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OET (OET-LV) And dividing tongues as_if of_fire were_seen to_them, and sat_down on each one of_them.
OET (OET-RV) They saw what looked like tongues of fire that kept dividing[fn] and then settling down on each one of them.
3:1 See https://www.billmounce.com/monday-with-mounce/what-%E2%80%9Cdivided-tongue%E2%80%9D-acts-2-3-0
γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός
tongues as_if ˱of˲_fire
This phrase means “something like tongues of fire,” and a “tongue of fire” means a “flame of fire.” (The expression is used with that meaning in Isaiah 5:24, for example.) This is not a simile. Luke is describing what these objects looked like. Alternate translation: “objects that looked like flames of fire”
διαμεριζόμεναι
dividing
This means that the objects that looked like flames of fire spread out so that there was one on each person. Alternate translation: “spreading around”
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
ἐκάθισεν ἐφ’ ἕνα ἕκαστον αὐτῶν
sat_down on one each ˱of˲_them
The pronoun they refers to the objects, and the pronoun them refers to the disciples. Alternate translation: “one of the objects sat upon each one of the disciples”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐκάθισεν ἐφ’ ἕνα ἕκαστον αὐτῶν
sat_down on one each ˱of˲_them
Luke is using the word sat to indicate that the objects remained in one place once they had spread around. Alternate translation: “one of the objects remained on each one of the disciples”
2:1-4 Jews observed three great annual pilgrimage festivals, when many would go to the Temple in Jerusalem—Unleavened Bread (which includes Passover), Pentecost (Harvest), and Shelters (see Lev 23:1-44). On Pentecost, when the Jewish people were gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the harvest of God’s blessings, and when the disciples were united and expectant as they gathered for prayer, the Holy Spirit came and filled the gathered believers.
OET (OET-LV) And dividing tongues as_if of_fire were_seen to_them, and sat_down on each one of_them.
OET (OET-RV) They saw what looked like tongues of fire that kept dividing[fn] and then settling down on each one of them.
3:1 See https://www.billmounce.com/monday-with-mounce/what-%E2%80%9Cdivided-tongue%E2%80%9D-acts-2-3-0
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.