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OET (OET-LV) And all were_marvelling and were_thoroughly_perplexed, another saying to another:
What is_wanting this to_be?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
ἐξίσταντο & πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο
/were/_marveling & all and /were/_thoroughly_perplexed
The words amazed and perplexed mean similar things. Luke is using them together to emphasize that the people could not understand what was happening. Alternate translation: “they were very perplexed”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐξίσταντο & πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο & λέγοντες
/were/_marveling & all and /were/_thoroughly_perplexed & saying
These are not passive verbal forms. However, if your language does not use passive forms, it might be helpful to your readers to use an expression that does not seem to be a passive verbal form. Alternate translation: “this amazed and perplexed all of them, and they said”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι
what /is/_wanting this to_be
The expression want to be is a way of referring to what something means. Your language may have a similar expression that you could use in your translation. Or, if it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “What does this mean?” or “What is the explanation for this”
OET (OET-LV) And all were_marvelling and were_thoroughly_perplexed, another saying to another:
What is_wanting this to_be?
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.