Semantic Analysis

Semantic Analysis: Acts 1–28 (English → Konkani)

Scope and Method

This document analyzes the entire book of Acts in the original Koine Greek, chapter by chapter, for the Konkani destination-language package. It extends — and does not contradict — the baseline Romans Language Package (translation_memory.json, bible_term_registry.json, doctrine_risk_registry.json). Every term already fixed in the Romans baseline (e.g., सुवार्ता for gospel, कृपा for grace, तारण for salvation, प्रभू for lord, पवित्र आत्मा for Holy Spirit) is reused exactly here and is marked [baseline TM — reuse exactly]. New terms required by Acts’ distinctive vocabulary (Pentecost, baptism, repentance, the Way, tongues, signs and wonders, etc.) are analyzed fresh and carried forward into 08_core_glossary.md.

Risk tiers (Critical/High/Medium/Low) follow the baseline’s definitions exactly.

PART 1 — Core Passage: Acts 2:1–41 (Verse-by-Verse)

Acts 2:1

Greek: Καὶ ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς πεντηκοστῆς ἦσαν πάντες ὁμοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό.

πεντηκοστή (pentēkostē) — lit. “fiftieth [day].” Semantic range: the Jewish harvest pilgrimage feast (Feast of Weeks/Shavuot), celebrated 50 days after Passover; in Acts it becomes the name for the day the Spirit is poured out and the church is born. English variants: “Pentecost.” Contextual theological meaning: the historical, datable fulfillment of an OT covenant festival, now marking the birth of the New Testament church. Konkani: पेंटेकोस्त (transliteration, new proper-noun term). Risk: Medium — no local festival name collision, but must be footnoted as a specific OT harvest/covenant feast fulfilled in a single historical event, not an annual nature-festival parallel of the kind common in Goan agrarian Hindu observance (e.g., harvest festivals like Novem).
ὁμοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό (homou epi to auto) — “together, in the same place.” Konkani: एकठाय (ekaṭhāy). Risk: Low.

Acts 2:2

Greek: καὶ ἐγένετο ἄφνω ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἦχος ὥσπερ φερομένης πνοῆς βιαίας…

πνοή (pnoē) — “breath, blast [of wind]”; related to but distinct from πνεῦμα (Spirit). Semantic range: physical wind/breath, here a sensory sign accompanying the Spirit’s coming. Konkani: वारो (vāro, wind/breath). Risk: Low, but flag the wordplay: the audible “wind” anticipates the arrival of the पवित्र आत्मा [baseline TM] in v.4; translators should preserve the sensory link without implying the Spirit is merely wind/breath (an impersonal force), consistent with the baseline’s insistence that पवित्र आत्मा is personal, never an impersonal life-force.
οὐρανός (ouranos) — “heaven, sky.” Konkani: आकाश/स्वर्ग. Risk: Low.

Acts 2:3

Greek: καὶ ὤφθησαν αὐτοῖς διαμεριζόμεναι γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός…

γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός (glōssai hōsei pyros) — “tongues as of fire.” Literal: flame-shapes resembling tongues. Contextual theological meaning: visible, divided manifestation of the Spirit resting on each individual believer — presence, not possession. Konkani: जिबेवरी दिसपी विजेच्यो ज्वाळो or simply अग्नीच्यो जिबो (tongues of fire). Risk: High — Goan folk-Hindu religious practice includes documented phenomena of deity/spirit “descent” upon a person (आवेश/अंगारो येणें, “the deity/spirit coming upon” someone, associated with trance, shaking, altered speech in local devotional and shamanic practice). The fire-tongues and Spirit-filling of Acts 2 must be clearly distinguished in translator notes from this trance-possession pattern: this is a sober, Scripture-explained, once-for-all inaugurating sign, not a repeatable ecstatic possession phenomenon.

Acts 2:4

Greek: καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν πάντες πνεύματος ἁγίου, καὶ ἤρξαντο λαλεῖν ἑτέραις γλώσσαις καθὼς τὸ πνεῦμα ἐδίδου ἀποφθέγγεσθαι αὐτοῖς.

ἐπλήσθησαν πνεύματος ἁγίου (eplēsthēsan pneumatos hagiou) — “were filled with the Holy Spirit.” Semantic range: to be filled up, saturated, brought under complete influence. Contextual theological meaning: full, empowering indwelling for witness (cf. Acts 4:8, 4:31, 13:9). Konkani: पवित्र आत्म्यान भरले (pavitra ātmyān bharle), pairing baseline पवित्र आत्मा [baseline TM] with भरप् (to be filled). Risk: Critical — same collision as v.3: must not read as spirit-possession/trance (आवेश); reinforce that this filling produces intelligible, Scripture-quoting proclamation (vv.14-36), not incoherent ecstatic behavior.
ἑτέραις γλώσσαις (heterais glōssais) — “other/different tongues [languages].” Semantic range in this passage: real, known human languages (confirmed by the nation-list in vv.9-11 and “own language” in v.8), distinct from the later, debated “tongues” phenomenon in 1 Corinthians. Konkani: वेगळ्यो भाषा (vegḷyo bhāṣā, other/different languages). Risk: Medium — must not be flattened into a vague “unknown ecstatic speech”; in Acts 2 it is specifically known foreign languages, a sign of the gospel’s reach to all nations.
ἀποφθέγγεσθαι (apophthengesthai) — “to declare, utter forth [with weight/authority].” Konkani: जाहीर करप् (jāhīr karap, to declare). Risk: Low.

Acts 2:5

Greek: Ἦσαν δὲ εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ κατοικοῦντες Ἰουδαῖοι, ἄνδρες εὐλαβεῖς ἀπὸ παντὸς ἔθνους τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν.

ἄνδρες εὐλαβεῖς (andres eulabeis) — “devout/reverent men.” Semantic range: God-fearing, cautious in religious observance. Konkani: देवाक मानपी लोक (devāk mānpī lok, people who honor/revere God). Risk: Medium — avoid भक्त (bhakt), which the baseline already flags for carrying devotional-worship weight tied to temple deities; keep the phrase generic-reverential rather than devotional-technical.

Acts 2:6–8

Greek: γενομένης δὲ τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης συνῆλθε τὸ πλῆθος καὶ συνεχύθη…

συνεχύθη (synechythē) — “was confounded/thrown into confusion.” Konkani: गोंधळून गेले. Risk: Low.
διάλεκτος (dialektos) — “one’s own native language/dialect.” Konkani: आपली भास (āplī bhās, one’s own language). Risk: Low — reinforces the miracle’s nature: hearers understood in their mother tongues, a direct sign of the gospel crossing every language and, by extension, every ethnic/national boundary (परराष्ट्रीय, Gentiles [baseline TM], anticipated here even before Acts 10).

Acts 2:9–11

Greek: (list of nations) …τὰ μεγαλεῖα τοῦ θεοῦ.

τὰ μεγαλεῖα τοῦ θεοῦ (ta megaleia tou theou) — “the great/mighty works of God.” Konkani: देवाचीं म्हान कामां. Risk: Low, but pair with the exclusivity marker एकच खरो देव [per baseline system-prompt rule] where doctrinally load-bearing, since देव alone is generically shared with Goan Hindu deity-naming (Shantadurga dev, Mangueshi dev, etc.).
Proper nation names (Parthians, Medes, Elamites, Mesopotamia, Cappadocia, etc.) — transliterate per established Konkani/Marathi Bible convention; Low risk, geographic proper nouns.

Acts 2:12–13

διηπόρουν (diēporoun) — “were greatly perplexed.” Konkani: गुंतल्यात / कोडींत पडले. Risk: Low.
χλευάζοντες (chleuazontes) — “mocking, jeering.” Konkani: चेष्टा करप्. Risk: Low.
γλεῦκος (gleukos) — “sweet new wine.” Konkani: नवें दारू/द्राक्षरस — used mockingly (“full of new wine”). Risk: Low, contextual insult, not doctrinal.

Acts 2:14–15

Peter’s public address begins; note ἀπόστολοι implicit — reuse प्रेषित [baseline TM] for the Eleven acting corporately.
μεθύω (methyō) — “to be drunk.” Konkani: दारू पिवन धुंद जावप्. Risk: Low.

Acts 2:16–18 (Joel quotation begins)

προφήτης (prophētēs) — “prophet,” here Joel. Reuse संदेष्टा [baseline TM]. Risk: Low.
ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις (en tais eschatais hēmerais) — “in the last days.” Semantic range: the inaugurated eschatological era beginning with Christ’s resurrection and the Spirit’s outpouring. Konkani: निमाण्या दिसांनी (nimāṇyā disānnī, in the last days). Risk: Medium — must be framed as a linear, once-begun-and-still-unfolding era pointing to Christ’s return, not a cyclical age-ending (yuga-end) concept from Hindu cosmology (e.g., the end of Kali Yuga).
ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα (ekcheō… epi pasan sarka) — “I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.” Konkani: म्हजो आत्मो सगळ्या मनशांचेर वताडतलों (pour out my Spirit on all people). Risk: High — must retain both the universality (“all flesh” — no caste, gender, age, or status restriction: “sons and daughters… young men and old men… my menservants and my maidservants”) and the personal, willed act of a personal God giving His own Spirit, not an impersonal cosmic force being released.
προφητεύσουσιν (prophēteusousin) — “shall prophesy.” Reuse भविष्यवाणी-root [baseline TM: भविष्यवाणी = prophecy]. Risk: Low-Medium.

Acts 2:19–20

τέρατα… σημεῖα (terata… sēmeia) — “wonders… signs.” Konkani: अद्भुत कृत्यां… चिन्नां. Risk: Medium — see extended note in Chapter 2 summary below and glossary; must be distinguished from guru/godman “chamatkar” (miracle) narratives common in regional religious storytelling, which typically authenticate a human holy man’s personal spiritual attainment rather than pointing, as here, to God’s own redemptive act in Christ.
ἡ ἡμέρα κυρίου (hē hēmera kyriou) — “the day of the Lord.” Konkani: प्रभूचो दीस (using baseline प्रभू). Risk: Medium — a specific, final, linear day of divine judgment/vindication, not a recurring cosmic-cycle event.

Acts 2:21

Greek: καὶ ἔσται πᾶς ὃς ἂν ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου σωθήσεται.

ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου (epikalesētai to onoma kyriou) — “shall call on the name of the Lord.” Semantic range: to appeal to, invoke, personally trust in. Konkani: प्रभूच्या नांवान उलो मारतलो (will call on the name of the Lord). Risk: Critical — this is the identical confession-formula later anchored in the baseline at Romans 10:9-13 (“येशू प्रभू आसा”); must be rendered so it reads as personal trust/appeal to a specific, exclusive Lord, not as mantra-recitation or japa (repeated invocation of a deity’s name for merit or a boon), a widespread devotional practice in Goan Hindu tradition.
σωθήσεται (sōthēsetai) — “will be saved.” Reuse तारण [baseline TM]. Risk: Critical — never मुक्ती/मोक्ष.
This verse also carries the universal_scope_of_gospel doctrine [baseline]: “whosoever” (πᾶς ὅς ἄν) must retain unqualified universality — no caste or community exception.

Acts 2:22

ἀνὴρ ἀποδεδειγμένος (anēr apodedeigmenos) — “a man clearly displayed/certified [by God].” Konkani: देवान प्रमाणीत केल्लो मनीस. Risk: High — affirms Christ’s genuine, real humanity_of_christ [baseline doctrine] while the following clauses affirm his unique divine attestation; must not read as merely “a good man.”
δυνάμεσι καὶ τέρασι καὶ σημείοις (dynamesi kai terasi kai sēmeiois) — “by mighty works, wonders, and signs.” Reuse baseline देवाचें सामर्थ्य for δύναμις-root. Risk High — never शक्ती.

Acts 2:23

Greek: τῇ ὡρισμένῃ βουλῇ καὶ προγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ ἔκδοτον…

ὡρισμένη βουλή καὶ πρόγνωσις τοῦ θεοῦ (hōrismenē boulē kai prognōsis tou theou) — “the determined/set plan and foreknowledge of God.” Konkani: देवाचो थारावील्लो हेत आनी पूर्वज्ञान. Risk: High — directly ties to the baseline’s providence doctrine (देवाची तरतूद); must be conveyed as the personal, purposive plan of a personal God, never impersonal fate/destiny (नशीब/प्रारब्ध), even though the same verse simultaneously affirms real human guilt (“by wicked hands you crucified”) — both truths must be held together, not resolved into fatalism.
προσπήξαντες ἀνείλατε (prospēxantes aneilate) — “having nailed [him] up, you put [him] to death.” Konkani: खिळ्यांनी मारून जीव काडलो. Risk: Medium — historical/narrative, not doctrinally ambiguous, but must not soften human responsibility.

Acts 2:24

Greek: ὃν ὁ θεὸς ἀνέστησεν, λύσας τὰς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου…

ἀνέστησεν (anestēsen) — “raised up.” Reuse baseline पुनरुत्थान [baseline TM, noun form; verb रूप उठयलो/पुनरुत्थित केलो]. Risk: Critical — never पुनर्जन्म. This is the central verse anchoring resurrection_of_christ [baseline doctrine].
λύσας τὰς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου (lysas tas ōdinas tou thanatou) — “having loosed the birth-pains/agonies of death.” Konkani: मरणाच्यो व्यथा सोडोवन. Risk: Medium — vivid metaphor; death pictured as unable to hold Christ, reinforcing the once-for-all, bodily, historical nature of the resurrection against any cyclical-rebirth reading.

Acts 2:25–28 (Psalm 16 quotation)

ἐλπίς (elpis) — “hope.” Konkani: आस्त (āsat, hope). Risk: Low-Medium — biblical hope is confident expectation grounded in God’s promise, not wishful desire.
ᾅδης (hadēs) — “Hades,” realm of the dead. Konkani: मृत्युलोक or transliterated हेड्स; contextually “the place of the dead.” Risk: Medium — must not be equated with a Hindu cosmological realm (e.g., Yama’s abode/naraka in Puranic geography, which carries karmic-retributive connotations); here it simply names the state/place of death from which Christ was not abandoned.

Acts 2:29–31

πατριάρχης (patriarchēs) — “patriarch.” Konkani: पूर्वज/कुळपिता (ancestor/family-father); reuse baseline दावीद [baseline TM] for the proper name. Risk: Low.
ὅρκος (horkos) — “oath.” Konkani: सोपत/शपथ. Risk: Medium — ties to davidic_covenant [baseline doctrine]: God’s sworn covenant promise to David regarding an enduring royal offspring, requiring OT background explanation as the baseline registry already notes.
προϊδὼν ἐλάλησεν περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ — “foreseeing, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ.” Reuse मसीहा/ख्रिस्त [baseline TM] and पुनरुत्थान [baseline TM]. Risk: Critical.

Acts 2:32

μάρτυρες (martyres) — “witnesses.” Semantic range: legal/testimonial witnesses (root of English “martyr,” though the martyrdom sense is not yet primary here). Konkani: साक्षी (sākṣī). Risk: High — foundational to the persecution_and_bold_witness doctrine strand of this curriculum; must convey eyewitness legal testimony to a historical, bodily resurrection, not a generic devotional “witness/testimony” of subjective religious experience.

Acts 2:33

ὑψωθεὶς τῇ δεξιᾷ τοῦ θεοῦ (hypsōtheis tē dexia tou theou) — “having been exalted to/by the right hand of God.” Konkani: देवाच्या उजव्या हाताक वयर व्हेल्लो. Risk: Critical — asserts Christ’s exaltation to supreme divine authority, tying directly to lordship_of_christ and deity_of_christ [baseline doctrines]; never render as mere honor among honored figures.
ἐπαγγελία τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος (epangelia tou hagiou pneumatos) — “the promise of the Holy Spirit.” Konkani: पवित्र आत्म्याचें वचन/अभिवचन (pavitra ātmyāce vachan, the promise of the Holy Spirit). Reuse पवित्र आत्मा [baseline TM]. Risk: High.

Acts 2:34–35 (Psalm 110 quotation)

κύριος applied doubly to God and to the Messiah (“The Lord said to my Lord”). Reuse baseline प्रभू [baseline TM] for both occurrences, distinguished by context. Risk: Critical — this dual-Lord quotation is precisely the OT text Peter uses to argue for Christ’s deity; must preserve both occurrences as प्रभू without collapsing the distinction between the Father and the Son or diluting either’s Lordship.

Acts 2:36

Greek: …ὅτι καὶ κύριον καὶ Χριστὸν αὐτὸν ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησεν, τοῦτον τὸν Ἰησοῦν ὃν ὑμεῖς ἐσταυρώσατε.

κύριον καὶ Χριστόν ἐποίησεν (kyrion kai christon epoiēsen) — “God has made him both Lord and Christ.” Konkani: देवान ताका प्रभू आनी ख्रिस्त केला. Risk: Critical — the climactic Christological statement of the sermon. “Made” (ἐποίησεν) must be handled carefully: it refers to God’s public installation/vindication of Jesus into his Messianic office and universal Lordship at the resurrection/exaltation, not an ontological origin of his deity (his eternal Sonship is not created, per sonship_of_christ [baseline doctrine]). Translator note required distinguishing “installed into manifest Lordship” from “brought into being.”
Reuse ख्रिस्त as name-title per the baseline’s established transliteration standard (Christ = ख्रिस्त), alongside मसीहा [baseline TM] when the underlying OT messianic concept is in view.

Acts 2:37

κατενύγησαν τὴν καρδίαν (katenygēsan tēn kardian) — “were pierced/stung to the heart.” Konkani: काळजाक खोंचें बसलें or मन विंधलें. Risk: Low-Medium — vivid idiom for deep conviction of sin; must not be flattened to mere emotional sadness.

Acts 2:38

Greek: Μετανοήσατε, καὶ βαπτισθήτω ἕκαστος ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ὑμῶν, καὶ λήμψεσθε τὴν δωρεὰν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος.

μετανοήσατε (metanoēsate) — “repent!” Literal: “change [your] mind/perception” (μετά + νοέω). Semantic range: a decisive inward turning from sin toward God, not mere regret. Konkani: पश्चात्ताप करात (paścāttāp karāt). Risk: High — must not be rendered with प्रायश्चित्त (a Sanskrit-derived term for ritual/ascetic expiation performed to atone for sin or bad karma, well known in Hindu religious practice); repentance here is a change of heart granted by God leading to faith, not a self-performed penitential act that earns forgiveness.
βαπτισθήτω… ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ (baptisthētō epi tō onomati Iēsou Christou) — “let each be baptized in/on the name of Jesus Christ.” Konkani: येशू ख्रिस्ताच्या नांवान बाप्तिस्मा घेवचो. Risk: High — baptism must be conveyed as a decisive, once-for-all identification with Christ’s death/resurrection and public confession of allegiance to him by name, distinct from a ritual purificatory bath (स्नान) such as those performed at sacred rivers/tanks in Goan Hindu practice, and distinct from any merit-generating ritual action.
εἰς ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν (eis aphesin tōn hamartiōn) — “for/unto the forgiveness of sins.” Konkani: पापांची माफी मेळपाखातीर (pāpāncī māfī meḷapākhātīr). Reuse baseline पाप [baseline TM]. Risk: High — forgiveness is granted by God on the basis of Christ’s work received through repentance and faith, never earned through ritual expiation (again, never प्रायश्चित्त) or accumulated merit.
δωρεὰν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος (dōrean tou hagiou pneumatos) — “the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Konkani: पवित्र आत्म्याचें दान. Risk: High — use दान (a freely given gift) rather than वरदान (a boon typically granted in reward for austerity/devotion, explicitly rejected by the baseline for “spiritual gifts”); must be marked as an unearned gift given at conversion, not a reward for the recipient’s religious merit.

Acts 2:39

ἡ ἐπαγγελία (hē epangelia) — “the promise.” Konkani: वचन/अभिवचन. Risk: Medium.
ὑμῖν… τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν… πᾶσιν τοῖς εἰς μακράν (hymin… tois teknois hymōn… pasin tois eis makran) — “to you… to your children… to all who are far off.” Risk: High — this clause extends the promise’s scope beyond the immediate Jewish audience toward the Gentiles (“all who are far off”), an early textual anchor of the gospel_to_jews_and_gentiles doctrine central to this curriculum; must retain full inclusivity.
ὅσους ἂν προσκαλέσηται κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν (hosous an proskalesētai…) — “as many as the Lord our God shall call.” Reuse baseline बोलावणें/बोलावलेले [baseline TM: calling/called]. Risk: High — sovereign divine calling, not human religious seeking.

Acts 2:40

σῴθητε ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς τῆς σκολιᾶς ταύτης (sōthēte apo tēs geneas tēs skolias tautēs) — “be saved from this crooked generation.” Reuse तारण-root [baseline TM]. Risk: Critical.

Acts 2:41

ἀσμένως ἀποδεξάμενοι τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ (asmenōs apodexamenoi ton logon autou) — “having gladly received his word.” Konkani: आनंदान ताचें उतर मानून घेतलें. Risk: Low.
ἐβαπτίσθησαν (ebaptisthēsan) — “were baptized.” Konkani: बाप्तिस्मा घेतलो. Risk: High (see v.38).
προσετέθησαν… ψυχαί (prosetethēsan… psychai) — “were added… souls.” Konkani: आत्मे मेळ्ळे/जोडले. Risk: Low-Medium — numeric church growth language; introduces the church_as_gods_people [baseline doctrine] motif that recurs throughout Acts (2:47; 5:14; 11:24).

PART 2 — Chapter-by-Chapter Study of the Whole Book

Chapter 1

ἀνελήμφθη / ἀνάλημψις (anelēmphthē / analēmpsis) — “was taken up / the taking up” — the Ascension. Konkani: वयर व्हरणें (vayar vharaṇẽ, being taken up) or transliterated आरोहण. Risk: High — a bodily, visible, historical, once-for-all departure to heaven, not a symbolic apotheosis or a repeatable avatar-style withdrawal-and-return pattern found in some Puranic narrative cycles. New doctrine: closely tied to resurrection_of_christ and lordship_of_christ [baseline].
δύναμις (dynamis) — “power” (“you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you,” 1:8). Reuse baseline देवाचें सामर्थ्य [baseline TM]. Risk: High — never शक्ती.
μάρτυρες (martyres) — “witnesses” (1:8, programmatic for the whole book: Jerusalem → Judea/Samaria → ends of the earth). Konkani: साक्षी. Risk: High — see 2:32 above; this verse is the structural key verse for Acts as a whole and for the great_commission_fulfilled doctrine strand.
βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ (basileia tou theou) — “kingdom of God” (1:3, 1:6). Reuse baseline देवाचें राज्य [baseline TM]. Risk: Medium — the disciples’ mistaken political-restoration question (1:6, “restore the kingdom to Israel?”) must be handled carefully, distinguishing God’s spiritual reign from a nationalist political kingdom — a live sensitivity given Goa’s own contested colonial history, as already flagged in the baseline.
κλῆρος (klēros) — “lot” (casting lots for Matthias, 1:26). Konkani: चिठ्ठी/कुरल (drawing lots). Risk: Low — a historically bounded, pre-Pentecost decision-method; should not be presented as an ongoing normative practice for guidance, to avoid confusion with divination practices addressed critically elsewhere in Acts (see ch. 16, “spirit of divination”).
ἐπισκοπή (episkopē) — “office/oversight” (Judas’s vacated office, 1:20, quoting Psalm 109). Konkani: हुद्दो/सेवाकाम. Risk: Low-Medium; anticipates the apostolic_authority_and_miracles doctrine and later elder/overseer terminology (ch. 14, 20).

Chapter 2

Core passage — see Part 1 above.

Chapter 3

ὄνομα (onoma, “the name [of Jesus Christ of Nazareth]”) — healing performed explicitly “in the name of Jesus Christ” (3:6, 16). Konkani: नांव — reuse baseline transliteration येशू [baseline TM]. Risk: High — the name functions as the locus of divine authority and power for healing/salvation; must not read as a magical formula/mantra but as invoking the person and authority of the risen, exalted Lord.
ἀρχηγὸς τῆς ζωῆς (archēgos tēs zōēs) — “Prince/Author/Originator of life” (3:15). Konkani: जिवाचो मुळावो कारण/जिवितदातो (source/originator of life). Risk: High — a unique Christological title tied to deity_of_christ and resurrection_of_christ; must not be reduced to “a great leader.”
ὁ ἅγιος καὶ ὁ δίκαιος (ho hagios kai ho dikaios) — “the Holy One and the Righteous/Just One” (3:14). Reuse baseline पवित्र [baseline TM] and नीतिमत्ता-root [baseline TM] for δίκαιος. Risk: High — titles asserting Christ’s sinless, righteous character, contrasted with the crowd choosing a murderer (Barabbas) instead.
παῖς [θεοῦ] (pais theou) — “servant [of God]” (3:13, 3:26), echoing Isaiah’s Suffering Servant. Konkani: देवाचो सेवक. Risk: Medium-High — ties Christ to OT prophetic fulfillment (fulfillment_of_prophecy [baseline doctrine]); must not be flattened to a generic “God’s helper.”
ἀνάψυξις (anapsyxis) — “refreshing” (3:19, “times of refreshing”). Konkani: ताजेटपणाचो वेळ. Risk: Low-Medium.
ἀποκατάστασις (apokatastasis) — “restoration” (3:21, “restoration of all things”). Konkani: सगळ्या गजालींचें परत बरें करप्. Risk: Medium — eschatological restoration accomplished by God at Christ’s return; must not be conflated with cyclical cosmic renewal (a recurring creation-dissolution-recreation cycle in Hindu cosmology).
Reuse μετάνοια [see 2:38 above] recurring at 3:19.

Chapter 4

παρρησία (parrēsia) — “boldness, freedom/confidence of speech” (4:13, 4:29, 4:31). Literal: “all-speech” (πᾶν + ῥῆσις). Semantic range: fearless, unrestrained public speech, often under threat. Konkani: निर्भयपणान बोलप्/धैर्य (nirbhaypaṇān bolap, fearless speaking). Risk: High — central to the persecution_and_bold_witness doctrine strand; must convey Spirit-given courage before hostile authority, not mere social confidence.
σωτηρία… οὐδὲ γὰρ ὄνομά ἐστιν ἕτερον… ἐν ᾧ δεῖ σωθῆναι ἡμᾶς (4:12, “no other name… by which we must be saved”). Reuse baseline तारण and proper name येशू [baseline TM]. Risk: Critical — asserts the absolute exclusivity of salvation in Christ’s name; must not be softened into “one way among several,” a live pastoral sensitivity in a multi-religious Goan setting.
συνέδριον (synedrion) — “council, Sanhedrin” (4:15). Konkani: यहुदी न्यायसभा (सान्हेड्रिन). Risk: Low-Medium; historical-institutional term, transliterate and gloss.
ἀγράμματοι καὶ ἰδιῶται (agrammatoi kai idiōtai) — “unlettered and untrained/ordinary men” (4:13). Konkani: अशिकिल्ले आनी सादे मनीस. Risk: Low — highlights that boldness and Spirit-given authority do not depend on formal religious training or guru-lineage credentialing.
καρδία καὶ ψυχὴ μία (kardia kai psychē mia) — “one heart and soul” (4:32), describing the shared-goods community. Konkani: एका काळजाचे आनी एका जिवाचे. Risk: Low-Medium — foundational to church_as_community doctrine.
υἱὸς παρακλήσεως (huios paraklēseōs) — “son of encouragement/consolation” (Barnabas, 4:36). Reuse baseline उत्तेजन देणें-root [baseline TM: exhort]. Risk: Low.

Chapter 5

ψεύσασθαι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον (pseusasthai to pneuma to hagion) — “to lie to the Holy Spirit” (5:3). Konkani: पवित्र आत्म्याक फटी सांगप्. Risk: Critical — presupposes the personal, divine nature of the Holy Spirit (one can only lie to a person, not an impersonal force); directly reinforces the baseline’s insistence that पवित्र आत्मा must never be rendered as an impersonal universal spirit.
φόβος μέγας (phobos megas) — “great fear” (falling on the whole church, 5:5, 5:11). Konkani: व्हड भ्यें. Risk: Low-Medium — reverential fear of God’s holiness manifest in judgment, not superstitious dread.
σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα (sēmeia kai terata) — “signs and wonders” (5:12), recurring key phrase. See glossary entry. Risk: Medium.
δεῖ πειθαρχεῖν θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις (dei peitharchein theō mallon ē anthrōpois) — “we must obey God rather than men” (5:29). Konkani: मनशांपरस देवाची आज्ञा मानप् गरजेचें. Risk: High — foundational statement for persecution_and_bold_witness; civil/religious disobedience is justified only when it directly conflicts with obedience to God, not a general license for defiance.

Chapter 6

διακονεῖν τραπέζαις / διακονία (diakonein trapezais / diakonia) — “to serve tables / service, ministry” (6:2, 6:4). Konkani: सेवा करप्/सेवाकाम. Risk: Medium — सेवा is a broadly positive shared term (also used of Hindu devotional/temple service), which can be a helpful bridge word, but doctrinally this diaconal service flows from Spirit-gifting and calling (spiritual_gifts [baseline]), not merit-accumulation through ritual service.
πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ σοφίας (plērēs pneumatos hagiou kai sophias) — “full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom” (6:3, 6:5, of Stephen). Reuse baseline पवित्र आत्मा [baseline TM]. Risk: High — same filling-language sensitivity noted at 2:4.
ψευδομάρτυρες (pseudomartyres) — “false witnesses” (6:13). Konkani: खोटे साक्षीदार. Risk: Low-Medium — contrasts with the true μάρτυρες motif (see 1:8, 2:32).

Chapter 7

σκηνή (skēnē) — “tabernacle, tent” (7:44, “tabernacle of witness”). Konkani: साक्षीचो तंबू / पवित्र निवासमंडप. Risk: Medium — must never be rendered देऊळ/मंदिर (Hindu temple), per the baseline’s established prohibition for “church”; here it names the OT portable tent-shrine, distinct from Solomon’s later temple (also mentioned, 7:47).
σκληροτράχηλοι καὶ ἀπερίτμητοι καρδίαις καὶ τοῖς ὠσίν (sklērotrachēloi kai aperitmētoi kardiais…) — “stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears” (7:51). Konkani: ताठ मानेचे आनी अंतःकरणान सुंता नाशिल्ले. Risk: Medium — figurative for spiritual obstinacy/resistance to the Spirit; ties to περιτομή (circumcision, see ch. 15).
δίκαιος (dikaios) — “the Righteous One” (7:52, of Christ). Reuse baseline नीतिमत्ता-root [baseline TM]. Risk: High.
λιθοβολέω (lithoboleō) — “to stone” (7:58-59, Stephen’s martyrdom). Konkani: धोंडे मारून जीव काडप्. Risk: Low-Medium — narrative, but theologically significant as the first Christian martyrdom, anchoring persecution_and_bold_witness.
Κύριε Ἰησοῦ, δέξαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου (7:59) — “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Reuse baseline प्रभू and येशू [baseline TM]. Risk: Critical — a prayer directly addressed to Jesus as Lord at the point of death, a strong implicit affirmation of his deity.

Chapter 8

μαγεύων (mageuōn) — “practicing magic/sorcery” (Simon Magus, 8:9, 8:11). Konkani: जादूटोणो करपी. Risk: High — must be sharply distinguished from the Spirit’s genuine work; Simon’s attempt to purchase spiritual power (“simony,” 8:18-20) is explicitly condemned, reinforcing that spiritual gifts/power are कृपा-gifted, never purchasable or merit-based.
ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν (epithesis tōn cheirōn) — “laying on of hands” (8:17-18). Konkani: हात दवरप्. Risk: Medium — an apostolic act of impartation/commissioning; distinguish from a generic blessing gesture (आशीर्वाद देवप्) common in South Asian religious and family custom, which lacks this specific Spirit-impartation significance.
εὐνοῦχος (eunouchos) — “eunuch” (the Ethiopian official, 8:27ff). Konkani: नपुंसक/खोजा — historical-descriptive; low doctrinal risk, but pastorally significant as an early instance of gospel inclusion crossing both ethnic and social-marginalization boundaries (unity_of_jews_and_gentiles [baseline], extended).
Baptism language recurs (8:36-38); reuse glossary entry from 2:38.

Chapter 9

Σαούλ, Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις (Saoul, Saoul, ti me diōkeis) — “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” (9:4). Konkani: साऊल, साऊल, तूं म्हाका कित्याक छळायतंय? Risk: Critical — Christ’s identification with his persecuted church (“me” = the church he indwells) is a load-bearing statement for church_as_community and conversion_of_paul doctrines; must not be flattened into a merely symbolic rebuke.
σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς (skeuos eklogēs) — “a chosen/elect vessel” (9:15). Konkani: निवडिल्लें पात्र. Reuse baseline देवाची निवड [baseline TM: election]. Risk: High — God’s sovereign, gracious choice of Paul for a specific missionary purpose, not a merit-based reward or karmic outcome.
βάπτισμα recurs (9:18) — reuse glossary entry.
υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ (huios tou theou) — “Son of God” (9:20, Paul’s first preaching). Reuse baseline देवाचो पुत्र [baseline TM]. Risk: Critical.

Chapter 10

εὐσεβὴς καὶ φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν (eusebēs kai phoboumenos ton theon) — “devout and God-fearing” (Cornelius, 10:2). Konkani: देवाक मानपी आनी ताचें भ्यें बाळगपी. Risk: Medium — see 2:5; describes a Gentile sympathizer attached to Jewish worship without full proselyte conversion; avoid भक्त.
κοινός (koinos) — “common, [ritually] unclean” (10:14-15, 10:28, the sheet vision). Konkani: अशुद्ध / सादारण contrasted with देवान शुद्ध केल्लें (“what God has made clean”). Risk: High — this is the pivot text for gospel_to_jews_and_gentiles: God declares no food, and by direct application no person or people-group, ritually off-limits. Given Goa’s caste-purity dynamics (already flagged in the baseline’s unity_of_jews_and_gentiles entry), this term carries real local weight and must be translated so as to challenge, not accommodate, any purity-based social hierarchy.
προσωπολήμπτης (prosōpolēmptēs) — “one who shows partiality/respect of persons” (10:34, “God shows no partiality”). Konkani: देव कोणाचोय पक्षपात करिना. Risk: High — directly confronts caste-based or communal spiritual hierarchy; retain unqualified.
πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐπέπεσεν (pneuma hagion epepesen) — “the Holy Spirit fell upon [the Gentiles]” (10:44-45). Reuse baseline पवित्र आत्मा [baseline TM]. Risk: Critical — the Gentile “Pentecost,” structurally paralleling Acts 2 and validating full Gentile inclusion without prior circumcision.

Chapter 11

μετάνοιαν εἰς ζωήν (metanoian eis zōēn) — “repentance unto/leading to life” (11:18, “God has granted repentance unto life even to the Gentiles”). Reuse baseline μετάνοια-root Konkani rendering (see 2:38). Risk: High.
Χριστιανοί (Christianoi) — “Christians” (11:26, first used at Antioch). Konkani: ख्रिस्ती (reuse the established Konkani/Marathi-family term for Christian identity, already implicit in the baseline’s “ख्रिस्ती सहभागिता” doctrine-name usage). Risk: Low-Medium — a new, positive corporate identity label transcending prior Jew/Gentile categories, tying into christian_identity_in_christ [baseline].
χάρις (charis) — “grace” (11:23, Barnabas seeing “the grace of God”). Reuse baseline कृपा [baseline TM] exactly. Risk: High.

Chapter 12

ἄγγελος κυρίου (angelos kyriou) — “angel of the Lord” (12:7, delivering Peter; 12:23, striking Herod). Konkani: प्रभूचो देवदूत. Risk: Medium — a genuine created heavenly messenger, distinct from any of the many named regional deities/spirits (देव/देवी) in local devotional cosmology; the term देवदूत already implies subordination to God and should not be confused with an independently worshipped being.
προσευχὴ ἐκτενής (proseuchē ektenēs) — “fervent/persistent prayer” (12:5, the church praying for Peter). Konkani: आतुरतायेन केल्ली प्रार्थना. Risk: Low — ties to prayer_and_intercession [baseline doctrine].

Chapter 13

ἀφορίσατε δή μοι τὸν Βαρναβᾶν καὶ τὸν Σαῦλον (aphorisate dē moi…) — “set apart for me Barnabas and Saul” (13:2). Konkani: म्हाकाच बर्णबा आनी साऊलाक वेगळे करात. Risk: High — the Holy Spirit’s direct, personal commissioning for mission [baseline: सुवार्ता प्रसार]; a formal act of the church responding to the Spirit’s initiative, not a self-appointed missionary program.
δικαιοῦται / δικαιωθῆναι (dikaioutai / dikaiōthēnai) — “is justified / to be justified” (13:38-39: “by him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses”). Reuse baseline नीतिमान ठरवणें [baseline TM] exactly. Risk: Critical — this is the Acts anchor-text for the justification_apart_from_the_law doctrine central to this curriculum; must preserve the forensic “declared righteous” sense and the explicit contrast with νόμος Μωϋσέως (law of Moses, reuse baseline नियमशास्त्र [baseline TM]) — never रендер as “earning forgiveness through the law” nor collapse the contrast.
τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον (tetagmenoi eis zōēn aiōnion) — “appointed/ordained to eternal life” (13:48). Reuse baseline देवाची निवड [baseline TM: election]. Risk: High — God’s sovereign appointment, not karma-determined destiny.
ἐπιστρέφω εἰς τὰ ἔθνη (epistrephō eis ta ethnē) — “we turn to the Gentiles” (13:46). Reuse baseline परराष्ट्रीय [baseline TM: gentiles]. Risk: Medium — programmatic turning-point statement for gospel_to_jews_and_gentiles.

Chapter 14

Reaction at Lystra: “the gods have come down to us in the likeness of men” — crowds identify Barnabas as Zeus and Paul as Hermes (14:11-13). Konkani: rendering must retain the pagan mistake as clearly mistaken (Paul and Barnabas immediately, urgently reject the identification, 14:14-15) — High relevance to the incarnation risk already flagged in the baseline: this passage shows the apostles themselves refusing an avatar/divine-descent misreading of their own ministry, which is a useful positive model for how translators should frame the true, unique incarnation of Christ against Goa’s local avatar-theology (Mahalasa Narayani at Mardol, etc.) — the very confusion the crowd falls into here is the confusion the baseline warns against for Christ himself.
ὁμοιοπαθεῖς (homoiopatheis) — “of like nature/passions [as you]” (14:15, Paul and Barnabas’s self-description). Konkani: तुमचेवरी मनीसपणाचे. Risk: Medium — Paul explicitly denies being a god, reinforcing humanity_of_christ-adjacent teaching (true humanity vs. divine claims) by contrast.
πρεσβύτεροι… χειροτονήσαντες (presbyteroi… cheirotonēsantes) — “elders… having appointed [by the laying on of hands / vote]” (14:23). Konkani: वडील नेमले. Risk: Medium — foundational church_as_community / apostolic_authority institutional structure; reuse वडील consistently through chs. 15, 20.

Chapter 15 (Jerusalem Council)

περιτομή (peritomē) — “circumcision” (15:1, 15:5). Konkani: सुंता (established South Asian Bible-translation term). Risk: High — central to justification_apart_from_the_law: the Council rules Gentile believers need not be circumcised nor keep the Mosaic law to be saved; the physical covenant sign of the old covenant is not required for salvation, which comes “through the grace of the Lord Jesus” (15:11, reuse baseline कृपा [baseline TM]) “just as they [Gentiles] will.”
διὰ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ πιστεύομεν σωθῆναι καθ᾽ ὃν τρόπον κἀκεῖνοι (15:11) — “we believe we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they.” Reuse baseline कृपा, प्रभू, तारण, विश्वास [baseline TM, all four]. Risk: Critical — this verse is essentially Acts’ compressed version of the Romans doctrine of grace-through-faith apart from law-works; must be translated with full doctrinal weight, matching Romans 3-4 renderings exactly for cross-curriculum consistency.
ἔδοξεν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ ἡμῖν (15:28) — “it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us.” Konkani: पवित्र आत्म्याक आनी आमकां बरें दिसलें. Risk: High — models Spirit-guided corporate church authority (apostolic_authority_and_miracles / church_as_community), a discernment process, not an individual guru’s private pronouncement.

Chapter 16

τί με δεῖ ποιεῖν ἵνα σωθῶ; (ti me dei poiein hina sōthō) — “what must I do to be saved?” (16:30, the Philippian jailer). Reuse baseline तारण [baseline TM]. Risk: Critical — paired with the answering formula:
πίστευσον ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν, καὶ σωθήσῃ (16:31) — “believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.” Reuse baseline विश्वास, प्रभू, येशू, तारण [baseline TM, all]. Risk: Critical — must match the Romans 10:9 “येशू प्रभू आसा” confession pattern in register and precision, per the cross-document consistency rule already established in the baseline’s 12_ai_translation_requirements.md.
πνεῦμα πύθωνα (pneuma pythōna) — “a python/divining spirit” (16:16, the slave-girl fortune-teller). Konkani: भविष्य सांगपी दुष्ट आत्मो. Risk: High — a clearly evil, occult-divinatory spirit explicitly cast out by Paul, sharply distinguished from पवित्र आत्मा; also relevant to distinguishing biblical prophecy (baseline संदेष्टा/भविष्यवाणी) from fortune-telling/astrology (baseline already rejects ज्योतिषी for “prophet”).
οἶκος (oikos) — “household” (16:15, 16:31-33, household baptisms). Konkani: कुटुंब. Risk: Low.

Chapter 17

Ἄρειος Πάγος (Areios Pagos) — “Areopagus” (17:19, 17:22). Transliterate: अरियोपाग. Risk: Low, proper noun.
ἄγνωστος θεός (agnōstos theos) — “unknown god” (17:23, the altar inscription). Konkani: अज्ञात देव. Risk: High — Paul uses this as an apologetic bridge to proclaim the one true God, but translators/teachers must guard against a pluralistic misreading (“all religions already worship the same unknown God under different names”); the passage’s actual conclusion is the opposite — a call to abandon ignorance and turn specifically to the God revealed in Christ and his resurrection (17:30-31). Always pair with the baseline’s exclusivity marker एकच खरो देव.
εἴδωλα / κατείδωλος (eidōla / kateidōlos) — “idols / full of idols” (17:16). Konkani: मूर्ती / मूर्तीभरलें नगर. Risk: Critical (pastoral sensitivity) — Paul’s grieved response to pervasive idol-worship in Athens must be translated with theological clarity but pastoral care; given that मूर्ती is the same word used for Hindu temple images central to Goan devotional life, this doctrine requires the most careful framing in the whole curriculum: preserve the biblical claim that idols do not represent the true God, while avoiding gratuitously inflammatory phrasing — teach the theological point without personal insult to devotees.
μετανοεῖν… πᾶσιν πανταχοῦ (17:30) — “[God commands] all people everywhere to repent.” Reuse baseline μετάνοια Konkani rendering. Risk: High — universal, unqualified command.
ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν (anastasis nekrōn) — “resurrection of the dead” (17:31-32, mocked by some Greeks). Reuse baseline पुनरुत्थान [baseline TM]. Risk: Critical.

Chapter 18

ἡ ὁδὸς τοῦ κυρίου / ἡ ὁδός (hē hodos tou kyriou) — “the Way [of the Lord]” (18:25-26; recurring name for the Christian movement, cf. 9:2, 19:9, 19:23, 22:4, 24:14, 24:22). Konkani: वाट (vāṭ, path/way), always qualified as “ख्रिस्ताची वाट” or “प्रभूची वाट.” Risk: High — see extended discussion in glossary; a literal Sanskrit-loaded rendering (मार्ग, mārga) is deliberately avoided because Hindu religious vocabulary already uses मार्ग for one of several valid spiritual paths (bhakti-mārga, jñāna-mārga, karma-mārga) toward a shared ultimate goal — precisely the pluralistic reading this doctrine must resist. वाट is chosen as a plainer, less philosophically loaded Konkani word, always qualified to name Christ exclusively.
βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου (baptisma Iōannou) — “the baptism of John” (18:25, Apollos). Reuse baseline baptism-rendering. Risk: Medium — must be distinguished from Christian baptism “in the name of the Lord Jesus” (19:5), a repentance-baptism anticipating the Messiah rather than the fuller Spirit-baptism that follows Pentecost.

Chapter 19

Believers at Ephesus who had “not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit” (19:2) — reuse baseline पवित्र आत्मा [baseline TM]. Risk: Critical.
ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν recurs (19:6) — reuse ch. 8 entry.
βιβλία… κατέκαιον (biblia… katekaion) — “they burned the books [of magic]” (19:19). Konkani: जादूचीं पुस्तकां जाळ्ळीं. Risk: Medium — a decisive public renunciation of occult practice accompanying genuine conversion; relevant to any parallel local occult/astrological practices.
Μεγάλη ἡ Ἄρτεμις Ἐφεσίων (Megalē hē Artemis Ephesiōn) — “Great is Artemis/Diana of the Ephesians” (19:28, 19:34). Konkani: आर्तेमिस देवीच म्हान (retain proper name, transliterated). Risk: High (parallel caution) — although Artemis is not a Goan deity, this episode (economic and civic backlash tied to a threatened goddess-temple cult) offers a structurally similar case to the baseline’s Shantadurga/Mahalasa sensitivity discussions; translators should be alert to any temptation to draw an explicit local parallel in teaching notes, which could unnecessarily inflame rather than illuminate.

Chapter 20

πρεσβύτεροι / ἐπίσκοποι (presbyteroi / episkopoi) — “elders / overseers” (20:17, 20:28). Konkani: वडील / देखरेख करपी — reuse वडील from ch. 14/15. Risk: Medium — established local-church leadership office, not a guru-lineage or hereditary priestly role.
ποιμαίνειν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ (poimainein tēn ekklēsian tou theou) — “to shepherd the church of God” (20:28). Reuse baseline मंडळी [baseline TM: church]. Risk: Medium.
ἣν περιεποιήσατο διὰ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος (20:28) — “which he purchased/obtained with his own blood.” Konkani: जी ताणें आपल्याच रगतान मेळयली. Risk: Critical — a strong, compressed atonement statement (Christ’s blood as the price of the church’s redemption); must preserve substitutionary, costly-purchase force, tying to Romans’ imputed_righteousness and grace doctrines [baseline].
μακάριόν ἐστιν μᾶλλον διδόναι ἢ λαμβάνειν (20:35) — “it is more blessed to give than to receive.” Konkani: मेळपाकसून दिवप् चड धन्य. Risk: Low.

Chapter 21

Ναζιραῖος / εὐχή (Nazir vow, 21:23-24, 21:26) — Paul’s Nazirite-style vow completion. Konkani: transliterate नाजीर व्रत. Risk: Medium — व्रत (vrata) is a common Hindu term for a religious/votive vow (often tied to fasting or ascetic observance for merit or a boon); here it names a specific OT-rooted, time-bound vow of consecration, not a merit-generating ascetic practice; a brief translator note distinguishing the two is advisable.
ἁγιάζω / καθαρίζω (“purify,” 21:24, 21:26, temple purification rites) — Konkani: शुद्ध करप्. Risk: Medium — a Mosaic ceremonial rite Paul observes out of cultural sensitivity, not doctrinal necessity for salvation (contrast justification apart from the law, ch. 13, 15); should not be read as reinstating law-works righteousness.

Chapter 22

προεχειρίσατο (proecheirisato) — “[God] has appointed/chosen beforehand” (22:14, Ananias’ words to Saul). Reuse baseline देवाची निवड [baseline TM]. Risk: High.
βάπτισαι καὶ ἀπόλουσαι τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου, ἐπικαλεσάμενος τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ (22:16) — “be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.” Reuse baseline baptism/forgiveness renderings and the “calling on the name” phrase from 2:21. Risk: Critical — this compresses the whole ordo salutis of Acts 2:38 into one verse and must match that earlier rendering exactly for consistency.

Chapter 23

ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν recurs (23:6, 23:8, Pharisee/Sadducee dispute over the resurrection). Reuse baseline पुनरुत्थान [baseline TM]. Risk: Critical.
No further new theological vocabulary; reuses συνέδριον (Sanhedrin, ch. 4) and παρρησία-adjacent courage themes (ch. 4).

Chapter 24

δικαιοσύνη… ἐγκράτεια… τὸ κρίμα τὸ μέλλον (dikaiosynē… enkrateia… to krima to mellon) — “righteousness… self-control… the judgment to come” (24:25, Paul before Felix). Reuse baseline नीतिमत्ता [baseline TM] for δικαιοσύνη. Konkani for ἐγκράτεια: संयम (self-control). Risk: High — Paul’s ethical preaching provokes fear in Felix; must preserve moral seriousness of coming judgment without collapsing righteousness back into a law-works category (cf. ch. 13, 15).
ἡ ὁδός recurs (24:14, 24:22) — reuse ch. 18 entry.

Chapter 25

Καῖσαρ (Kaisar) — “Caesar” (25:11-12, Paul’s appeal). Konkani: कैसर. Risk: Low, proper noun/political-office term; relevant only insofar as it shows the apostles’ respectful, lawful engagement with civil authority (cf. Romans 13, already in baseline), not political resistance.
No new doctrinal vocabulary beyond reused terms (resurrection, the Way, witness).

Chapter 26

οὐρανίῳ ὀπτασίᾳ (ouraniō optasia) — “heavenly vision” (26:19). Konkani: स्वर्गीय दर्शन. Risk: Medium — must be distinguished from generic visionary/mystical experience claims in regional devotional practice (e.g., darshan of a deity); this is a unique, historically singular commissioning encounter with the risen, exalted Christ.
ἔργα ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας (erga axia tēs metanoias) — “deeds worthy of repentance” (26:20). Konkani: पश्चात्तापाक शोबणारीं कामां. Risk: High — genuine repentance produces observable fruit, but this fruit is evidence of, never the earning cause of, forgiveness (must not be read as works-righteousness, tying back to ch. 13/15’s justification-apart-from-law doctrine).
ἐξουσία τοῦ Σατανᾶ (exousia tou Satana) — “the power/authority of Satan” (26:18, “turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God”). Konkani: सैतानाचो अधिकार. Risk: High — a real, personal spiritual authority opposed to God, not a metaphor for ignorance alone.
ἡγιασμένοις πίστει τῇ εἰς ἐμέ (26:18) — “those sanctified by faith in me.” Reuse baseline पवित्रीकरण / विश्वास [baseline TM]. Risk: High.

Chapter 27

No new load-bearing theological vocabulary; the shipwreck narrative reuses providence [baseline: देवाची तरतूद] language implicitly (an angel’s reassurance, 27:23-24) and witness-adjacent faithful endurance under trial, already covered under chs. 1, 2, 4, 5. Reviewed; no new terms.

Chapter 28

μετὰ πάσης παρρησίας ἀκωλύτως (meta pasēs parrēsias akōlytōs) — “with all boldness, unhindered” (28:31, the book’s climactic closing phrase). Konkani: सगळ्या धैर्यान, कोणेंच आडावणी करिनासतां. Risk: High — the triumphant closing note of the whole book; reuse παρρησία rendering from ch. 4, and frame this as the fulfillment of the ch.1:8 program (Jerusalem to Rome, “ends of the earth”), directly anchoring the great_commission_fulfilled doctrine.
κηρύσσων τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ διδάσκων τὰ περὶ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ (28:31) — “proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ.” Reuse baseline देवाचें राज्य, प्रभू, येशू, ख्रिस्त [baseline TM, all]. Risk: Critical — the summary statement tying together kingdom, lordship, and gospel-proclamation themes across the whole book.
Isaiah-quotation on hardened hearts (28:26-27) — reuse baseline fulfillment_of_prophecy framework; no new term, but doctrinally significant for explaining Jewish rejection alongside Gentile reception as the book closes.

This document should be loaded alongside the baseline translation_memory.json, bible_term_registry.json, and doctrine_risk_registry.json before Phase 2 processing of any Acts segment. New terms identified here are consolidated in analysis/08_core_glossary.md for registry integration.

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