OET interlinear ACTs 20:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τῷ ποιμνίῳ, ἐν ᾧ ὑμᾶς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον ἔθετο ἐπισκόπους, ποιμαίνειν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ

the flock among which you_all (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς καί παντί τῷ ποιμνίῳ ἐν ᾧ ὑμᾶς τό Πνεῦμα τό Ἅγιον ἔθετο ἐπισκόπους ποιμαίνειν τήν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἥν περιεποιήσατο διά τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου)

Paul is speaking as if the believers were a flock of sheep and the elders to whom he is speaking were their shepherds. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the believers whose leaders the Holy Spirit has made you, to care for the church of God]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἣν περιεποιήσατο διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς καί παντί τῷ ποιμνίῳ ἐν ᾧ ὑμᾶς τό Πνεῦμα τό Ἅγιον ἔθετο ἐπισκόπους ποιμαίνειν τήν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἥν περιεποιήσατο διά τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου)

Paul is referring to death by association with the way people may shed their blood when they die. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the church of God, which he obtained through his own death]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / pronouns

τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἣν περιεποιήσατο διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς καί παντί τῷ ποιμνίῳ ἐν ᾧ ὑμᾶς τό Πνεῦμα τό Ἅγιον ἔθετο ἐπισκόπους ποιμαίνειν τήν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἥν περιεποιήσατο διά τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου)

The word translated obtained means to make something one’s own. The pronoun he may refer to Jesus, and this would mean that Jesus made the people of the church his own by dying for them. Alternate translation: [the people of the church of God, whom Jesus made his own by dying for them] or see next note for another possibility.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἣν περιεποιήσατο διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς καί παντί τῷ ποιμνίῳ ἐν ᾧ ὑμᾶς τό Πνεῦμα τό Ἅγιον ἔθετο ἐπισκόπους ποιμαίνειν τήν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἥν περιεποιήσατο διά τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου)

This could also mean that God made the people of the church his own by sending his Son to die for them. In that case the translation would be “through the blood of his Own” and Paul would be using the adjective own as a noun to mean God’s own Son. Alternate translation: [the people of the church, whom God made his own through the death of his own Son]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς καί παντί τῷ ποιμνίῳ ἐν ᾧ ὑμᾶς τό Πνεῦμα τό Ἅγιον ἔθετο ἐπισκόπους ποιμαίνειν τήν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἥν περιεποιήσατο διά τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου)

Here the term church refers to the people who belong to the church. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the people of the church of God]