OET interlinear ACTs 16:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

περιέτεμεν αὐτὸν

˱he˲_circumcised him

It is possible that Paul himself circumcised Timothy, but it is more likely that he had someone else circumcise him.You can include that information if your readers need it to understand the sentence. Alternate translation: “he had him circumcised”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

τοῦτον

this_‹one›

The demonstrative pronoun this one refers to Timothy. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “Timothy”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

διὰ τοὺς Ἰουδαίους τοὺς ὄντας ἐν τοῖς τόποις ἐκείνοις

because_of the Jews ¬which being in ¬the places those

By those places, Luke means the areas where Paul and Timothy would be traveling. You can include this information if your readers need it to understand the sentence. Alternate translation: “in the areas where Paul and Timothy would be traveling”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ᾔδεισαν γὰρ ἅπαντες, ὅτι Ἕλλην ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ὑπῆρχεν

/had/_known for all that /a/_Greek the father ˱of˲_him ˱he˲_/was/_being

Luke assumes that his readers will know that Greek men did not have their sons circumcised, and so the Jews would have known that Timothy had not been circumcised. As a result, they would have rejected Paul and Timothy before hearing their message about Christ. See the discussion of this in the General Notes to this chapter. Alternate translation: “for they all knew that his father was a Greek and that he therefore had not been circumcised”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

ᾔδεισαν & ἅπαντες

/had/_known & all

Luke says all here as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: “they knew very well”