OET interlinear ACTs 6:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸν τόπον τοῦτον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀκηκόαμεν γάρ αὐτοῦ λέγοντος ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος οὗτος καταλύσει τόν τόπον τοῦτον καί ἀλλάξει τά ἔθη ἅ παρέδωκεν ἡμῖν Μωϋσῆς)

By this place, the false witnesses mean the temple, which they described as “the holy place” in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [this temple]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὰ ἔθη ἃ παρέδωκεν ἡμῖν Μωϋσῆς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀκηκόαμεν γάρ αὐτοῦ λέγοντος ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος οὗτος καταλύσει τόν τόπον τοῦτον καί ἀλλάξει τά ἔθη ἅ παρέδωκεν ἡμῖν Μωϋσῆς)

The phrase handed down is an idiom that refers to something that is passed from generation to generation. The false witnesses are describing how the ancestors of the Jews have passed on the teachings originally received from Moses to each successive generation. Alternate translation: [the customs that our ancestors learned from Moses and have taught each successive generation]