The term stand is not primarily a reference to a particular body position, but where the apostles are to be. In some languages this is equivalent to “go into the temple.”

Tell the people all about this new life (see also Jerusalem Bible, An American Translation*, Phillips) literally translates “tell the people all the words (or things) of this life.”

The reference to the people must be made somewhat more specific in some languages as “the people there.”

In the context the meaning of this … life is the Christian life, therefore the basis for translating the phrase new life. The phrase this new life is difficult to translate in many languages since “life” is not a noun but a verb. Therefore, the phrase may be rendered as “this new way” or “this new way of living.” In some languages new is equivalent to “different,” for example, “this different kind of way to live.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .