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OET (OET-LV) And the the_priest of_ the _Zeus, which being before the city, having_brought bulls and garlands to the gates, he_was_wanting to_be_sacrificing with the crowds.
OET (OET-RV) And the priest of Zeus wanted to sacrifice with the crowds, so he brought bulls and garlands of flowers to the city gates from the temple on the path to the city.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τοῦ Διὸς, τοῦ ὄντος πρὸ τῆς πόλεως
¬the ˱of˲_Zeus ¬which being before the city
Luke is using the name Zeus to mean the temple that was associated with the worship of Zeus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the temple of Zeus, which was before the city]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τοῦ Διὸς, τοῦ ὄντος πρὸ τῆς πόλεως
¬the ˱of˲_Zeus ¬which being before the city
Here, before means “in front of”. Luke is referring to the temple of Zeus that was located right outside the entrance to the city of Iconium. You can include this information if your readers need it to understand the sentence. Alternate translation: [of the Temple of Zeus that was located right outside the entrance to the city]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ταύρους καὶ στέμματα
bulls and garlands
The implication is that the priest had put these wreaths on the oxen because they were going to be offered as a sacrifice. That was the custom in this culture. You can include this information if your readers need it to understand the sentence. Alternate translation: [oxen that were wearing wreaths as sacrificial animals]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
σὺν τοῖς ὄχλοις ἤθελεν θύειν
with the crowds ˱he˲_/was/_wanting /to_be/_sacrificing
Luke means implicitly that the priest of Zeus wanted to offer the oxen as sacrifices to Paul and Barnabas, whom the people thought were the gods Zeus and Hermes. You can include this information if your readers need it to understand the sentence. Alternate translation: [was wanting to offer sacrifice with the crowds to Paul and Barnabas as the gods Zeus and Hermes]
14:8-20 Paul’s healing of a man with crippled feet recalls a similar incident in 3:1-12. In Acts, the work of Paul parallels the work of Peter, and the many miraculous signs and wonders performed among the Jews were also performed among the Gentiles.
OET (OET-LV) And the the_priest of_ the _Zeus, which being before the city, having_brought bulls and garlands to the gates, he_was_wanting to_be_sacrificing with the crowds.
OET (OET-RV) And the priest of Zeus wanted to sacrifice with the crowds, so he brought bulls and garlands of flowers to the city gates from the temple on the path to the city.
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 SR-GNT.