OET interlinear ACTs 17:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὑπὸ χειρῶν ἀνθρωπίνων θεραπεύεται

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐδέ ὑπό χειρῶν ἀνθρωπίνων θεραπεύεται προσδεόμενος τινός αὐτός διδούς πᾶσι ζωήν καί πνοήν καί τά παντᾶ)

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [do hands of men care for him]

προσδεόμενός τινος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐδέ ὑπό χειρῶν ἀνθρωπίνων θεραπεύεται προσδεόμενος τινός αὐτός διδούς πᾶσι ζωήν καί πνοήν καί τά παντᾶ)

Alternate translation: [as if he needed anything]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

ὑπὸ χειρῶν ἀνθρωπίνων

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐδέ ὑπό χειρῶν ἀνθρωπίνων θεραπεύεται προσδεόμενος τινός αὐτός διδούς πᾶσι ζωήν καί πνοήν καί τά παντᾶ)

Paul is using one part of a person, the hands, to represent all of a person in the act of supposedly caring for God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [by people]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

αὐτὸς διδοὺς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐδέ ὑπό χειρῶν ἀνθρωπίνων θεραπεύεται προσδεόμενος τινός αὐτός διδούς πᾶσι ζωήν καί πνοήν καί τά παντᾶ)

Paul is using the word himself for emphasis. Alternate translation: [because he himself gives]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ζωὴν, καὶ πνοὴν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐδέ ὑπό χειρῶν ἀνθρωπίνων θεραπεύεται προσδεόμενος τινός αὐτός διδούς πᾶσι ζωήν καί πνοήν καί τά παντᾶ)

The terms life and breath mean similar things. Paul is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [existence itself]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πᾶσι

˱to˲_all

By all, Paul implicitly means “all people.” You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [to all people]