OET interlinear ACTs 4:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τί ποιήσωμεν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τούτοις?

what ˱we˲_/may/_do ¬the ˱to˲_men these

This could mean: (1) the Jewish leaders were using the question form to express their frustration because they realize that they cannot punish Peter and John. As 4:21 indicates explicitly, and as the leaders suggest here, they are afraid of how the people might respond if they do. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “It is very difficult to know what we should do to these men!” (2) the leaders were asking one another a genuine question, because ultimately they do decide to do something to Peter and John. They warn them not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus, with an implied threat of punishment if they do. In that case it would be accurate to translate this as a question.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

πᾶσιν τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν Ἰερουσαλὴμ

˱to˲_all the_‹ones› dwelling_in Jerusalem

This is a generalization that the leaders are making to emphasize how widely the news of the healing has spread. Alternate translation: “people who live throughout Jerusalem”

γνωστὸν σημεῖον

/a/_known sign

Here the word sign has the same sense that it has in the phrase “wonders and signs” in 2:22 and 2:43. It means a miracle. Alternate translation: “a remarkable miracle”