OET interlinear ACTs 21:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ὅτε & ἐγένετο ἡμᾶς ἐξαρτίσαι τὰς ἡμέρας

when & ˱it˲_became (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅτε Δέ ἐγένετο ἡμάς ἐξαρτίσαι τάς ἡμέρας ἐξελθόντες ἐπορευόμεθα προπεμπόντων ἡμάς πάντων σύν γυναιξί καί τέκνοις ἕως ἔξω τῆς πόλεως καί θέντες τά γόνατα ἐπί τόν αἰγιαλόν προσευξάμενοι)

Luke is speaking of the seven days when he and his traveling companions were in Tyre as if those days were something they finished. Alternate translation: [at the end of those seven days]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

πάντων

all

Luke says everyone here as a generalization. He means all of the believers with whom he and his companions were meeting in Tyre. Alternate translation: [the believers from Tyre]

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

θέντες τὰ γόνατα ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν προσευξάμενοι

˓having˒_knelt (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅτε Δέ ἐγένετο ἡμάς ἐξαρτίσαι τάς ἡμέρας ἐξελθόντες ἐπορευόμεθα προπεμπόντων ἡμάς πάντων σύν γυναιξί καί τέκνοις ἕως ἔξω τῆς πόλεως καί θέντες τά γόνατα ἐπί τόν αἰγιαλόν προσευξάμενοι)

The travelers and their hosts knelt down as a symbolic action to show that they were approaching God humbly in prayer. If this would not be clear to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [having humbly knelt down on the shore to pray]