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Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
Κλαύδιος Λυσίας, τῷ κρατίστῳ ἡγεμόνι Φήλικι
Claudius Lysias ˱to˲_the most_excellent governor Felix
The commander begins this letter by speaking about himself and about the person to whom he is writing in the third person. That was the convention in this culture. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the first and second persons to translate this. Alternate translation: “I, Claudius Lysias, to you, the most excellent Governor Felix”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
Κλαύδιος Λυσίας, τῷ κρατίστῳ ἡγεμόνι Φήλικι, χαίρειν
Claudius Lysias ˱to˲_the most_excellent governor Felix /to_be/_greeting
As was also the convention in this culture, the letter-writer leaves it unstated but understood that he is writing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply those words. Alternate translation: “I, Claudius Lysias, am writing to you, the most excellent Governor Felix”
Note 3 topic: translate-names
Κλαύδιος Λυσίας
Claudius Lysias
The words Claudius Lysias are the name of the commander.
Note 4 topic: writing-politeness
τῷ κρατίστῳ ἡγεμόνι Φήλικι
˱to˲_the most_excellent governor Felix
The expression most excellent was a formal title by which people addressed Roman officials. Your language and culture may have a comparable title that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: “to the Honorable Governor Felix”
23:23-35 A mounted escort took Paul safely to the Roman Governor Felix in Caesarea, the Roman headquarters for Judea. There Paul would have greater protection than in Jerusalem. The military operation was executed that night with secret efficiency and maximum security (23:31).
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.