OET interlinear ACTs 4:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

θεωροῦντες

observing

Luke is using the word seeing to mean that the council members noticed this and found it significant. Alternate translation: [taking note of] or [impressed with]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν τοῦ Πέτρου παρρησίαν καὶ Ἰωάννου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: θεωροῦντες Δέ τήν τοῦ Πέτρου παρρησίαν καί Ἰωάννου καί καταλαβόμενοι ὅτι ἄνθρωποι ἀγράμματοι εἰσίν καί ἰδιῶται ἐθαύμαζον ἐπεγίνωσκον τέ αὐτούς ὅτι σύν τῷ Ἰησοῦ ἦσαν)

Here the abstract noun boldness refers to the way in which Peter and John responded to the Jewish leaders. If your language does not use an abstract noun for this idea, you could express the same idea with an adverb or an adjective. Alternate translation: [how boldly Peter and John had spoken] or [how bold Peter and John were]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καταλαβόμενοι

˓having˒_grasped

The implication is that the Jewish leaders realized this because of the way Peter and John spoke. Alternate translation: [realizing from the way they spoke]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐθαύμαζον; ἐπεγίνωσκόν τε αὐτοὺς, ὅτι σὺν τῷ Ἰησοῦ ἦσαν

˱they˲_˓were˒_marveling (Some words not found in SR-GNT: θεωροῦντες Δέ τήν τοῦ Πέτρου παρρησίαν καί Ἰωάννου καί καταλαβόμενοι ὅτι ἄνθρωποι ἀγράμματοι εἰσίν καί ἰδιῶται ἐθαύμαζον ἐπεγίνωσκον τέ αὐτούς ὅτι σύν τῷ Ἰησοῦ ἦσαν)

Here the pronoun they refers in its first two instances to the council members, and in its third instance it refers to Peter and John, as does the pronoun them. It may be helpful to your readers to clarify this and to state the meaning here more concisely. Alternate translation: [the council members marveled, and they recognized that Peter and John had been with Jesus]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ἄνθρωποι ἀγράμματοί εἰσιν καὶ ἰδιῶται

men (Some words not found in SR-GNT: θεωροῦντες Δέ τήν τοῦ Πέτρου παρρησίαν καί Ἰωάννου καί καταλαβόμενοι ὅτι ἄνθρωποι ἀγράμματοι εἰσίν καί ἰδιῶται ἐθαύμαζον ἐπεγίνωσκον τέ αὐτούς ὅτι σύν τῷ Ἰησοῦ ἦσαν)

The words uneducated and ordinary mean similar things. Both words indicate that Peter and John had no formal education. Luke uses them together for emphasis, to express from the council members’ perspective how amazed they were. Alternate translation: [they had no formal education at all]