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OET (OET-LV) And at the time me to_begin to_be_speaking, the the holy spirit fell_on on them, as also on us in the_beginning.
OET (OET-RV) Then when I started speaking to them, the holy spirit came down on them just like it had happened to us previously.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
ἐν & τῷ ἄρξασθαί με λαλεῖν
at & the_‹time› /to/_begin me /to_be/_speaking
Peter is using the word began to indicate that he had been doing something else (listening to Cornelius tell why he had summoned him) but then began to do something new when Cornelius finished speaking. It might not be necessary to translate the word began, since it may seem to convey redundant information that would be not be natural to express in your language. Alternate translation: “as I was speaking”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐπέπεσεν τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς ἐν ἀρχῇ
fell_on the Spirit ¬the Holy on them as also on us in /the/_beginning
Peter is speaking of the Holy Spirit as if it fell on Cornelius and his guests. See how you translated the similar expressions in 8:16 and 10:44. Alternate translation: “they received the Holy Spirit, just as we did in the beginning”
Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτοὺς
them
The pronoun them refers to Cornelius and his guests. Alternate translation: “the man who had sent for me and the others in his house”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
ὥσπερ καὶ ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς
as also on us
Here the word us refers to Peter himself and to the believers to whom he is speaking in Jerusalem, so use the inclusive form of that word if your language marks that distinction.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐν ἀρχῇ
at in /the/_beginning
By in the beginning, Peter means the day of Pentecost. Alternate translation: “on the day of Pentecost”
11:1-18 Jews traditionally kept themselves separate and did not eat or associate socially with Gentiles (10:28; 22:21-22; see John 4:9, 27; 18:28; Gal 2:12-14). Therefore, when the Jewish believers in Jerusalem learned that Gentiles had received the word of God, they criticized Peter’s unconventional actions and wanted an explanation, which Peter provided.
OET (OET-LV) And at the time me to_begin to_be_speaking, the the holy spirit fell_on on them, as also on us in the_beginning.
OET (OET-RV) Then when I started speaking to them, the holy spirit came down on them just like it had happened to us previously.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.