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OET (OET-LV) Whom the god raised_up, having_untied/released the agonies of_the death, as_much_as was not possible him to_be_being_restrained by it.
OET (OET-RV) But God released him from the agonies of death and brought him back to life—death couldn’t restrain him.
ὃν ὁ Θεὸς ἀνέστησεν
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅν ὁ Θεός ἀνέστησεν λύσας τάς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου καθότι οὐκ ἦν δυνατόν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτόν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ)
It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [But God raised him up]
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ὃν ὁ Θεὸς ἀνέστησεν
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅν ὁ Θεός ἀνέστησεν λύσας τάς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου καθότι οὐκ ἦν δυνατόν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτόν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ)
The idiom raised up means that God made Jesus alive again after he died. Alternate translation: [whom God brought back to life] or, as a new sentence, [But God brought him back to life]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
λύσας τὰς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου
˓having˒_loosed (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅν ὁ Θεός ἀνέστησεν λύσας τάς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου καθότι οὐκ ἦν δυνατόν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτόν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ)
Peter speaks of the agonies of death as if they were ropes with which Jesus had been tied, and of God bringing Jesus back to life as if God had untied those ropes and set him free. Alternate translation: [delivering him from the agonies of death]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
τὰς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅν ὁ Θεός ἀνέστησεν λύσας τάς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου καθότι οὐκ ἦν δυνατόν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτόν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ)
Peter uses the possessive form to describe death as something that is characterized by agonies. Alternate translation: [agonizing death]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
καθότι οὐκ ἦν δυνατὸν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ
as_much_as not was (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅν ὁ Θεός ἀνέστησεν λύσας τάς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου καθότι οὐκ ἦν δυνατόν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτόν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ)
If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly why this was not possible. Alternate translation: [because God is so much stronger than death that it was not possible for him to be held by it]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
κρατεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ
˓to_be_being˒_restrained (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅν ὁ Θεός ἀνέστησεν λύσας τάς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου καθότι οὐκ ἦν δυνατόν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτόν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ)
If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. Alternate translation: [for death to hold him]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
κρατεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ
˓to_be_being˒_restrained (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὅν ὁ Θεός ἀνέστησεν λύσας τάς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου καθότι οὐκ ἦν δυνατόν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτόν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ)
Peter speaks of death as if it were a living thing that held Jesus captive. Alternate translation: [for him to remain dead]
2:14-36 This is the first of about thirty speeches in Acts and one of the most important, standing as it does at the very inception of the church. It is a typical example of the preaching of the apostles, who proclaimed (1) that the Old Testament promises had been fulfilled in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is the promised Messiah; (2) that the apostles themselves were eyewitnesses of Jesus’ entire public ministry and were his chosen representatives; (3) that people are called to repent of their sins and have faith in God through Christ; and (4) that salvation and the presence of the Holy Spirit are promised to those who respond affirmatively to this message of Good News. This basic message is echoed in the sermons of chs 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, and 13. The same themes characterized Paul’s preaching (see 1 Cor 15:3-9). This message was repeatedly preached to both Jews and Gentiles throughout the Mediterranean world; all people are summoned to repent of their sins and turn to God through faith in Jesus Christ.
OET (OET-LV) Whom the god raised_up, having_untied/released the agonies of_the death, as_much_as was not possible him to_be_being_restrained by it.
OET (OET-RV) But God released him from the agonies of death and brought him back to life—death couldn’t restrain him.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.
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