5:20a–b

Go, stand in the temple courts and tell: The Greek is more literally “go and, having stood, speak in the temple.” It refers to the apostles walking into the temple courts. Then they are to stand in preparation to speaking to the people. For example:

Go to the temple courts, and after standing, tell

But in many languages it is more natural to translate “having stood” as a regular verb, as the Berean Standard Bible models. For example:

Go and stand in the temple courts (NET Bible)
-or-
Go into the temple courts and stand ⌊there⌋

5:20a

the temple courts: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as temple courts is literally “temple.” But the Greek word refers to the temple building and the various courtyards and walls that surrounded it. Only the priests were allowed into the temple itself. People met in the courtyards to worship. Therefore the Berean Standard Bible translates the Greek word as temple courts here. See how you translated this phrase in 2:46 or 3:8.

5:20b

tell: The Greek verb is in the present tense. It indicates that they are to be telling the full message. They are not to stop after they told it once. For example:

be telling

the full message: The Greek is more literally “all the words.” The apostles were to tell the whole message. Here are some other ways to translate this:

all the words (Revised Standard Version)
-or-
the whole message (New Revised Standard Version)

this new life: This phrase refers to the new life that the gospel of Jesus tells us about. It implies that the apostles should tell the rest of the gospel too.

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