InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Acts C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28
Acts 2 V1 V3 V5 V7 V9 V11 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43 V45 V47
Used in these topics: The Lord’s dinner (communion) · The church, fellowship and unity
OET-LV And they_were persevering in_the teaching of_the ambassadors, and the in_fellowship, the breaking of_the bread, and the in_prayers.
OET (OET-RV) They continued listening to the teaching of the missionaries, and building their relationships with each other, and breaking bread and praying together.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἦσαν & προσκαρτεροῦντες τῇ διδαχῇ τῶν ἀποστόλων, καὶ τῇ κοινωνίᾳ, τῇ κλάσει τοῦ ἄρτου, καὶ ταῖς προσευχαῖς
˱they˲_were & persevering ˱in˲_the teaching ˱of˲_the ambassadors (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἦσαν Δέ προσκαρτεροῦντες τῇ διδαχῇ τῶν ἀποστόλων καί τῇ κοινωνίᾳ τῇ κλάσει τοῦ ἄρτου καί ταῖς προσευχαῖς)
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the ideas behind the words teaching and fellowship, you could express the same ideas with equivalent expressions. Alternate translation: [they continued to learn from what the apostles taught and to share life with one another, and to break bread together and to pray together]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
τῇ κλάσει τοῦ ἄρτου
˱in˲_the ¬the the breaking ˱of˲_the bread
Luke could be using the word breaking to mean “eating,” and he could be using the word bread to mean “food.” In each case he would be using one part of something to mean the whole thing. Breaking bread is one thing people do when they eat it, and bread is one kind of food. So this could be a reference to the believers sharing meals together. Alternate translation: [in sharing meals] or see the next note for a further possibility.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τῇ κλάσει τοῦ ἄρτου
˱in˲_the ¬the the breaking ˱of˲_the bread
By the breaking of bread, Luke could also mean remembering the death of Jesus in the way that Jesus commanded, by literally breaking a loaf of bread and sharing it and also sharing a cup of wine. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [in observing the Lord’s Supper]
OET-LV And they_were persevering in_the teaching of_the ambassadors, and the in_fellowship, the breaking of_the bread, and the in_prayers.
OET (OET-RV) They continued listening to the teaching of the missionaries, and building their relationships with each other, and breaking bread and praying together.
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.