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OET (OET-RV) Meanwhile God’s message continued to spread and multiply.
OET-LV But the message of_the of_god was_growing and was_being_multiplied.
SR-GNT Ὁ δὲ λόγος τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ ηὔξανεν καὶ ἐπληθύνετο. ‡
(Ho de logos tou ˚Theou aʸuxanen kai eplaʸthuneto.)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT But the word of God was increasing and was being multiplied.
UST The believers continued telling God’s message to people in many places, and the number of people who believed in Jesus was continually increasing.
BSB § But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
BLB But the word of God continued to grow and to multiply.
AICNT But the word of {God}[fn] grew and multiplied.
12:24, God: Some manuscripts read “Lord.”
OEB Meanwhile the Lord’s message kept extending, and spreading far and wide.
WEB But the word of God grew and multiplied.
NET But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.
LSV And the word of God grew and multiplied,
FBV But the word of God spread, and more and more people believed.
TCNT But the word of [fn]God increased and multiplied.
12:24 God ¦ the Lord WH
T4T The believers continued telling God’s message to people in many places, and ◄the number of people who believed in Jesus was continually increasing/there were continually more and more people who were believing in Jesus►.
LEB But the word of God kept on increasing[fn] and multiplying.
?:? *This imperfect verb has been translated as customary (“kept on increasing”)
BBE But the word of the Lord went on increasing.
MOF No MOF ACTs book available
ASV But the word of God grew and multiplied.
DRA But the word of the Lord increased and multiplied.
YLT And the word of God did grow and did multiply,
DBY But the word of [fn]God grew and spread itself.
12.24 Elohim
RV But the word of God grew and multiplied.
WBS But the word of God grew and multiplied.
KJB ¶ But the word of God grew and multiplied.
BB And the worde of God grewe and multiplied.
(And the word of God grewe and multiplied.)
GNV And the worde of God grewe, and multiplied.
(And the word of God grewe, and multiplied. )
CB But the worde of God grewe, and multiplyed.
(But the word of God grewe, and multiplyed.)
TNT And the worde of God grewe and multiplied.
(And the word of God grewe and multiplied. )
WYC And the word of the Lord waxide, and was multiplied.
LUT Das Wort Gottes aber wuchs und mehrete sich.
(The Wort God’s but wuchs and mehrete itself/yourself/themselves.)
CLV Verbum autem Domini crescebat, et multiplicabatur.
(Verbum however Domini crescebat, and multiplicabatur. )
UGNT ὁ δὲ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ηὔξανεν καὶ ἐπληθύνετο.
(ho de logos tou Theou aʸuxanen kai eplaʸthuneto.)
SBL-GNT Ὁ δὲ λόγος τοῦ ⸀θεοῦ ηὔξανεν καὶ ἐπληθύνετο.
(Ho de logos tou ⸀theou aʸuxanen kai eplaʸthuneto. )
TC-GNT Ὁ δὲ λόγος τοῦ [fn]Θεοῦ ηὔξανε καὶ ἐπληθύνετο.
(Ho de logos tou Theou aʸuxane kai eplaʸthuneto.)
12:24 θεου ¦ κυριου WH
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
12:24-25 Herod’s demise from a terrible illness (12:23) contrasts with the growth of the Christian church and the unhindered message of Good News (28:31).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys
ὁ & λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ηὔξανεν καὶ ἐπληθύνετο
the & word ˱of˲_the ˱of˲_God /was/_growing and /was_being/_multiplied
Luke is expressing a single idea by using two verbs connected with and. The verb being multiplied tells in what way the word of God was increasing, that is, very rapidly. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express this same idea with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “the word of God was increasing very rapidly”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
ὁ & λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ηὔξανεν καὶ ἐπληθύνετο
the & word ˱of˲_the ˱of˲_God /was/_growing and /was_being/_multiplied
Luke is speaking of the way the message about Jesus was becoming more widespread as if the word of God itself were increasing and being multiplied. Alternate translation: “more and more people were hearing and believing the word of God”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ὁ & λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ
the & word ˱of˲_the ˱of˲_God
Luke is using the term word to mean the message about Jesus that God told the believers to spread by using words. Alternate translation: “the message about Jesus”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐπληθύνετο
/was_being/_multiplied
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God was multiplying it”