OET interlinear ACTs 10:30

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-textvariants

ἀπὸ τετάρτης ἡμέρας μέχρι ταύτης τῆς ὥρας, ἤμην τὴν ἐνάτην προσευχόμενος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ μου

from fourth day until this ¬the hour ˱I˲_was the ninth_‹hour› praying in the house ˱of˲_me

Some ancient texts say, “From the fourth day until this hour, I was fasting, and at the ninth hour I was praying in my house.” If a translation of the Bible already exists in your area, you could consider using the reading in that translation. If there is not already a Bible translation in your area, you may wish to follow the reading of ULT.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἀπὸ τετάρτης ἡμέρας

from fourth day

In the idiom of this culture, today was the “first day,” yesterday was the “second day,” the day before yesterday was the “third day,” and the day before that was the “fourth day” or Four days ago. You may wish to express this in your translation in the way your own culture reckons time. Alternate translation, as in UST: “Three days ago”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ταύτης τῆς ὥρας

this ¬the hour

Cornelius is using the term hour to mean a particular time. Alternate translation: “this time”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τὴν ἐνάτην

the ninth_‹hour›

Cornelius is using the adjective ninth as a noun. ULT adds hour to show this. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. See how you translated this expression in 10:3.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τὴν ἐνάτην

the ninth_‹hour›

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. See how you translated this expression in 10:3.

Note 6 topic: translate-ordinal

τὴν ἐνάτην

the ninth_‹hour›

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: “hour nine”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὴν ἐνάτην

the ninth_‹hour›

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 my usual afternoon prayer time”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ, ἀνὴρ

behold /a/_man

Cornelius is using the term behold to focus Peter’s attention on how suddenly this man appeared. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: “just then a man”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀνὴρ

/a/_man

Luke says in 10:3 that Cornelius saw an angel. Cornelius calls him a man here because the angel appeared to him in human form. you could state that explicitly in your translation if your readers might be confused otherwise. Alternate translation: “an angel in human form”