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 C2 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 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26
OET-LV And they_were_recognizing him that he was the one sitting at the Beautiful gate of_the temple for the alms, and they_were_filled with_amazement and amazement at the thing having_been_happened to_him.
OET (OET-RV) and recognising that he was the man who usually sat outside begging at the ‘Beautiful Door’ of the temple, they were astonished and astounded at what had happened to him.
ἐπεγίνωσκον & αὐτὸν, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ & καθήμενος
˱they˲_˓were˒_recognizing & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπεγίνωσκον Δέ αὐτόν ὅτι αὐτός ἦν ὁ πρός τήν ἐλεημοσύνην καθήμενος ἐπί τῇ Ὡραίᾳ Πύλῃ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καί ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβους καί ἐκστάσεως ἐπί τῷ συμβεβηκότι αὐτῷ)
Alternate translation: [they realized that he was the man who had been sitting]
Note 1 topic: translate-names
τῇ Ὡραίᾳ Πύλῃ
the Beautiful Gate
This was the name of one of the entrances to the temple area. See how you translated the similar expression in 3:2.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβους καὶ ἐκστάσεως ἐπὶ τῷ συμβεβηκότι αὐτῷ
˱they˲_˓were˒_filled ˱with˲_amazement (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπεγίνωσκον Δέ αὐτόν ὅτι αὐτός ἦν ὁ πρός τήν ἐλεημοσύνην καθήμενος ἐπί τῇ Ὡραίᾳ Πύλῃ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καί ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβους καί ἐκστάσεως ἐπί τῷ συμβεβηκότι αὐτῷ)
If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. Alternate translation: [what had happened to him filled them with wonder and amazement]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβους καὶ ἐκστάσεως ἐπὶ τῷ συμβεβηκότι αὐτῷ
˱they˲_˓were˒_filled ˱with˲_amazement (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπεγίνωσκον Δέ αὐτόν ὅτι αὐτός ἦν ὁ πρός τήν ἐλεημοσύνην καθήμενος ἐπί τῇ Ὡραίᾳ Πύλῃ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καί ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβους καί ἐκστάσεως ἐπί τῷ συμβεβηκότι αὐτῷ)
The words wonder and amazement mean similar things. Luke is using them together for emphasis. You can combine the words in your translation if that might be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [what had happened to him filled them with complete amazement]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβους καὶ ἐκστάσεως ἐπὶ τῷ συμβεβηκότι αὐτῷ
˱they˲_˓were˒_filled ˱with˲_amazement (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπεγίνωσκον Δέ αὐτόν ὅτι αὐτός ἦν ὁ πρός τήν ἐλεημοσύνην καθήμενος ἐπί τῇ Ὡραίᾳ Πύλῃ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καί ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβους καί ἐκστάσεως ἐπί τῷ συμβεβηκότι αὐτῷ)
Luke is speaking as if the people were containers that these responses could fill. Alternate translation: [what had happened to him made them completely amazed]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβους καὶ ἐκστάσεως ἐπὶ τῷ συμβεβηκότι αὐτῷ
˱they˲_˓were˒_filled ˱with˲_amazement (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐπεγίνωσκον Δέ αὐτόν ὅτι αὐτός ἦν ὁ πρός τήν ἐλεημοσύνην καθήμενος ἐπί τῇ Ὡραίᾳ Πύλῃ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καί ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβους καί ἐκστάσεως ἐπί τῷ συμβεβηκότι αὐτῷ)
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word wonder and amazement, you could express the same idea with verbs. Alternate translation: [they wondered and marveled greatly at what had happened to him]
OET-LV And they_were_recognizing him that he was the one sitting at the Beautiful gate of_the temple for the alms, and they_were_filled with_amazement and amazement at the thing having_been_happened to_him.
OET (OET-RV) and recognising that he was the man who usually sat outside begging at the ‘Beautiful Door’ of the temple, they were astonished and astounded at what had happened to him.
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.
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