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OET (OET-LV) But when the both Silas and the Timotheos, came_down from the Makedonia, the Paulos was_being_occupied with_the message, testifying to_the Youdaiōns, Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) to_be the chosen_one/messiah.
OET (OET-RV) However when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was able to devote his full time to the message—demonstrating to the Jews that Yeshua is the promised messiah.
Silas and Timothy rejoin Paul.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
κατῆλθον
came_down
Luke says that Silas and Timothy came down to Corinth because that city is lower in elevation than Macedonia. Alternate translation: [traveled]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
συνείχετο τῷ λόγῳ ὁ Παῦλος
/was_being/_occupied ˱with˲_the word ¬the Paul
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: [Paul felt urgently that he needed to devote himself to the word]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
συνείχετο τῷ λόγῳ ὁ Παῦλος
/was_being/_occupied ˱with˲_the word ¬the Paul
Luke speaks of the word as if it were a living thing that could constrain Paul. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Paul felt urgently that he needed to devote himself to the word]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
συνείχετο τῷ λόγῳ ὁ Παῦλος
/was_being/_occupied ˱with˲_the word ¬the Paul
Luke is using the term word to mean preaching the message about Jesus by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Paul felt urgently that he needed to devote himself to preaching the message about Jesus]
18:1-17 Paul spent eighteen fruitful months preaching and teaching in Corinth, first in the synagogue and then next door in the house of Titius Justus (18:1-11). Then, in court, Paul won a significant victory over his enemies (18:12-17).
OET (OET-LV) But when the both Silas and the Timotheos, came_down from the Makedonia, the Paulos was_being_occupied with_the message, testifying to_the Youdaiōns, Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) to_be the chosen_one/messiah.
OET (OET-RV) However when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was able to devote his full time to the message—demonstrating to the Jews that Yeshua is the promised messiah.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.