OET interlinear ACTs 1:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

ἔστησαν δύο

˱they˲_set two

The pronoun they refers to all of the believers who were present on this occasion. This is the group that Luke describes as “the brothers” in 1:15. Alternate translation: [the believers stood up two]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἔστησαν δύο

˱they˲_set two

Luke is using the adjective two as a noun to refer to specific people, two men who met the qualifications Peter described. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could add the term “men” to clarify the meaning, and you could also describe these men more specifically. Alternate translation: [the believers stood up two men] or [the believers stood up two men who met the qualifications that Peter described]

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

ἔστησαν δύο

˱they˲_set two

When the believers stood up these two men, that is, when they had them stand up within the group, this was a symbolic way of proposing them as candidates to replace Judas. Alternate translation: [the believers proposed two men who met the qualifications that Peter described]

Note 4 topic: translate-names

Ἰωσὴφ & Βαρσαββᾶν & Ἰοῦστος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔστησαν δύο Ἰωσήφ τόν καλούμενον Βαρσαββᾶν ὅς ἐπεκλήθη Ἰοῦστος καί Ματθίαν)

Joseph is the name of a man, and Barsabbas and Justus are two other names by which he was known. Barsabbas is probably a patronymic, that is, an indication of who his father was. If your language and culture identify people by patronymics, it may be helpful to translate this name as “the son of Sabbas,” as UST does. Justus is a Roman name, and it may be a name that this man used for official purposes and in interactions with people who spoke Latin. (It would be like the name Paul, by which Saul of Tarsus was also known in the Roman Empire.)

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

τὸν καλούμενον Βαρσαββᾶν, ὃς ἐπεκλήθη Ἰοῦστος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔστησαν δύο Ἰωσήφ τόν καλούμενον Βαρσαββᾶν ὅς ἐπεκλήθη Ἰοῦστος καί Ματθίαν)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state both of these things with active forms. Alternate translation: [whom people called Barsabbas and whose other name was Justus]

Note 6 topic: translate-names

Μαθθίαν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔστησαν δύο Ἰωσήφ τόν καλούμενον Βαρσαββᾶν ὅς ἐπεκλήθη Ἰοῦστος καί Ματθίαν)

Matthias is the name of a man.