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OET (OET-LV) And they having_further_threatened them sent_ them _away, finding nothing which how they_may_punish them, because_of the people, because all were_glorifying the god for the thing having_become.
OET (OET-RV) So after making some further threats, the leaders sent them off. They hadn’t been able to find anything to punish them for, because the people were all praising God for what had happened
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
οἱ δὲ προσαπειλησάμενοι ἀπέλυσαν αὐτούς
they and /having/_further_threatened_‹them› sent_away them
The pronoun them refers in both instances to Peter and John, and the pronoun they refers to the council members. It may be helpful to your readers to clarify this. Alternate translation: “having warned Peter and John further, the council members released them”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
διὰ τὸν λαόν
because_of the people
The implication is that the Jewish leaders were afraid that the people would riot if they punished Peter and John. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “They were afraid that if they did punish Peter and John, the people would riot”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
πάντες ἐδόξαζον τὸν Θεὸν
all /were/_glorifying ¬the God
Here, all is a generalization for emphasis. Alternate translation: “large numbers of them were glorifying God”
4:1-22 Persecution was a common experience of God’s people throughout the Bible. God’s servants often faced hostility and opposition (Deut 30:7; 1 Kgs 18:13; Neh 4:1-3; Jer 37–38; Matt 23:34-37; Luke 11:49-51; 1 Thes 2:14-15). Jesus himself was persecuted (Luke 4:29; John 5:16), and he told his disciples to expect the same kind of treatment (Matt 10:23; 24:9; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12; John 16:2), but he promised that the Holy Spirit would provide strength (Acts 1:8; Luke 12:11-12; 21:15). Acts records frequent times of persecution (Acts 4:3; 5:17-41; 7:54–8:3; 9:1-2; 11:19; 12:2; 13:50; 14:19; 16:19-24), but Acts also reiterates that the Holy Spirit empowers disciples to bear witness in such circumstances (2:44; 4:8-13; 6:10; 7:55). The boldness of Peter and John before the hostile high council exemplifies facing persecution with courage and power (4:20).
OET (OET-LV) And they having_further_threatened them sent_ them _away, finding nothing which how they_may_punish them, because_of the people, because all were_glorifying the god for the thing having_become.
OET (OET-RV) So after making some further threats, the leaders sent them off. They hadn’t been able to find anything to punish them for, because the people were all praising God for what had happened
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.