OET interlinear ACTs 5:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὥστε

so_as

Luke says so that to introduce a result, but it is not the direct result of what he said just before, that many men and women became part of the church. It is the result of what he said in 5:12, that the apostles were doing “many signs and wonders.” All of 5:12–15 could be understood as a single sentence, and in that case what Luke says here would more clearly follow logically and grammatically from what he says in 5:12. However, ULT divides the material into several sentences, which is another way in which it can be understood. UST models a way to show how what Luke says here introduces a result of what he said in 5:12 about the “signs and wonders” that the apostles were doing.

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐκφέρειν

/to_be/_bringing_out

The pronoun they refers to the people who lived in Jerusalem. Alternate translation: “people who lived in Jerusalem … carried”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς

the sick

Luke is using the adjective sick as a noun in order to indicate a group of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “people who were sick”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

κλιναρίων καὶ κραβάττων

cots and (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὥστε καὶ εἰς τὰς πλατείας ἐκφέρειν τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς καὶ τιθέναι ἐπὶ κλιναρίων καὶ κραββάτων ἵνα ἐρχομένου Πέτρου κἂν ἡ σκιὰ ἐπισκιάσῃ τινὶ αὐτῶν)

The words cots and mats mean similar things. Luke could be using them together for emphasis, although he could also be describing two different ways that people managed to make their sick relatives and friends reasonably comfortable as they waited in the streets for Peter to walk by. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine these terms in your translation. Alternate translation: “improvised beds”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἡ σκιὰ ἐπισκιάσῃ τινὶ αὐτῶν

the shadow /may/_overshadow ˱on˲_someone ˱of˲_them

The implication is that God was healing sick people whom Peter’s shadow touched. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “his shadow might overshadow any one of them and God would heal that person”

ἡ σκιὰ ἐπισκιάσῃ τινὶ αὐτῶν

the shadow /may/_overshadow ˱on˲_someone ˱of˲_them

Luke is using a construction in which the subject and verb come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have its own way of describing this. Alternate translation: “his shadow might fall on”