is simply a shared meal or includes what became the Lord’s Supper; flag for native speaker/theologian review on a case-by-case basis; do not over-define beyond the text.
50	forgiveness of sins	ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν	aphesis hamartiōn	પાપોની માફી	”release/forgiveness of sins”	God’s personal, relational forgiveness granted through repentance and baptism in Jesus’s name	High	Repentance and Baptism	2, 3, 5, 10, 13, 26	Must not be conflated with karmic “erasure” (e.g., Jain nirjara shedding karma-particles through austerity); this is a personal God’s gracious forgiveness, granted once through Christ, not accumulated removal of impersonal karmic residue.
51	whole counsel of God	πᾶσα ἡ βουλὴ τοῦ θεοῦ	pasa hē boulē tou theou	પરમેશ્વરની સંપૂર્ણ યોજના	”the whole plan/counsel of God”	The complete gospel message Paul proclaimed without omission	High	(undergirds Providence)	20	Reinforces baseline High-risk providence doctrine; a personal God’s deliberate revealed plan, not impersonal fate.
52	light for the Gentiles	φῶς ἐθνῶν	phōs ethnōn	અન્ય પ્રજાઓ માટે અજવાળું	”a light of/for the nations”	Isaiah’s servant-mission language fulfilled in the apostolic mission to Gentiles	Medium	Gospel to Jews and Gentiles; Great Commission Fulfilled	13	Caution against light-imagery merging with Hindu divine-light or Jain kevala-jnana associations, per baseline’s existing caution on glory/light.
53	Nazirite vow	εὐχή	euchē	નાઝીરી પ્રતિજ્ઞા (avoid વ્રત)	“vow”	An OT ritual vow of consecration Paul undertakes to demonstrate his continued respect for Jewish practice	High	(background to Persecution narrative)	21	Prefer પ્રતિજ્ઞા (pledge) over વ્રત, since વ્રત carries strong Jain/Hindu merit-earning vow-keeping connotations (already noted as a risk category in the baseline’s obedience_of_faith entry); this is a one-time OT ceremonial vow, not a merit-generating ascetic practice.
54	God shows no partiality (formula)	οὐκ ἔστιν προσωπολήμπτης ὁ θεός	ouk estin prosōpolēmptēs ho theos	પરમેશ્વર પક્ષપાત કરતા નથી	”God is not a respecter of persons”	Formal statement of God’s impartial acceptance across ethnic/social lines	High	Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	10	See entry #29 (partiality); this specific formula should be rendered identically wherever it recurs for cross-document consistency.
55	wisdom (general)	σοφία	sophia	બુद्धि / જ્ઞાન	”wisdom”	Spirit-given practical and theological wisdom (e.g., the Seven in Acts 6)	Low	The Church as Community; Apostolic Authority	6	General term, low doctrinal risk on its own; risk only arises in combination with πνεῦμα ἅγιον (see entry #4).

Cross-Reference Notes for Phase 2

Priority order for this glossary follows the baseline’s established enforcement priority: Critical > High > Forbidden-substitution check > Medium > Low.
New forbidden substitutions to add to the Phase 2 system prompt for Acts:
- “the Way”: NEVER bare માર્ગ — always ખ્રિસ્તનો માર્ગ.
- “vision”: NEVER bare દર્શન — always સંદર્શન (or a qualified phrase).
- “self-control”: NEVER leave સંયમ theologically unqualified — must be tied to Spirit-produced fruit, not ascetic self-effort, in surrounding text/notes.
- “Nazirite vow”: prefer પ્રતિજ્ઞા over વ્રત.
- “raised to life” (Tabitha/Eutychus): NEVER use પુનરુત્થાન for these temporary miracles — reserve પુનરુત્થાન exclusively for the doctrinal, eschatological resurrection.
All 44 new terms plus 41 reused baseline terms above must be loaded into Phase 2’s translation memory as version increments once this glossary is ratified, per the baseline 12_ai_translation_requirements.md Translation Memory Load and Enforcement Instructions.
Every chapter of Acts (1–28) is represented in the “Chapters Cited” columns above, either directly or via the explicit chapter-by-chapter reuse notes in 07_semantic_analysis.md (chapters 12, 18, 25, 27 noted there as introducing no new vocabulary).

Critical Risk Terms

Grace

Approved rendering: કૃપા
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: મહેરબાની, કર્મફળ, પુણ્ય, નિર્જરા
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

CRITICAL: કૃપા is the standard Gujarati Christian term, but in Gujarat’s bhakti devotional speech it also names a guru’s or deity’s favor cultivated through devotion, and Jain merit-language has no concept of unearned favor at all. Every occurrence must make explicit that grace is unearned and comes through Christ alone. Never use નિર્જરા or પુણ્ય. [Inherited from Romans package.] Acts 15:11 (‘saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus’) is Acts’s clearest grace-salvation statement and must never drift toward પુણ્ય or નિર્જરા.

Righteousness

Approved rendering: ન્યાયીપણું
Transliteration: nyāyīpaṇũ
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ધર્મ, પુણ્ય, સમ્યક્ ચારિત્ર્ય
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation

CRITICAL: never ધર્મ or સમ્યક્ ચારિત્ર્ય. [Inherited from Romans package.] Used of Christ as ‘the Holy and Righteous One’ (Acts 3:14) and in Paul’s discourse before Felix (24:25).

Justification

Approved rendering: ન્યાયી ઠરાવવું
Transliteration: nyāyī ṭharāvavũ
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: માફી મળવી, પુણ્ય કમાવું
Original: δικαίωσις / δικαιωθῆναι
Category: Salvation

Compound phrase required; a forensic declaration, not a felt experience of forgiveness or merit accumulated. [Inherited from Romans package.] Acts 13:38-39 (‘a justification the law of Moses could not give’) anchors the Justification apart from the Law doctrine; mandatory theologian review every occurrence.

Salvation

Approved rendering: ઉદ્ધાર
Transliteration: uddhār
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: મોક્ષ, મુક્તિ, કેવલજ્ઞાન, સિદ્ધત્વ
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζω
Category: Salvation

CRITICAL: NEVER મોક્ષ, મુક્તિ, કેવલજ્ઞાન, or સિદ્ધત્વ. [Inherited from Romans package.] Key Acts occurrences: 2:21,40,47; 4:9,12; 11:14; 13:26,47; 15:1,11; 16:17,30-31; 27:20,31,34; 28:28. Acts 4:12 (‘salvation in no one else’) is an explicit exclusivity claim that must not be softened.

Resurrection

Approved rendering: પુનરુત્થાન
Transliteration: punarutthān
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: પુનર્જન્મ, ફરી અવતરવું
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology

CRITICAL: NEVER પુનર્જન્મ. [Inherited from Romans package.] Central to Acts 1:22; 2:24-32; 3:15; 4:2,10,33; 13:30-37; 17:3,31-32; 23:6-8; 26:23. MUST be kept sharply distinct from the temporary this-life restoration miracles of Tabitha (9:40) and Eutychus (20:9-12); see raised_to_life_temporary entry below.

Lord

Approved rendering: પ્રભુ
Transliteration: prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: સ્વામી, તીર્થંકર
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

CRITICAL: must convey a living, presently reigning sovereign, distinct from a Jain Tirthankara. [Inherited from Romans package.] Acts 2:34-35’s Psalm 110 quotation (‘The Lord said to my Lord’) deliberately uses the same Gujarati word for both occurrences to preserve the wordplay underlying 2:36’s climax; flattening this to two different words destroys the sermon’s argument for Christ’s deity.

Son Of God

Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરનો પુત્ર
Transliteration: Parmeśvarno Putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: દેવપુરુષ, અવતારી પુરુષ
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology

CRITICAL: full phrase required. [Inherited from Romans package.] Occurs at Acts 9:20 and underlies 13:33’s ‘raised up Jesus’ quotation of Psalm 2.

Incarnation

Approved rendering: દેહધારણ
Transliteration: dehdhāraṇ
Doctrine: Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: અવતાર
Original: ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο (theological name for the doctrine)
Category: Christology

CRITICAL: NEVER અવતાર. [Inherited from Romans package.] Used in Acts primarily in translator notes contrasting Lystra (14:8-18) and Malta (28:1-6), where crowds mistake Paul/Barnabas for gods in human form — a direct in-text polemic against exactly the avatar-confusion this term is meant to avoid.

Messiah

Approved rendering: મસીહા
Transliteration: Masīhā
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: અવતારી પુરુષ
Original: Χριστός / מָשִׁיחַ
Category: Christology

CRITICAL: transliterated term; the unique OT-promised deliverer. [Inherited from Romans package.] Central to Acts 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 17, 18, 26, 28; Acts 2:36’s climax and 17:3’s ‘this Jesus… is the Christ’ are key occurrences.

Jesus

Approved rendering: ઈસુ
Transliteration: Īsu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ઈસા
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

ઈસુ is the Gujarati Christian standard; ઈસા is associated with Muslim/Urdu usage. [Inherited from Romans package.] Used throughout Acts.

God

Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વર
Transliteration: Parmeśvar
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ઈશ્વર, ભગવાન
Original: θεός
Category: God

CRITICAL: NEVER ભગવાન. [Inherited from Romans package.] Acts 17:23’s ‘unknown god’ is deliberately rendered with a different Gujarati word (દેવ, see unknown_god entry) to keep પરમેશ્વર reserved for the true God Paul proceeds to proclaim.

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: પવિત્ર આત્મા
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: પરમાત્મા, બ્રહ્મ
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God

CRITICAL: never પરમાત્મા or બ્રહ્મ. [Inherited from Romans package.] Central to Acts 1,2,4-11,13,15,16,19,20. Acts 5:3-4 (‘you have lied… to God’) is the book’s clearest single proof-text for the Spirit’s full personal deity. Also see filled_with_holy_spirit entry below regarding the āveś (possession-trance) fence.

Father

Approved rendering: પિતા
Transliteration: Pitā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: સૃષ્ટિકર્તા
Original: πατήρ
Category: God

God as personal Father. [Inherited from Romans package.] Occurs at Acts 1:4,7 (‘the promise of the Father’).

Imputed Righteousness

Approved rendering: આરોપિત ન્યાયીપણું
Transliteration: āropit nyāyīpaṇũ
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: સ્વ-પ્રયત્નથી મેળવેલ ન્યાયીપણું
Original: ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην (theological background to 13:38-39)
Category: Salvation

Credited/attributed righteousness, NOT self-effort-earned righteousness. [Inherited from Romans package.] Directly underlies Acts 13:38-39’s justification statement.

The Way

Approved rendering: ખ્રિસ્તનો માર્ગ
Transliteration: Khristno Mārg
Doctrine: The Way as an Exclusive Designation
Rejected alternatives: બાર માર્ગ (bare માર્ગ)
Original: ἡ ὁδός
Category: Gospel to Jews and Gentiles

CRITICAL: the early Christian movement’s self-designation. Bare માર્ગ collides directly with Hindu bhakti-marga/jnana-marga/karma-marga and Jain moksha-marga (multiple recognized paths to liberation). ALWAYS qualify as ખ્રિસ્તનો માર્ગ; never render bare. Occurs at 9:2; 19:9,23; 22:4; 24:14,22.

Gods In Human Form

Approved rendering: માનવ રૂપે દેવો
Transliteration: mānav rūpe devo
Doctrine: Incarnation (Contrast: Refusal of Divine Honors)
Original: θεοὶ ὁμοιωθέντες ἀνθρώποις
Category: Christology

CRITICAL: the pagan crowd’s mistaken identification of Paul and Barnabas as gods (14:11), repeated at Malta (28:6). Direct textual polemic against exactly the avatar-confusion the baseline flags Critical for incarnation in Gujarat’s Dwarka-centered Vaishnav devotional culture; Paul and Barnabas’s forceful refusal of worship (‘we also are men of like nature,’ 14:15) must be preserved with full force, not softened into polite humility-language, since it functions doctrinally as a model rebuttal of avatar categories.

High Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: સુવાર્તા
Transliteration: suvārtā
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: ખબર, શુભ સંદેશ
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Established Gujarati Christian term (su- ‘good’ + vārtā ‘news’). Avoid generic ખબર (news), which lacks the technical sense of the single saving proclamation. [Inherited from Romans package.] In Acts this is the content of apostolic preaching throughout (1:8; 2:14-41; 8:4,25,35; 10:36-43; 13:32-33; 14:7,15,21; 16:10; 20:24); the same single historical proclamation must be recognizable across every sermon in the book.

Faith

Approved rendering: વિશ્વાસ
Transliteration: viśvāsa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: શ્રદ્ધા, ભક્તિ
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith

Personal trust in Christ; શ્રદ્ધા and ભક્તિ both carry devotional-reverence connotations from Gujarat’s bhakti tradition. [Inherited from Romans package.] Occurs at Acts 3:16; 6:5,7; 11:24; 13:8,12; 14:9,22,27; 15:9; 16:5,31; 20:21; 24:24; 26:18.

Called

Approved rendering: તેડાયેલા
Transliteration: tedāyelā
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: આમંત્રિત
Original: κλητός / καλέω
Category: Salvation

Context-sensitive across senses. [Inherited from Romans package.] Acts 2:39 (‘as many as the Lord our God calls to himself’) and 13:2 (Paul and Barnabas set apart) both apply.

Calling

Approved rendering: તેડું
Transliteration: teḍũ
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: આહ્વાન
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation

Noun form for the act/state of being called. [Inherited from Romans package.]

Holy

Approved rendering: પવિત્ર
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: શુદ્ધ
Original: ἅγιος / ὅσιος
Category: Sanctification

Set apart for God and morally pure; શુદ્ધ leans toward ritual/ascetic purity. [Inherited from Romans package.] Acts 2:27 (Psalm 16 quotation, ὅσιος) is rendered with the same Gujarati word since both name God-oriented holiness; used throughout as ‘the Holy Spirit’ and ‘the Holy and Righteous One’ (3:14).

Saints

Approved rendering: પવિત્ર જનો
Transliteration: pavitra jano
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: સંતો, મુનિ
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church

સંતો and મુનિ both denote an ascetic elite in Gujarati religious usage. [Inherited from Romans package.] Occurs at Acts 9:13,32,41; 26:10.

Sanctification

Approved rendering: પવિત્રીકરણ
Transliteration: pavitrikaraṇ
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: શુદ્ધિકરણ, તપ દ્વારા શુદ્ધિ
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification

Spirit-worked holiness, not ritual purification or તપ (ascetic austerity). [Inherited from Romans package.] Relevant background to Acts 20:32 and 26:18’s ‘inheritance among those sanctified.‘

Law

Approved rendering: નિયમશાસ્ત્ર
Transliteration: niyamśāstra
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: ધર્મ, શરિયત
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant

Torah/Mosaic law. NEVER ધર્મ. [Inherited from Romans package.] Central to the Jerusalem Council debate (ch.15) and Paul’s defense speeches (13, 21, 25).

Sin

Approved rendering: પાપ
Transliteration: pāp
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: અધર્મ
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin

Moral transgression against a personal God. [Inherited from Romans package.] Occurs at Acts 2:38; 3:19; 7:60.

Glory

Approved rendering: મહિમા
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: તેજ, પ્રકાશ
Original: δόξα
Category: God

God’s radiant honor; avoid light-only imagery. [Inherited from Romans package.] Stephen’s vision of ‘the glory of God’ (7:55) and Herod’s judgment for not giving God glory (12:23).

Obedience Of Faith

Approved rendering: વિશ્વાસનું આજ્ઞાપાલન
Transliteration: viśvāsnũ āgnāpālan
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: ધાર્મિક ફરજ
Original: ὑπακοὴ πίστεως (theological concept underlying 5:29, 6:7)
Category: Faith

Obedience flowing from faith already granted, not merit-earning religious duty. [Inherited from Romans package.] Underlies Acts 5:29’s ‘we must obey God rather than men’ and 6:7’s growth of ‘the faith.‘

Power Of God

Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરનું સામર્થ્ય
Transliteration: Parmeśvarnũ Sāmarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: શક્તિ
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God

Use સામર્થ્ય; never શક્તિ (Shakti/mother-goddess collision). [Inherited from Romans package.] Underlies Acts 1:8’s promise of power for witness and the δύναμις in the 2:22 triad ‘mighty works, wonders, and signs.‘

Covenant

Approved rendering: કરાર
Transliteration: karār
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: સમજૂતી
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant

A binding relational agreement. [Inherited from Romans package.] Underlies the Davidic oath referenced at Acts 2:30 and the ‘covenant of circumcision’ at 7:8.

Election

Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરની પસંદગી
Transliteration: Parmeśvarnī Pasandagī
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: નસીબ, નિયતિ, કર્મ-ફળ
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation

God’s sovereign personal choice, not fate/karma. [Inherited from Romans package.] Acts 9:15’s ‘chosen instrument’ (σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς) is a direct cognate occurrence.

Providence

Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરનું વિધાન
Transliteration: Parmeśvarnũ Vidhān
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: નસીબ, કર્મનો નિયમ
Original: πρόνοια (theological name for 2:23’s βουλή/πρόγνωσις and 4:28’s πρόγνωσις theou)
Category: God

God’s personal, purposive governance. [Inherited from Romans package.] Acts 2:23 (‘the determined plan and foreknowledge of God’) and 20:27 (‘the whole counsel of God’) are key occurrences; ch.27’s shipwreck narrative is especially vulnerable to a karma-like reading.

Tongues Fire

Approved rendering: અગ્નિ જેવી જીભો
Transliteration: agni jevī jībho
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Rejected alternatives: ભાષાઓ (reserved for tongues_languages)
Original: γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός
Category: Holy Spirit and Pentecost

Flame-shapes resembling tongues (Acts 2:3), γλῶσσα in its literal body-part sense. Greek γλῶσσα covers both ‘tongue’ and ‘language’; Gujarati requires two distinct words within two consecutive verses. Must use જીભ here, never ભાષા, or the fire-imagery is lost and the language-miracle of 2:4 is misread as more flame-imagery.

Tongues Languages

Approved rendering: અન્ય ભાષાઓ
Transliteration: anya bhāṣāo
Doctrine: Tongues as Known Human Languages
Rejected alternatives: જીભો (reserved for tongues_fire), અસ્પષ્ટ બોલી
Original: ἑτέραι γλῶσσαι
Category: Holy Spirit and Pentecost

Real, known human languages spoken by the Spirit-filled disciples, confirmed by ‘each in his own dialect’ (2:6-11). Must never be rendered so as to suggest unintelligible ecstatic utterance, which risks merging with local trance/oracular speech phenomena (āveś) in Gujarati folk religion. Recurs at 10:46; 19:6.

Filled With Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: પવિત્ર આત્માથી ભરપૂર થવું
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmāthī bharpūr thavũ
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Rejected alternatives: આવેશમાં આવવું (possession-trance language)
Original: πίμπλημι + πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: Holy Spirit and Pentecost

Complete Spirit-empowerment for speech, mission, and boldness. Inherits the Critical status of પવિત્ર આત્મા; must never drift toward પરમાત્મા or બ્રહ્મ, and must NEVER be rendered with આવેશ-family possession-trance vocabulary associated with Gujarat’s widespread Navratri/garba devi-possession practice — this is personal indwelling by a divine Person who remains morally continuous with the believer’s identity, not a temporary displacing possession. Recurs at 2:4; 4:8,31; 6:3,5; 7:55; 9:17; 13:9,52.

Gift Of Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: પવિત્ર આત્માનું દાન
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmānũ Dān
Doctrine: The Gift of the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: વરદાન, સિદ્ધિ, આત્મિક કૃપાદાન (reserved for χαρίσματα)
Original: δωρεά (τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος)
Category: Holy Spirit and Pentecost

The once-for-all gift of the Spirit’s indwelling presence given at conversion, distinct from the baseline’s આત્મિક કૃપાદાન (ministry-enablement gifts). Never વરદાન (deity’s boon) or સિદ્ધિ (attained yogic power) alone. Occurs at 2:38; 8:20; 10:45; 11:17; Simon Magus’s attempt to purchase it (8:18-23) is the text’s own explicit contrast.

Baptism

Approved rendering: બાપ્તિસ્મા
Transliteration: bāptismā
Doctrine: Baptism
Rejected alternatives: સ્નાન (ritual purificatory bathing)
Original: βάπτισμα / βαπτίζω
Category: Repentance and Baptism

Water rite of repentance (John’s) contrasted with Christian baptism in Jesus’s name; also metaphorical Spirit-baptism (1:5). Must not be read as a ritual purification bath (સ્નાન) that itself washes away karma; a commanded sign of repentance/faith/union with Christ, not a repeatable self-effected purification. Central to 1:5; 2:38,41; 8:12-13,36-38; 9:18; 10:47-48; 16:15,33; 18:8; 19:1-5.

Repentance

Approved rendering: પસ્તાવો
Transliteration: pastāvo
Doctrine: Repentance
Rejected alternatives: પ્રાયશ્ચિત્ત
Original: μετάνοια / μετανοέω
Category: Repentance and Baptism

A God-granted change of heart and direction. Must be distinguished from પ્રાયશ્ચિત્ત, the Hindu/Jain ritual/ascetic act of self-generated expiation; biblical repentance is itself granted by God (11:18). Central to 2:38; 3:19; 5:31; 8:22; 11:18; 17:30; 20:21; 26:20.

Forgiveness Of Sins

Approved rendering: પાપોની માફી
Transliteration: pāponī māfī
Doctrine: Forgiveness of Sins
Rejected alternatives: કર્મ નિવારણ
Original: ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν
Category: Repentance and Baptism

God’s personal, relational forgiveness granted through repentance and baptism in Jesus’s name. Must not be conflated with karmic ‘erasure’ (Jain nirjara). Occurs at 2:38; 3:19; 5:31; 10:43; 13:38; 26:18.

Witness

Approved rendering: સાક્ષી
Transliteration: sākṣī
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Rejected alternatives: શહીદ (Islamic/nationalist martyr connotation)
Original: μάρτυς / μαρτυρέω
Category: Persecution and Bold Witness

Eyewitness testimony, especially to the resurrection; the semantic root of ‘martyr’ begins emerging with Stephen (ch.7) but must NEVER be rendered શહીદ, which carries Islamic religious-martyrdom and Indian nationalist/political freight foreign to the text. Where the witness-unto-death sense must be foregrounded, use a descriptive phrase (e.g., ‘મરણ સુધી સાક્ષી આપનાર’) rather than a single-word substitute. Programmatic at 1:8; recurs at 2:32; 3:15; 5:32; 10:39,41; 13:31; 22:15; 26:16.

Signs And Wonders

Approved rendering: ચિહ્નો અને આશ્ચર્યકર્મો
Transliteration: cihno ane āścaryakarmo
Doctrine: Apostolic Signs and Miracles
Rejected alternatives: સિદ્ધિ, જાદુ
Original: σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα
Category: Apostolic Authority and Miracles

Miraculous acts authenticating apostolic proclamation. Must be clearly distinguished from occult wonder-working (see magic_sorcery) and from siddhi-type ascetic/yogic power claims. Central to 2:19,22,43; 4:30; 5:12; 6:8; 8:6,13; 14:3; 15:12.

Clean Unclean

Approved rendering: સામાન્ય / અશુદ્ધ
Transliteration: sāmānya / aśuddha
Doctrine: Clean and Unclean; Gentile Inclusion
Rejected alternatives: અશુચિ
Original: κοινός / ἀκάθαρτος
Category: Gospel to Jews and Gentiles

OT dietary/ceremonial boundary-markers, overturned by God’s own unilateral declaration in Peter’s vision (Acts 10), not a purity status any person self-attains (contra Hindu/Jain ashaucha self-effort frameworks). Occurs at 10:14-15,28; 11:8-9; 15:20,29.

Deacon Service

Approved rendering: મંડળીની સેવા / સેવક
Transliteration: maṇḍaḷīnī sevā / sevak
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Rejected alternatives: બાર સેવા (bare સેવા)
Original: διακονία / διάκονος
Category: The Church as Community

Practical church ministry, distinct from the apostolic teaching office. સેવા alone is heavily used in Gujarat’s bhakti (guru/deity-seva) and Jain philanthropic traditions as merit-generating devotional service; ALWAYS qualify as મંડળીની સેવા and teach as Spirit-appointed functional ministry flowing from grace, not merit accumulation. Occurs at 6:1-4; 11:29; 20:24; 21:19.

Vision

Approved rendering: સંદર્શન
Transliteration: sandarśan
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Rejected alternatives: બાર દર્શન (bare દર્શન)
Original: ὅραμα
Category: Apostolic Authority and Miracles

A God-given revelatory sight, waking or in a trance-state. Avoid bare દર્શન, a major Hindu/Jain technical term (darshan = sight of a deity/idol; also the name for the six schools of Indian philosophy, ṣaḍ-darśana). Use સંદર્શન or a qualified phrase always. Occurs at 9:10,12; 10:3,17,19; 16:9-10; 18:9.

Ascension

Approved rendering: સ્વર્ગારોહણ
Transliteration: svargārohaṇ
Doctrine: Ascension and Exaltation of Christ
Original: ἀναλαμβάνω / ἀνελήμφθη
Category: Christology

Christ’s bodily, historical, one-time exaltation into heaven, to an active, ongoing reign. Must be explicitly contrasted with the Jain siddha’s permanent, non-interactive withdrawal to siddha-loka; Christ’s ascension issues immediately in his active pouring out of the Spirit (2:33), not a static departure. Occurs at 1:9-11; underlies 2:33-35 and 7:55-56. Coined Sanskrit-derived compound (heaven + ascent), not a Greek transliteration, chosen to avoid any single competing tradition’s baggage.

Magic Sorcery

Approved rendering: જાદુ / મંત્રવિદ્યા
Transliteration: jādu / mantravidyā
Doctrine: Apostolic Signs and Miracles
Original: μαγεία / μάγος
Category: Apostolic Authority and Miracles

Occult power-working, explicitly contrasted with Spirit-given signs. Relevant given Gujarati cultural familiarity with astrology/occult practice. Acts itself draws the contrast between purchasable/self-worked power and the Spirit’s free gift (8:18-23; 13:6-11; 19:19).

Idol

Approved rendering: મૂર્તિ
Transliteration: mūrti
Doctrine: Idolatry and False Worship
Original: εἴδωλον
Category: Gospel to Jews and Gentiles

An image or object of false worship. મૂર્તિ is the exact everyday Gujarati/Hindu/Jain word for a devotional image; renderings must preserve Scripture’s direct condemnation without softening (per the non-softening rule) while avoiding needlessly inflammatory tone beyond the text’s own register. Occurs at 15:20,29; 17:16; 19:23-41.

Self Control

Approved rendering: સંયમ
Transliteration: saṃyam
Doctrine: Self-Control as Spirit-Produced Virtue
Original: ἐγκράτεια
Category: Justification apart from the Law

A Spirit-produced virtue, not a self-achieved ascetic discipline. સંયમ is a major technical term in Jain ascetic practice (self-restraint toward liberation); must ALWAYS be taught as fruit of the Spirit given by grace, never a self-effort technique earning standing before God. Occurs at 24:25.

Circumcision

Approved rendering: સુન્નત
Transliteration: sunnat
Doctrine: Justification apart from the Law
Original: περιτομή
Category: Justification apart from the Law

The Jewish covenant sign at issue in the Gentile-inclusion controversy. Must clearly convey a ritual/ethnic covenant sign, not a means of justification. NOTE: સુન્નત is also the standard contemporary Gujarati/Urdu word for Islamic circumcision practice; ALWAYS frame explicitly as the Mosaic/Jewish covenant-sign debate at the Jerusalem Council to avoid unintended interfaith cross-reading. Occurs at 15:1,5,24; 16:3; 21:21.

Partiality

Approved rendering: પક્ષપાત
Transliteration: pakṣapāt
Doctrine: Universal Scope of the Gospel
Original: προσωπολημψία
Category: Gospel to Jews and Gentiles

Favoritism; God’s impartial acceptance of all peoples (10:34). Reinforces the baseline’s High-risk universal_scope_of_gospel and unity_of_jews_and_gentiles doctrines; must not be softened given caste-sensitivity in the Gujarati context.

Spirit Of Divination

Approved rendering: દુષ્ટ આત્મા (ભૂત-પ્રેત આત્મા)
Transliteration: duṣṭa ātmā (bhūt-pret ātmā)
Doctrine: Occult Power versus the Holy Spirit
Original: πνεῦμα πύθωνος
Category: Apostolic Authority and Miracles

An evil, oracular spirit empowering fortune-telling (16:16-18). Must be sharply distinguished from પવિત્ર આત્મા; relevant given widespread Gujarati folk-belief in oracular/possessing spirits (bhoot-pret) and astrological practice.

Unknown God

Approved rendering: અજાણ્યો દેવ
Transliteration: ajāṇyo dev
Doctrine: Idolatry and False Worship
Rejected alternatives: પરમેશ્વર (reserved exclusively for the true God)
Original: ἄγνωστος θεός
Category: Gospel to Jews and Gentiles

The pagan Athenian altar inscription (17:23) Paul uses as a rhetorical bridge. Deliberately NOT rendered with પરમેશ્વર; the contrast between this pagan દેવ and the true, revealed પરમેશ્વર Paul proceeds to proclaim must be visibly preserved — the entire rhetorical force of the Areopagus speech depends on this distinction surviving translation.

Son Of Man

Approved rendering: માનવપુત્ર
Transliteration: mānavputra
Doctrine: Son of Man / Deity of Christ
Original: υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
Category: Christology

Danielic/eschatological divine-human title Christ applies to himself; used of Stephen’s vision (7:56). Must not be flattened to mean merely ‘a human being,’ losing the Daniel 7:13 exalted, judging, divine-human figure sense.

Servant Of God Christological

Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરનો સેવક
Transliteration: Parmeśvarno Sevak
Doctrine: Messianic Fulfillment
Original: παῖς θεοῦ
Category: Christology

Isaiah’s Suffering Servant, fulfilled in Jesus (3:13,26; 4:27,30). Must be taught with Isaiah 53’s exaltation-through-suffering background; risk of wrongly reducing Christ’s status to a devoted servant/guru-disciple figure without that background.

Raised To Life Temporary

Approved rendering: મરેલામાંથી ઉઠાડવું / જીવતાં કર્યાં
Transliteration: marelāmāṅthī uṭhāḍvũ / jīvtāṅ karyāṅ
Doctrine: Apostolic Signs and Miracles
Rejected alternatives: પુનરુત્થાન (reserved exclusively for the doctrinal, eschatological resurrection)
Original: ἀνίστημι / ἐγείρω (narrative use)
Category: Apostolic Authority and Miracles

A this-life restoration to mortal life, as with Tabitha (9:40) and Eutychus (20:9-12). NEVER use પુનરુત્થાન for these temporary miracles; reserve that Critical-risk term exclusively for Christ’s and the final resurrection.

Chosen Instrument

Approved rendering: પસંદ કરેલું પાત્ર
Transliteration: pasand karelũ pātra
Doctrine: Conversion of Paul
Original: σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς
Category: Conversion of Paul

Paul’s divine commissioning for Gentile mission (9:15). Reinforces the baseline’s High-risk election doctrine; God’s sovereign personal choice, not impersonal fate/karma.

Light And Darkness Conversion

Approved rendering: અજવાળું અને અંધારું
Transliteration: ajvāḷũ ane andhārũ
Doctrine: Deliverance from Satan’s Power
Original: φῶς / σκότος
Category: Conversion of Paul

Conversion pictured as a turn from darkness/Satan’s power to light/God (26:18). Preserve the personal-agency framing (‘that they may turn,’ an act granted and enabled by God) rather than a vague dualistic light-vs-dark cosmic principle resonant with some Hindu/Jain cosmological dualisms.

Deeds Worthy Of Repentance

Approved rendering: પસ્તાવાને છાજે એવાં કામ
Transliteration: pastāvāne chāje evāṅ kām
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Original: ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα
Category: Repentance and Baptism

Visible fruit that gives evidence of genuine repentance (26:20). Must be framed strictly as evidence/fruit of a repentance already granted by God, never as works that earn or complete repentance’s acceptability — a critical guard against works-righteousness misreading in the Justification apart from the Law doctrine.

Whole Counsel Of God

Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરની સંપૂર્ણ યોજના
Transliteration: Parmeśvarnī Sampūrṇa Yojanā
Doctrine: Providence of God
Original: πᾶσα ἡ βουλὴ τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Apostolic Authority and Miracles

The complete gospel message Paul proclaimed without omission (20:27); reinforces the baseline’s High-risk providence doctrine — a personal God’s deliberate revealed plan, not impersonal fate.

Nazirite Vow

Approved rendering: નાઝીરી પ્રતિજ્ઞા
Transliteration: Nāzīrī pratijñā
Doctrine: Ceremonial Liberty and OT Practice
Rejected alternatives: વ્રત (merit-earning vow-keeping)
Original: εὐχή
Category: Justification apart from the Law

An OT ritual vow of consecration Paul undertakes to demonstrate continued respect for Jewish practice (21:23-24). Prefer પ્રતિજ્ઞા (pledge) over વ્રત, which carries strong Jain/Hindu merit-earning vow-keeping connotations; this is a one-time OT ceremonial vow, not a merit-generating ascetic practice.

God Shows No Partiality Formula

Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વર પક્ષપાત કરતા નથી
Transliteration: Parmeśvar pakṣapāt kartā nathī
Doctrine: Universal Scope of the Gospel

Formal statement of God’s impartial acceptance across ethnic/social lines (10:34), ‘God is not a respecter of persons.’ This specific formula must be rendered identically wherever it recurs for cross-document consistency; see also the general partiality entry.

Medium Risk Terms

Apostle

Approved rendering: પ્રેરિત
Transliteration: prerit
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: ગુરુ, સંદેશવાહક
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church

Avoid ગુરુ, which implies self-attained spiritual authority rather than a delegated, sent commission. [Inherited from Romans package.] Central to Acts 1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9, 11, 14-16; 4:13’s description of Peter and John as ‘unlettered and ordinary men’ reinforces that this authority is a Spirit-given commission, not guru-style credentialing.

Peace

Approved rendering: શાંતિ
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: મનની શાંતિ
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation

Relational peace with God through justification, not ascetic-discipline tranquility. [Inherited from Romans package.] Occurs at Acts 9:31; 10:36; 15:33.

Spiritual Gifts

Approved rendering: આત્મિક કૃપાદાન
Transliteration: ātmik kṛpādān
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: વરદાન, સિદ્ધિ
Original: χαρίσματα
Category: Church

Always use the compound. [Inherited from Romans package.] Must be distinguished sharply from gift_of_holy_spirit (δωρεά) — see that entry below; relevant to Acts 6 and 8.

Church

Approved rendering: મંડળી
Transliteration: maṇḍaḷī
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: મંદિર, દેરાસર
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church

Established Gujarati Christian term. Never મંદિર or દેરાસર. [Inherited from Romans package.] Central to Acts 2, 5, 6, 8-20.

Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરનું રાજ્ય
Transliteration: Parmeśvarnũ Rājya
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: ઈશ્વરનું રાષ્ટ્ર
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom

God’s sovereign reign, not a territorial or political kingdom. [Inherited from Romans package.] Acts 1:6’s disciple question (‘will you restore the kingdom to Israel now?’) reveals the exact nationalist misreading this caution guards against; Jesus redirects toward the Spirit’s mission (1:7-8).

Gentiles

Approved rendering: અન્ય પ્રજાઓ
Transliteration: anya prajāo
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: વિદેશીઓ
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church

Non-Jewish peoples. [Inherited from Romans package.] Central to Acts 9-11, 13-15, 18, 21, 22, 26, 28, the narrative spine of the Gospel to Jews and Gentiles doctrine.

Intercession

Approved rendering: મધ્યસ્થતા
Transliteration: madhyasthatā
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Original: ἔντευξις / δέησις (concept underlying corporate prayer scenes)
Category: Faith

Prayer on behalf of others. [Inherited from Romans package.] Underlies the church’s prayer for Peter (12:5,12) and Paul’s request for prayer (13:2-3).

Mission

Approved rendering: મિશન / સુવાર્તા પ્રચાર
Transliteration: miśan / suvārtā prachār
Doctrine: Mission to the Nations
Original: ἀποστολή / πέμπω
Category: Church

સુવાર્તા પ્રચાર preferred; મિશન retained with awareness of colonial-era connotation. [Inherited from Romans package.] Central to Acts 1, 8, 9, 13, 22, 26.

David

Approved rendering: દાઉદ
Transliteration: Dāūd
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant

Established proper name form. [Inherited from Romans package.] Cited at Acts 2, 4, 7, 13, 15.

Israel

Approved rendering: ઇઝરાયલ
Transliteration: Izrāyal
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant

Proper name; established form. [Inherited from Romans package.] Cited at Acts 1-5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 21, 26, 28.

Pentecost

Approved rendering: પેન્તેકોસ્ત
Transliteration: Pentekost
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Rejected alternatives: ઉત્સવ (generic festival)
Original: πεντηκοστή
Category: Holy Spirit and Pentecost

The OT Feast of Weeks, fifty days after Passover, renamed for the Christian feast of the Spirit’s outpouring (Acts 2:1; 20:16). No native Gujarati cultural referent exists; transliterate and supply an OT festival-calendar teaching note — this is a comprehension gap, not a syncretism risk, and must be built from first principles rather than corrected.

Boldness

Approved rendering: હિંમત
Transliteration: himmat
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: παρρησία
Category: Persecution and Bold Witness

Fearless, open, public proclamation despite threat; Spirit-given courage under real persecution, not mere social confidence. Occurs at 4:13,29,31; 9:27-28; 13:46; 14:3; 18:26; 19:8; 26:26; 28:31.

Common Possessions

Approved rendering: બધું સહિયારું
Transliteration: badhũ sahiyārũ
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: κοινά
Category: The Church as Community

Voluntary economic sharing among believers, not enforced collectivism. Occurs at 2:44-45; 4:32-35.

Overseer

Approved rendering: અધ્યક્ષ
Transliteration: adhyakṣa
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: ἐπίσκοπος
Category: The Church as Community

Used interchangeably with ‘elder’ and ‘shepherd’ at Acts 20:17,28; avoid implying a separate, higher hierarchical rank not present in the text.

Angel

Approved rendering: સ્વર્ગદૂત
Transliteration: svargadūt
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: ἄγγελος
Category: Apostolic Authority and Miracles

God’s messenger, delivering, guiding, or announcing; established Christian term. Occurs at 1:10-11; 5:19; 8:26; 10:3,7,22; 12:7-11,15,23; 27:23.

Judgment To Come

Approved rendering: ન્યાય / ન્યાયનો દિવસ
Transliteration: nyāya / nyāyno divas
Doctrine: Future Divine Judgment
Original: κρίσις
Category: Justification apart from the Law

The future divine judgment; ensure it is God’s personal judicial verdict, not an impersonal karmic reckoning. Occurs at 17:31; 24:25.

Household

Approved rendering: ઘરનું કુટુંબ
Transliteration: gharnũ kuṭumb
Doctrine: Household Faith and Covenant Solidarity
Original: οἶκος
Category: The Church as Community

Extended family/dependents unit, baptized together. Must not imply baptism was administered apart from personal repentance/faith by any household member capable of it. Occurs at 16:15,31-34; 18:8. Gujarat’s joint-family (સંયુક્ત કુટુંબ) culture provides a ready analogue — do not over-annotate a concept the audience already grasps intuitively.

Satan

Approved rendering: શેતાન
Transliteration: Śetān
Doctrine: Deliverance from Satan’s Power
Original: Σατανᾶς
Category: Conversion of Paul

The personal, defeated spiritual enemy (26:18). Established transliterated Gujarati Christian term; ensure personal, defeated-enemy framing, not an abstract impersonal evil principle.

Breaking Of Bread

Approved rendering: રોટલી ભાંગવી
Transliteration: roṭlī bhāṅgvī
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: κλάσις τοῦ ἄρτου
Category: The Church as Community

Shared communal meal, possibly including the Lord’s Supper (2:42,46; 20:7,11). Genuine scholarly ambiguity on whether this is simply a shared meal or includes the sacrament; flag for native speaker/theologian review case-by-case; do not over-define beyond the text.

Light For Gentiles

Approved rendering: અન્ય પ્રજાઓ માટે અજવાળું
Transliteration: anya prajāo māṭe ajvāḷũ
Doctrine: Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: φῶς ἐθνῶν
Category: Gospel to Jews and Gentiles

Isaiah’s servant-mission language fulfilled in the apostolic mission to Gentiles (13:47). Caution against light-imagery merging with Hindu divine-light or Jain kevala-jnana associations, per the baseline’s existing caution on glory/light.

Low Risk Terms

Thanksgiving

Approved rendering: આભારસ્તુતિ
Transliteration: ābhārstuti
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith

Standard term. No significant risk. [Inherited from Romans package.] Relevant background to Acts 27:35; 28:15.

Fellowship

Approved rendering: સંગત
Transliteration: saṅgat
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: મિત્રતા
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church

Shared participation in Christ, not merely social friendship. [Inherited from Romans package.] Underlies Acts 2:42’s description of the early church’s devoted communal life.

Prophet

Approved rendering: ભવિષ્યવક્તા
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavaktā
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: જ્યોતિષી
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant

God’s spokesperson, not an astrologer. [Inherited from Romans package.] The ‘prophet like Moses’ typology (3:22-23, quoting Deuteronomy 18:15) is a key occurrence.

Prophecy

Approved rendering: ભવિષ્યવાણી
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇī
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: ભવિષ્યફળ
Original: προφητεία
Category: Covenant

God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological forecasting. [Inherited from Romans package.] Underlies Joel’s prophecy quoted at Acts 2:16-21 and Agabus’s prophecy (11:28; 21:11).

Exhort

Approved rendering: પ્રોત્સાહન આપવું
Transliteration: protsāhan āpavũ
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith

Context-sensitive. [Inherited from Romans package.] Occurs at Acts 2:40, 11:23, 14:22, 15:32, 16:40, 20:1-2.

Sanhedrin

Approved rendering: સાન્હેડ્રિન (ન્યાયસભા)
Transliteration: Sānhedrin (nyāyasabhā)
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: συνέδριον
Category: Apostolic Authority and Miracles

Transliterated proper institutional term with a descriptive gloss (‘council’); low doctrinal ambiguity. Occurs at 4:15; 5:21,27,34,41; 6:12,15; 22:30; 23:1,6,15,20,28; 24:20.

Elder

Approved rendering: વડીલ
Transliteration: vaḍīl
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: The Church as Community

Established, low-risk Gujarati Christian usage. Occurs at 11:30; 14:23; 15:2,4,6,22-23; 16:4; 20:17; 21:18.

Shepherd

Approved rendering: પાળક
Transliteration: pāḷak
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: ποιμήν
Category: The Church as Community

Standard pastoral metaphor for church leadership (Acts 20:28); low risk.

Christian

Approved rendering: ખ્રિસ્તી
Transliteration: Khristī
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: Χριστιανός
Category: The Church as Community

The name first applied to believers at Antioch (11:26); established modern Gujarati term.

Dream

Approved rendering: સ્વપ્ન
Transliteration: svapna
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ἐνύπνιον
Category: Holy Spirit and Pentecost

God-given revelatory dream (Joel quotation, Acts 2:17); standard term, low risk.

Stoning

Approved rendering: પથ્થરે મારવું
Transliteration: patthare mārvũ
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: λιθοβολέω
Category: Persecution and Bold Witness

Method of Stephen’s execution (7:58-59) and threat against Paul (14:19); descriptive narrative term, low doctrinal ambiguity.

Falling Asleep Death

Approved rendering: ઊંઘી જવું / મરણ પામવું
Transliteration: ũghī javũ / maraṇ pāmvũ
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: κοιμάομαι
Category: Persecution and Bold Witness

Euphemism for a believer’s death (7:60). Must not be confused with raised_to_life_temporary or with the doctrinal resurrection term itself.

Scales From Eyes

Approved rendering: આંખો પરથી પોપડા ખરી પડ્યા
Transliteration: āṅkho parthī popḍā kharī paḍyā
Doctrine: Conversion of Paul

Physical sign of Paul’s restored sight and spiritual conversion (9:18); vivid narrative detail, low doctrinal ambiguity, rendered with a natural Gujarati flaking/peeling idiom rather than a literal fish-scale image.

Unhindered

Approved rendering: કંઈ પણ રોકટોક વિના
Transliteration: kaṅī paṇ roktok vinā
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Original: ἀκωλύτως
Category: The Great Commission Fulfilled

The gospel’s free, unstoppable advance to Rome, the climactic final word of Acts (28:31). Low linguistic ambiguity but high thematic weight; structurally answers 1:8’s ‘to the end of the earth.‘

Crooked Generation

Approved rendering: કુટિલ પેઢી
Transliteration: kuṭil peḍhī
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Original: γενεὰ σκολιά
Category: Repentance and Baptism

Peter’s description of the unbelieving generation needing rescue (2:40); standard idiom, low doctrinal ambiguity.

Added To Church

Approved rendering: ઉમેરાયા
Transliteration: umerāyā
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: προστίθημι
Category: The Church as Community

Church-growth term describing new converts joining the believing community. Occurs at 2:41,47; 5:14; 11:24.

Devote Themselves

Approved rendering: વળગી રહેવું
Transliteration: vaḷgī rahevũ
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: προσκαρτερέω
Category: The Church as Community

The early church’s sustained commitment to apostolic teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer (2:42); describes ongoing communal practice, low doctrinal ambiguity.

Wisdom General

Approved rendering: બુદ્ધિ / જ્ઞાન
Transliteration: buddhi / jñān
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: σοφία
Category: The Church as Community

Spirit-given practical and theological wisdom (e.g., the Seven in Acts 6:3,10). General term, low doctrinal risk on its own; risk only arises in combination with the Holy Spirit term (see filled_with_holy_spirit).

Proconsul

Approved rendering: પ્રાંતપતિ
Transliteration: prāntpati
Doctrine: (Historical/Political Background)

Roman provincial governor title (Sergius Paulus, 13:7); low theological ambiguity, historical-political term only.

Referenced passages

ACT.2.24-32 ACT.3.15 ACT.13.30-37 ACT.23.6-8 ACT.26.23 ACT.2.21 ACT.10.36 ACT.16.31 ACT.22.8 ACT.26.15 ACT.1.8 ACT.2.14-41 ACT.10.36-43 ACT.13.32-33 ACT.16.10 ACT.20.24 ACT.1.5 ACT.4.31 ACT.8.15-17 ACT.10.44-46 ACT.19.1-6 ACT.2.4-11 ACT.10.46 ACT.19.6 ACT.2.38 ACT.8.17-20 ACT.10.45 ACT.11.17 ACT.19.2 ACT.9.18 ACT.10.47-48 ACT.18.8 ACT.19.1-5 ACT.3.19 ACT.5.31 ACT.8.22 ACT.11.18 ACT.17.30 ACT.20.21 ACT.26.20 ACT.10.43 ACT.13.38 ACT.26.18 ACT.4.1-31 ACT.5.17-42 ACT.7.54-60 ACT.8.1-3 ACT.12.1-19 ACT.14.19 ACT.16.19-24 ACT.21.27-36 ACT.2.22 ACT.3.1-10 ACT.8.6-24 ACT.9.32-42 ACT.13.6-11 ACT.16.16-18 ACT.19.11-19 ACT.20.9-12 ACT.10.9-16 ACT.11.1-18 ACT.2.42-47 ACT.4.32-35 ACT.5.11 ACT.6.1-6 ACT.9.31 ACT.11.26 ACT.1.9-11 ACT.2.33-35 ACT.7.55-56 ACT.14.11-15 ACT.19.23-41 ACT.24.25 ACT.13.38-39 ACT.10.34-35 ACT.13.47 ACT.15.11 ACT.8.9-24 ACT.19.13-19 ACT.2.29-36 ACT.3.18-24 ACT.13.32-37 ACT.17.2-3 ACT.26.22-23 ACT.9.1-19 ACT.22.3-21 ACT.26.9-18 ACT.2.23 ACT.4.28 ACT.17.26 ACT.20.27 ACT.1.14 ACT.2.42 ACT.4.24-31 ACT.6.4 ACT.13.2-3 ACT.16.25 ACT.17.31 ACT.16.15 ACT.8.4-40 ACT.13.1-3 ACT.16.6-10 ACT.19.10

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