OET interlinear ACTs 4:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἵνα μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ

in_order_that (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλʼ ἵνα μή ἐπί πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ εἰς τόν λαόν ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν ἐπί τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενί ἀνθρώπων)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. Alternate translation: [so that it does not spread] or [so that they will not spread it]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἵνα μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ

in_order_that (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλʼ ἵνα μή ἐπί πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ εἰς τόν λαόν ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν ἐπί τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενί ἀνθρώπων)

By it, the council members do not mean the news of the man’s healing, since they have already said that everyone in Jerusalem knows about it. They mean the teaching that Jesus is Messiah, since they then try to prevent this from spreading by not allowing the apostles to speak to anyone about Jesus. Alternate translation: [so that this teaching about Jesus does not spread]

ἐπὶ πλεῖον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλʼ ἵνα μή ἐπί πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ εἰς τόν λαόν ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν ἐπί τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενί ἀνθρώπων)

Alternate translation: [any further]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

λαλεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ

˓to_be˒_speaking (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλʼ ἵνα μή ἐπί πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ εἰς τόν λαόν ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν ἐπί τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενί ἀνθρώπων)

Here, name represents a person by association with the way that each person has a name. Alternate translation: [to speak about this person Jesus]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

μηκέτι λαλεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενὶ ἀνθρώπων

no_longer ˓to_be˒_speaking (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλʼ ἵνα μή ἐπί πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ εἰς τόν λαόν ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν ἐπί τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενί ἀνθρώπων)

In Greek this is a double negative for emphasis, “no longer to speak in this name to none of men.” The second negative does not cancel the first to create a positive meaning. If for emphasis your language uses double negatives that do not cancel one another, it would be appropriate to use that construction here. You could also state the meaning positively. Alternate translation: [to stop speaking in this name to any of men]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

μηδενὶ ἀνθρώπων

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλʼ ἵνα μή ἐπί πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ εἰς τόν λαόν ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν ἐπί τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενί ἀνθρώπων)

Here, men has a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: [to any person] or [to anyone]