Open Bible Data Home About News OET Key
OET OET-RV OET-LV ULT UST BSB BLB AICNT OEB WEB WMB NET LSV FBV TCNT T4T LEB BBE MOF JPS ASV DRA YLT DBY RV WBS KJB BB GNV CB TNT WYC SR-GNT UHB Related Parallel Interlinear Reference Dictionary Search
interlinearVerse INT GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH EZRA NEH EST JOB PSA PRO ECC SNG ISA JER LAM EZE DAN HOS JOEL AMOS OBA YNA MIC NAH HAB ZEP HAG ZEC MAL YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs ROM 1COR 2COR GAL EPH PHP COL 1TH 2TH 1TIM 2TIM TIT PHM HEB YAC 1PET 2PET 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN YUD REV
Acts C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28
OET (OET-LV) strengthening the souls of_the apprentices/followers, exhorting them to_be_remaining_in in_the faith, and that it_is_fitting us to_come_in into the kingdom of_ the _god through many tribulations.
OET (OET-RV) There they strengthened the faith of the believers—encouraging them to continue believing and to expect that it’s normal to endure a lot of suffering on the path to God’s kingdom.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
ἐπιστηρίζοντες τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν μαθητῶν
strengthening the souls ˱of˲_the disciples
Luke is using one part of the disciples, their souls, to represent their entire beings as believers in Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “They were strengthening the disciples”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
παρακαλοῦντες ἐμμένειν τῇ πίστει
exhorting_‹them› /to_be/_remaining_in ˱in˲_the faith
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of faith, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “encouraging them to keep believing in Jesus”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
καὶ ὅτι διὰ πολλῶν θλίψεων, δεῖ ἡμᾶς εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ
and that through many tribulations ˱it˲_/is/_fitting us /to/_come_in into the Kingdom ¬the ˱of˲_God
You may want to have an indirect quotation here, if that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: “and saying that it was necessary for all of them to enter into the kingdom of God through many afflictions”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
δεῖ ἡμᾶς εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ
˱it˲_/is/_fitting us /to/_come_in into the Kingdom ¬the ˱of˲_God
See the discussion of the concept of the kingdom of God in Part 2 of the General Introduction to Acts. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun kingdom with a noun such as “king.” Alternate translation: “It is necessary for us to endure many afflictions in order to live in allegiance to God as our true king”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
δεῖ ἡμᾶς εἰσελθεῖν
˱it˲_/is/_fitting us /to/_come_in
By us, Paul and Barnabas mean both themselves and the believers to whom they were speaking, so use the exclusive form of that word in your translation if your language marks that distinction.
14:22-23 The apostles were diligent in following up with those who had made a Christian profession of faith. These new disciples needed to be nurtured, supported, and encouraged (15:32, 41; 16:40; 18:23; see 1 Thes 3:2; 4:18; 5:14).
• Paul and Barnabas . . . appointed elders: See “Church Leaders” Theme Note.
OET (OET-LV) strengthening the souls of_the apprentices/followers, exhorting them to_be_remaining_in in_the faith, and that it_is_fitting us to_come_in into the kingdom of_ the _god through many tribulations.
OET (OET-RV) There they strengthened the faith of the believers—encouraging them to continue believing and to expect that it’s normal to endure a lot of suffering on the path to God’s kingdom.
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.