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OET (OET-LV) And he_was_passing_through the Suria/(ʼₐrām) and Kilikia, strengthening the assemblies.
OET (OET-RV) They went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies there.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
διήρχετο
˱he˲_/was/_passing_through
The pronoun he refers to Paul. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “Paul was going through”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
διήρχετο
˱he˲_/was/_passing_through
Luke says he, meaning Paul, to refer both to Paul and to Silas, who was traveling with him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “they went through” or “Paul and Silas went through”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ἐπιστηρίζων τὰς ἐκκλησίας
strengthening the assemblies
Luke is using the term churches to refer to the people associated with the churches. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “strengthening the people of the churches”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐπιστηρίζων τὰς ἐκκλησίας
strengthening the assemblies
Luke does not mean that Paul and Silas strengthened the people of the churches physically but that they strengthened them spiritually. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “strengthening the people of the churches in their faith”
15:36-41 The discordant separation of Paul and Barnabas is indicated by a very strong word in Greek (their disagreement was so sharp). It was an honest disagreement between two godly men about whether John Mark (Barnabas’s cousin, Col 4:10) should be given a second chance to accompany them on a mission journey after he had deserted them in Pamphylia (see Acts 13:13). The rift between Paul and John Mark was eventually healed (2 Tim 4:11).
OET (OET-LV) And he_was_passing_through the Suria/(ʼₐrām) and Kilikia, strengthening the assemblies.
OET (OET-RV) They went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies there.
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.