OET interlinear ACTs 21:31

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι

seeking and him /to/_kill_off

The pronoun they refers to the mob, and the pronoun him refers to Paul. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “And as the mob was seeking to kill Paul”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης

˱there˲_went_up /an/_allegation ˱to˲_the commander ˱of˲_the cohort

Luke is speaking of this report as if they were a living thing that came up to the commander on its own. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “a messenger brought a report to the commander of the guard”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης

˱there˲_went_up /an/_allegation ˱to˲_the commander ˱of˲_the cohort

Luke uses the phrase came up because the commander was in a fortress connected to the temple that was higher in elevation than the temple courtyard. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “a messenger brought a report to the commander of the guard up in the temple fortress”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης

˱to˲_the commander ˱of˲_the cohort

A chiliarch was an officer in the Roman army who was in charge of a group of 1,000 soldiers. A cohort was a large military guard unit. Alternate translation: “to the commander of the military guard”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὅλη συνχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ

all (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη συγχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ)

Here, the word Jerusalem means the people who lived in the city of Jerusalem. Alternate translation: “all the people who lived in the city of Jerusalem were agitated”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

ὅλη συνχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ

all (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη συγχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ)

Luke says all 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: “the people who lived in the city of Jerusalem were very agitated” or “the people who lived in the city of Jerusalem were rioting”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὅλη συνχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ

all (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη συγχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ)

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: “something was greatly agitating the people who lived in Jerusalem”