OET interlinear ACTs 3:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-background

δὲ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Πέτρος Δέ καί Ἰωάννης ἀνέβαινον εἰς τό ἱερόν ἐπί τήν ὥραν τῆς προσευχῆς τήν ἐνάτην)

Luke uses the word Now to introduce background information that will help readers understand what happens next. You can translate it with a word or phrase that serves the same purpose in your language.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν

into (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Πέτρος Δέ καί Ἰωάννης ἀνέβαινον εἰς τό ἱερόν ἐπί τήν ὥραν τῆς προσευχῆς τήν ἐνάτην)

Only priests were allowed inside the temple building, so when Luke says the temple here, he means the courtyard associated with the temple. Alternate translation: [to the temple courtyard]

τὴν ἐνάτην

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Πέτρος Δέ καί Ἰωάννης ἀνέβαινον εἰς τό ἱερόν ἐπί τήν ὥραν τῆς προσευχῆς τήν ἐνάτην)

In this culture, people began counting the hours each day beginning around daybreak at six o’clock in the morning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this time in the way the people of your culture reckon time. Alternate translation: [three o’clock in the afternoon]

Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal

τὴν ἐνάτην

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Πέτρος Δέ καί Ἰωάννης ἀνέβαινον εἰς τό ἱερόν ἐπί τήν ὥραν τῆς προσευχῆς τήν ἐνάτην)

If you decide to translate this in the way that the biblical culture reckoned time but your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use a cardinal number here. Alternate translation: [hour nine]