InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Acts C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28
Acts 10 V1 V3 V5 V7 V9 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43 V45 V47
OET-LV and he_is_observing the heaven having_been_opened_up, and an_ certain _object coming_down, as a_ by_four _linen_sheet, great corners being_let_down on the earth,
OET (OET-RV) and saw the sky open up. Something like a sheet was being lowered down to the earth by the four corners
Note 1 topic: translate-tense
θεωρεῖ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγμένον
˱he˲_˓is˒_observing (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί θεωρεῖ τόν οὐρανόν ἀνεῳγμένον καί καταβαῖνον σκεῦος τὶ ὡς ὀθόνην μεγάλην τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς καθιέμενον ἐπί τῆς γῆς)
To call attention to a development in the story, here Luke uses the present tense in past narration. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. It may be helpful to start a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [And he saw] or [And Peter saw]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγμένον
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί θεωρεῖ τόν οὐρανόν ἀνεῳγμένον καί καταβαῖνον σκεῦος τὶ ὡς ὀθόνην μεγάλην τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς καθιέμενον ἐπί τῆς γῆς)
If your language does not use the passive form opened, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the sky break open]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
καθιέμενον
˓being˒_let_down
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. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [It appeared as if someone was letting it down]
OET-LV and he_is_observing the heaven having_been_opened_up, and an_ certain _object coming_down, as a_ by_four _linen_sheet, great corners being_let_down on the earth,
OET (OET-RV) and saw the sky open up. Something like a sheet was being lowered down to the earth by the four corners
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.