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 C10 C11 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28
Acts 12 V1 V2 V3 V4 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV The therefore on_one_hand Petros was_being_kept in the prison, on_the_other_hand prayer was earnestly becoming by the assembly to the god concerning him.
OET (OET-RV) but while he was being held in prison, those in the assembly were earnestly asking God to help him.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ὁ & Πέτρος ἐτηρεῖτο
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ μέν οὖν Πέτρος ἐτηρεῖτο ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ προσευχή δέ ἦν ἐκτενῶς γινομένη ὑπό τῆς ἐκκλησίας πρός τόν Θεόν περί αὐτοῦ)
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. If you need to specify who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was the soldiers. Alternate translation: [the soldiers were guarding Peter]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
προσευχὴ & ἦν ἐκτενῶς γινομένη ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν περὶ αὐτοῦ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ μέν οὖν Πέτρος ἐτηρεῖτο ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ προσευχή δέ ἦν ἐκτενῶς γινομένη ὑπό τῆς ἐκκλησίας πρός τόν Θεόν περί αὐτοῦ)
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: [the church was earnestly praying to God for him]
OET-LV The therefore on_one_hand Petros was_being_kept in the prison, on_the_other_hand prayer was earnestly becoming by the assembly to the god concerning him.
OET (OET-RV) but while he was being held in prison, those in the assembly were earnestly asking God to help him.
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.