OET interlinear ACTs 10:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὥραν ἐνάτην

hour ˓the˒_ninth

This was the normal afternoon prayer time for Jews. Cornelius, as a Gentile who worshiped the God of Israel, would have praying at this time. Alternate translation: [during his afternoon prayer time]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ὥραν ἐνάτην

hour ˓the˒_ninth

In this culture, people began counting the hours each day beginning around daybreak at six o’clock in the morning. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express this in the way the people of your culture reckon time.

Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal

ὥραν ἐνάτην

hour ˓the˒_ninth

If you decide to translate this in the way that the biblical culture reckoned time, but your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use a cardinal number here. Alternate translation: [around hour nine]