OET interlinear ACTs 3:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν

you_all are the sons ˱of˲_the prophets

Peter is using the word sons in the sense of “heirs,” by association with the way that children inherit from their parents. He means that the Israelites living at this time are going to receive something as a legacy from those who lived before them. Alternate translation: “You are the ones who are going to receive what the prophets promised” or “You are the ones who are going to experience what the prophets foretold”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

οἱ υἱοὶ

the sons

Although the term sons is masculine, Peter is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If you retain the metaphor in your translation, you could state “the sons and daughters” to indicate this.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

καὶ τῆς διαθήκης ἧς διέθετο ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν

and ˱of˲_the covenant which covenanted ¬the God with the fathers ˱of˲_you_all

The figurative sense of sons as “heirs” continues in this phrase. Alternate translation: “and who are going to receive what God promised to your fathers when he made a covenant with them”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν, λέγων πρὸς Ἀβραάμ, καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου ἐνευλογηθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῆς γῆς

with the fathers ˱of˲_you_all saying to Abraham and in the seed ˱of˲_you /will_be_being/_blessed all the families ˱of˲_the earth

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “with your fathers when he said to Abraham that in his seed all the families of the earth would be blessed”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν

the fathers ˱of˲_you_all

Here, fathers means “ancestors.” Alternate translation: “your ancestors”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν

the fathers ˱of˲_you_all

Although the term fathers is masculine, Peter is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If you retain the metaphor in your translation, you could state “your fathers and mothers” to indicate this.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου

in the seed ˱of˲_you

The term seed means “offspring.” It is a word picture. Just as plants produce seeds that grow into many more plants, so people can have many offspring. Alternate translation: “through your descendants” or see the next note for a further possibility.

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου

in the seed ˱of˲_you

As the apostle Paul notes in Galatians 3:16, God used the singular form of the word seed when he said this to Abraham, and so the ultimate fulfillment of this promise came when God sent Jesus as the Savior for everyone in the world who would believe in him. That may also be what Peter has in view here, since he refers in the next verse to God’s “Servant,” meaning the Messiah. Alternate translation: “through the Messiah, who will be your descendant”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐνευλογηθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῆς γῆς

/will_be_being/_blessed all the families ˱of˲_the earth

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. Alternate translation: “I will bless all the families of the earth”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῆς γῆς

all the families ˱of˲_the earth

Here, families refers to people groups or nations by association with the way that many of them consist of people who have a common ancestry. Alternate translation: “all the nations of the world”