OET interlinear ACTs 22:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

προέτειναν

˱they˲_stretched_out

The pronoun they refers to the soldiers who were going to whip Paul. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “the soldiers”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν ἑστῶτα ἑκατόνταρχον ὁ Παῦλος, εἰ ἄνθρωπον Ῥωμαῖον καὶ ἀκατάκριτον, ἔξεστιν ὑμῖν μαστίζειν?

said to the /having/_stood centurion ¬the Paul ¬if /a/_man Roman and uncondemned ˱it˲_/is/_permitting ˱to˲_you_all /to_be/_flogging

Luke is recording how Paul used the typical form in his language for asking questions. It may be more natural in your language to have an indirect quotation here. Alternate translation: “Paul asked the centurion who was standing by whether it was lawful for him and his soliders to scourge a man who was a Roman and had not been condemned.”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

εἰ ἄνθρωπον Ῥωμαῖον καὶ ἀκατάκριτον, ἔξεστιν ὑμῖν μαστίζειν?

¬if /a/_man Roman and uncondemned ˱it˲_/is/_permitting ˱to˲_you_all /to_be/_flogging

Paul is using the question form to challenge the right of the centurion and his soldiers to whip him. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “It is not lawful for you to whip a man who is a Roman citizen and who is uncondemned!”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἄνθρωπον Ῥωμαῖον καὶ ἀκατάκριτον

/a/_man Roman and uncondemned

In this context, the term Roman implicitly indicates Roman citizenship. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “a man who is a Roman citizen and who has not been condemned”