OET interlinear ACTs 2:37

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀκούσαντες & κατενύγησαν τὴν καρδίαν

˓having˒_heard & ˱they˲_˓were˒_pierced (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀκούσαντες Δέ κατενύγησαν τήν καρδίαν εἶπον τέ πρός τόν Πέτρον καί τούς λοιπούς ἀποστόλους Τί ποιήσωμεν ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. Alternate translation: [what they heard Peter say pierced their heart]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

κατενύγησαν τὴν καρδίαν

˱they˲_˓were˒_pierced (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀκούσαντες Δέ κατενύγησαν τήν καρδίαν εἶπον τέ πρός τόν Πέτρον καί τούς λοιπούς ἀποστόλους Τί ποιήσωμεν ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί)

Here the word they refers to the people in the crowd to whom Peter spoke. Alternate translation: [the people in the crowd were pierced in the heart]

Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

κατενύγησαν τὴν καρδίαν

˱they˲_˓were˒_pierced (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀκούσαντες Δέ κατενύγησαν τήν καρδίαν εἶπον τέ πρός τόν Πέτρον καί τούς λοιπούς ἀποστόλους Τί ποιήσωμεν ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί)

Since Luke is referring to a group of people, it might be more natural in your language to use the plural form of heart. Alternate translation: [the people in the crowd were pierced in their hearts]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

κατενύγησαν τὴν καρδίαν

˱they˲_˓were˒_pierced (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀκούσαντες Δέ κατενύγησαν τήν καρδίαν εἶπον τέ πρός τόν Πέτρον καί τούς λοιπούς ἀποστόλους Τί ποιήσωμεν ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί)

Luke is speaking. The people were not literally pierced in the heart by anything. He means that the people felt guilty and became very sad. Alternate translation: [they felt guilty and became very sad]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἄνδρες, ἀδελφοί

men brothers

This is an idiomatic form of address. Alternate translation: [Our brothers]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἄνδρες, ἀδελφοί

men brothers

Often in the New Testament, the term brothers refers to fellow believers in Jesus, as it does in 1:15. But here, the crowd who does not yet believe in Jesus is addressing Peter and the other apostles with the same affectionate term that Peter used to address them in 2:29. So it seems that what they mean by it is, “fellow believers in the God of Israel.” Alternate translation: [fellow believers in our God]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

τί ποιήσωμεν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀκούσαντες Δέ κατενύγησαν τήν καρδίαν εἶπον τέ πρός τόν Πέτρον καί τούς λοιπούς ἀποστόλους Τί ποιήσωμεν ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί)

The people in the crowd are asking about themselves but not the apostles, so use the exclusive form of we in your translation if your language marks that distinction.