OET interlinear ACTs 21:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

αἱ ἑπτὰ ἡμέραι

the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὡς Δέ ἔμελλον αἱ ἑπτά ἡμέραι συντελεῖσθαι οἱ ἀπό τῆς Ἀσίας Ἰουδαῖοι θεασάμενοι αὐτόν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ συνέχεον παντᾶ τόν ὄχλον καί ἐπέβαλον ἐπʼ αὐτόν τάς χεῖρας)

Luke assumes that his readers will understand that he means the seven days that were customarily required for the offerings and purification ceremony at the end of a vow. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the seven days that it took to purify these men]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀσίας Ἰουδαῖοι

the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὡς Δέ ἔμελλον αἱ ἑπτά ἡμέραι συντελεῖσθαι οἱ ἀπό τῆς Ἀσίας Ἰουδαῖοι θεασάμενοι αὐτόν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ συνέχεον παντᾶ τόν ὄχλον καί ἐπέβαλον ἐπʼ αὐτόν τάς χεῖρας)

Luke implicitly means some Jews from Asia who had come to Jerusalem for the Pentecost festival, as described in 20:16. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [some Jews from Asia who had come to Jerusalem for the Pentecost festival]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ

in 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 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

συνέχεον πάντα τὸν ὄχλον

˓were˒_confounding (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὡς Δέ ἔμελλον αἱ ἑπτά ἡμέραι συντελεῖσθαι οἱ ἀπό τῆς Ἀσίας Ἰουδαῖοι θεασάμενοι αὐτόν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ συνέχεον παντᾶ τόν ὄχλον καί ἐπέβαλον ἐπʼ αὐτόν τάς χεῖρας)

Luke says whole here as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [were making many people in the crowd very agitated]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸν ὄχλον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὡς Δέ ἔμελλον αἱ ἑπτά ἡμέραι συντελεῖσθαι οἱ ἀπό τῆς Ἀσίας Ἰουδαῖοι θεασάμενοι αὐτόν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ συνέχεον παντᾶ τόν ὄχλον καί ἐπέβαλον ἐπʼ αὐτόν τάς χεῖρας)

By the crowd, Luke implicitly means the crowd of people who had come to Jerusalem from all over the Roman Empire for the Pentecost festival. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the whole crowd of people who had come to Jerusalem for the Pentecost festival]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐπέβαλον ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τὰς χεῖρας

˱they˲_laid_on on (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὡς Δέ ἔμελλον αἱ ἑπτά ἡμέραι συντελεῖσθαι οἱ ἀπό τῆς Ἀσίας Ἰουδαῖοι θεασάμενοι αὐτόν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ συνέχεον παντᾶ τόν ὄχλον καί ἐπέβαλον ἐπʼ αὐτόν τάς χεῖρας)

The expression laid hands on means to arrest or detain someone, by association with the way that arresting officers or concerned citizens might physically take hold of a person with their hands. Alternate translation: [they held onto him] or [they detained him]