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OET (OET-LV) And when he_became to the stairs, it_happened him to_be_being_borne by the soldiers, because_of the force of_the crowd.
OET (OET-RV) When they got to the stairs, the soldiers had to lift him up above their heads because of the frenzy of the crowd,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
βαστάζεσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν στρατιωτῶν
/to_be_being/_borne him by the soldiers
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: “the soldiers carried him”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
διὰ τὴν βίαν τοῦ ὄχλου
because_of the force ˱of˲_the crowd
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of violence, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “because the crowd was so violent”
21:26-36 The concerns of the Christian leaders (21:20-25) were evidently well based, for when their vows were almost completed, some Jews from the province of Asia raised a mob against Paul with false charges. They were intent on killing Paul, but the Roman commander rescued him.
OET (OET-LV) And when he_became to the stairs, it_happened him to_be_being_borne by the soldiers, because_of the force of_the crowd.
OET (OET-RV) When they got to the stairs, the soldiers had to lift him up above their heads because of the frenzy of the crowd,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.