OET interlinear ACTs 18:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

καὶ εὑρών

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εὑρών τινά Ἰουδαῖον ὀνόματι Ἀκύλαν Ποντικόν τῷ γένει προσφάτως ἐληλυθότα ἀπό τῆς Ἰταλίας καί Πρίσκιλλαν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ διά τό διατεταχέναι Κλαύδιον χωρίζεσθαι πάντας τούς Ἰουδαίους ἀπό τῆς Ῥώμης προσῆλθεν αὐτοῖς)

The word found does not mean that Paul was intentionally searching for a certain man; he happened to meet him. Alternate translation: [And when Paul happened to meet]

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

τινα Ἰουδαῖον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εὑρών τινά Ἰουδαῖον ὀνόματι Ἀκύλαν Ποντικόν τῷ γένει προσφάτως ἐληλυθότα ἀπό τῆς Ἰταλίας καί Πρίσκιλλαν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ διά τό διατεταχέναι Κλαύδιον χωρίζεσθαι πάντας τούς Ἰουδαίους ἀπό τῆς Ῥώμης προσῆλθεν αὐτοῖς)

Luke is using the phrase a certain Jew to introduce Aquila as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: [that there was a certain Jew there]

Note 3 topic: translate-names

Ποντικὸν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εὑρών τινά Ἰουδαῖον ὀνόματι Ἀκύλαν Ποντικόν τῷ γένει προσφάτως ἐληλυθότα ἀπό τῆς Ἰταλίας καί Πρίσκιλλαν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ διά τό διατεταχέναι Κλαύδιον χωρίζεσθαι πάντας τούς Ἰουδαίους ἀπό τῆς Ῥώμης προσῆλθεν αὐτοῖς)

The word Pontian was the name for someone who came from the province of Pontus on the southern coast of the Black Sea. See how you translated the name “Pontus” in 2:9.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

προσφάτως ἐληλυθότα ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰταλίας, καὶ Πρίσκιλλαν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, διὰ τὸ διατεταχέναι Κλαύδιον χωρίζεσθαι πάντας τοὺς Ἰουδαίους ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥώμης

recently ˓having˒_come (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εὑρών τινά Ἰουδαῖον ὀνόματι Ἀκύλαν Ποντικόν τῷ γένει προσφάτως ἐληλυθότα ἀπό τῆς Ἰταλίας καί Πρίσκιλλαν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ διά τό διατεταχέναι Κλαύδιον χωρίζεσθαι πάντας τούς Ἰουδαίους ἀπό τῆς Ῥώμης προσῆλθεν αὐτοῖς)

It might be more natural to keep all of the information about Aquila leaving Italy together and mention afterwards that Paul also met his wife Priscilla. Alternate translation: [having recently come from Italy because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome, and Priscilla, his wife]

Note 5 topic: translate-names

Κλαύδιον

Claudius

The word Claudius is the name of the man who was the Roman emperor at this time. See how you translated his name in 11:28.