OET interlinear ACTs 17:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

σταθεὶς δὲ Παῦλος ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Ἀρείου Πάγου ἔφη

/having_been/_stood and Paul in /the/_midst ˱of˲_the Aries Hill /was/_saying

If your language does not use the passive form having been stood, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Once the philosophers had stood Paul in the middle of the Areopagus, he was saying”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Ἀρείου Πάγου

in /the/_midst ˱of˲_the Aries Hill

As in 17:19, Luke uses the word Areopagus by association to mean the philosophers who gathered there. He does not mean that the philosophers placed Paul in the middle of the hill known as the Areopagus. Alternate translation: “in the middle of the group of philosophers who met on the Areopagus” or “in the middle of the group of philosophers who met on Mars Hill”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἄνδρες, Ἀθηναῖοι

men Athenians

This is an idiomatic form of address. Use a way that is natural in your language to refer to a particular group of people. Alternate translation: “You Athenians”

δεισιδαιμονεστέρους

more_superstitious

Paul is using the comparative form more religious for emphasis. Your language may use comparative forms in the same way. If not, you could convey the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “very religious”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

κατὰ πάντα

in all_‹things›

Paul says everything here as a generalization for emphasis. He is referring to the Athenians’ public display of honoring the gods through prayers, building altars, and offering sacrifices. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: “in many different ways”