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OET (OET-LV) And a_certain young_man by_the_name Eutuⱪos sitting by the window, being_overcome by_ deep _sleep, the as_ Paulos _discussing on more, having_been_overcome by the sleep, he_fell down from the third_story, and was_taken_up dead.
OET (OET-RV) Now there was a young man named Eutychus who was sitting on the window sill, and as Paul went on, he fell asleep and toppled down from the third storey. The ones who reached him first thought he was dead,
Note 1 topic: translate-names
Εὔτυχος
Eutychus
The word Eutychus is the name of a man.
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
ἐπὶ τῆς θυρίδος
by the window
This window was an opening in the wall with a ledge that was wide enough for a person to sit on. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could describe this more fully. Alternate translation: “on the ledge of a window opening in the wall”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
καταφερόμενος ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ & κατενεχθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου
/being/_overcome ˱by˲_sleep deep & /having_been/_overcome by ¬the sleep
If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express this idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “a deep sleep overcoming him … sleep having overcome him”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
καταφερόμενος ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ & κατενεχθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου
/being/_overcome ˱by˲_sleep deep & /having_been/_overcome by ¬the sleep
Luke is speaking of sleep as if it were a living thing that could overcome Eutychus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “starting to sleep deeply … becoming completely asleep”
τριστέγου
third_story
In this culture, the third story meant a level two floors above the ground floor. Some languages and cultures consider the “first story” to be one level above the ground floor, and so they would consider this level, two stories above the ground floor, to be the “second story.” You can say that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἤρθη νεκρός
/was/_taken_up dead
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. If you need to say who did the action, the context suggests that it was the believers who were meeting with Paul. Alternate translation: “the believers picked him up dead”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἤρθη νεκρός
/was/_taken_up dead
The implication is that some of the believers rushed down to help Eutychus but discovered that he had died from the fall. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “they lifted him from the ground, but he had died”
20:5-15 This is another of the “we” passages in Acts (see study note on 16:10). Luke apparently rejoined Paul at Philippi, where Luke had remained several years earlier, and journeyed with Paul to Jerusalem (21:1-18).
OET (OET-LV) And a_certain young_man by_the_name Eutuⱪos sitting by the window, being_overcome by_ deep _sleep, the as_ Paulos _discussing on more, having_been_overcome by the sleep, he_fell down from the third_story, and was_taken_up dead.
OET (OET-RV) Now there was a young man named Eutychus who was sitting on the window sill, and as Paul went on, he fell asleep and toppled down from the third storey. The ones who reached him first thought he was dead,
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.