OET interlinear ACTs 2:31

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐλάλησεν & ἐνκατελείφθη & αὐτοῦ

˱he˲_spoke & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Προϊδών ἐλάλησεν περί τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὅτι Οὔτε ἐγκατελείφθη εἰς ᾍδην οὔτε ἡ σάρξ αὐτοῦ Εἶδεν διαφθοράν)

The first instance of he refers to David, and the second instance of he and the pronoun his refer to Christ. Alternate translation: [David spoke … was Christ abandoned … Christ’s]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐλάλησεν περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ

˱he˲_spoke (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Προϊδών ἐλάλησεν περί τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὅτι Οὔτε ἐγκατελείφθη εἰς ᾍδην οὔτε ἡ σάρξ αὐτοῦ Εἶδεν διαφθοράν)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word resurrection, you could express the same idea with an adjective such as “alive.” Alternate translation: [he described how God would make Christ alive again after he died]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οὔτε ἐνκατελείφθη εἰς ᾍδην

nor (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Προϊδών ἐλάλησεν περί τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὅτι Οὔτε ἐγκατελείφθη εἰς ᾍδην οὔτε ἡ σάρξ αὐτοῦ Εἶδεν διαφθοράν)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. Alternate translation: [neither did God abandon him to Hades]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῦ Χριστοῦ

˱of˲_the Messiah

Christ is the Greek word for “Messiah.” If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use the term “Messiah” in your translation, as UST does.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

οὔτε ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦ εἶδεν διαφθοράν

nor the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Προϊδών ἐλάλησεν περί τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὅτι Οὔτε ἐγκατελείφθη εἰς ᾍδην οὔτε ἡ σάρξ αὐτοῦ Εἶδεν διαφθοράν)

Here the word see is being used to mean “experience.” Alternate translation: [nor did his flesh experience decay]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

οὔτε ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦ εἶδεν διαφθοράν

nor the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Προϊδών ἐλάλησεν περί τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὅτι Οὔτε ἐγκατελείφθη εἰς ᾍδην οὔτε ἡ σάρξ αὐτοῦ Εἶδεν διαφθοράν)

Peter is using the word flesh to mean the body of Jesus by association with the way the body is made of flesh. Alternate translation: [nor did his body experience decay]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὔτε ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦ εἶδεν διαφθοράν

nor the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Προϊδών ἐλάλησεν περί τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὅτι Οὔτε ἐγκατελείφθη εἰς ᾍδην οὔτε ἡ σάρξ αὐτοῦ Εἶδεν διαφθοράν)

The term decay refers in this context to the decomposition of the body after death. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [nor did his body experience decomposition]