OET interlinear ACTs 5:36

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

πρὸ & τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: πρό Γάρ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀνέστη Θευδᾶς λέγων εἶναι τινά ἑαυτόν ᾧ προσεκλίθη ἀνδρῶν ἀριθμός ὡς τετρακοσίων ὅς ἀνῃρέθη καί πάντες ὅσοι ἐπείθοντο αὐτῷ διελύθησαν καί ἐγένοντο εἰς οὐδέν)

Gamaliel is using the term days to refer to a specific time. Alternate translation: [some time ago]

Note 2 topic: translate-names

Θευδᾶς

Theudas

Theudas is the name of a man.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀνέστη

rose_up

In this context, rose up means that Theudas rebelled against the Roman government. Alternate translation: [rebelled]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

λέγων εἶναί τινα ἑαυτόν

saying (Some words not found in SR-GNT: πρό Γάρ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀνέστη Θευδᾶς λέγων εἶναι τινά ἑαυτόν ᾧ προσεκλίθη ἀνδρῶν ἀριθμός ὡς τετρακοσίων ὅς ἀνῃρέθη καί πάντες ὅσοι ἐπείθοντο αὐτῷ διελύθησαν καί ἐγένοντο εἰς οὐδέν)

In this context, the expression somebody means a person of importance. Your language may use this expression in the same way. Or, if it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [saying that he was an important person]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ᾧ προσεκλίθη ἀνδρῶν ἀριθμὸς

˱to˲_whom ˓was˒_joined_up ˱of˲_men (Some words not found in SR-GNT: πρό Γάρ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀνέστη Θευδᾶς λέγων εἶναι τινά ἑαυτόν ᾧ προσεκλίθη ἀνδρῶν ἀριθμός ὡς τετρακοσίων ὅς ἀνῃρέθη καί πάντες ὅσοι ἐπείθοντο αὐτῷ διελύθησαν καί ἐγένοντο εἰς οὐδέν)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. As the introduction to this chapter suggests, it may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [whom a number of men joined] or, as a new sentence, [A number of men joined him]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὃς ἀνῃρέθη

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: πρό Γάρ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀνέστη Θευδᾶς λέγων εἶναι τινά ἑαυτόν ᾧ προσεκλίθη ἀνδρῶν ἀριθμός ὡς τετρακοσίων ὅς ἀνῃρέθη καί πάντες ὅσοι ἐπείθοντο αὐτῷ διελύθησαν καί ἐγένοντο εἰς οὐδέν)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. It may be helpful to begin another new sentence here. Alternate translation: [whom the Romans killed] or, as a new sentence, [But the Romans killed him]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὅσοι ἐπείθοντο αὐτῷ

as_many_as ˓were_being˒_persuaded ˱by˲_him

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. Alternate translation: [as many as he had persuaded]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

διελύθησαν

˓were˒_dispersed

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. Alternate translation: [dispersed]

καὶ ἐγένοντο εἰς οὐδέν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: πρό Γάρ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀνέστη Θευδᾶς λέγων εἶναι τινά ἑαυτόν ᾧ προσεκλίθη ἀνδρῶν ἀριθμός ὡς τετρακοσίων ὅς ἀνῃρέθη καί πάντες ὅσοι ἐπείθοντο αὐτῷ διελύθησαν καί ἐγένοντο εἰς οὐδέν)

Alternate translation: [and their plans did not succeed]