OET interlinear ACTs 21:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοὺς ἄνδρας

the men

Luke implicitly means the four men who had made a vow. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “the men who had each made a vow”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἁγνισθεὶς

/having_been/_purified

Luke is referring implicitly to the purification ceremony that allowed Paul and these men to enter the temple area. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “having been purified in order to enter the temple area”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἁγνισθεὶς

/having_been/_purified

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: “having participated in a purification ceremony”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὸ ἱερόν

the temple

Only priests were allowed inside the temple building, so when Luke says the temple here, he means the courtyard associated with the temple. Alternate translation: “the temple courtyard”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

διαγγέλλων τὴν ἐκπλήρωσιν τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῦ ἁγνισμοῦ

proclaiming the fulfillment ˱of˲_the days ˱of˲_the purification

Luke is using the possessive form the days of purification to mean the days during which the men’s vows were in effect, at the end of which there needed to be a purification ceremony. Alternate translation: “declaring that the men had kept their vows for the number of days that they had promised and that they could now be purified”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

διαγγέλλων τὴν ἐκπλήρωσιν τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῦ ἁγνισμοῦ

proclaiming the fulfillment ˱of˲_the days ˱of˲_the purification

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of purification, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “declaring that the men had kept their vows for the number of days that they had promised and that they could now be purified”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῦ ἁγνισμοῦ

˱of˲_the days ˱of˲_the purification

In this case Luke is referring implicitly to a separate purification process from the one the men fulfilled in order to enter the temple area. He means the purification process that came at the end of a vow. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “of the days of purification at the end of their vows”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἕως οὗ προσηνέχθη ὑπὲρ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου αὐτῶν ἡ προσφορά

until ˱of˲_which /was/_offered for one each ˱of˲_them the offering

If your language does not use this passive form, you could state this in active form. Alternate translation: “until each one of them offered an offering for himself”