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OET (OET-LV) whom they_stood before the ambassadors, and having_prayed, they_laid_on their hands on_them.
OET (OET-RV) They stood these seven up in front of the missionaries, who prayed and then placed their hands on them.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / events
προσευξάμενοι, ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας
˓having˒_prayed ˱they˲_laid_on ˱on˲_them (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὕς ἔστησαν ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀποστόλων καί προσευξάμενοι ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς τάς χεῖρας)
This could mean: (1) that the apostles first prayed and then placed their hands on these men. Alternate translation: [after they had prayed, they placed their hands upon them] (2) that the apostles placed their hands on the men while they were praying for them. Alternate translation: [they prayed for them with their hands placed upon them] or [they placed their hands upon them and prayed for them]
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας
˱they˲_laid_on ˱on˲_them (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὕς ἔστησαν ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀποστόλων καί προσευξάμενοι ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς τάς χεῖρας)
The apostles placed their hands on the seven men to show publicly that they were giving them the responsibility and authority to oversee the food distribution. Alternate translation: [and placed their hands on them to show that they were giving them responsibility and authority]
6:2-6 Wisely, the apostles called a meeting of all the believers to address the dispute. They recognized the seriousness of the problem, as well as their own priority of teaching the word of God. The solution was to select wise and Spirit-filled men to oversee the food distribution. The community accepted the apostles’ solution and chose good leaders from the ranks of the Greek-speaking believers (all of their names are Greek). These seven devoted themselves to this special ministry, allowing the apostles to spend their time in prayer and teaching the word.
• These seven men are sometimes called the first deacons because of the similarity of their role to the office of deacon (see 1 Tim 3:8-13). Although the Greek term translated “deacon” (Greek diakonos, “servant”) is not used here, a related Greek word is translated running a food program (6:2; Greek diakonein, “to serve”).
OET (OET-LV) whom they_stood before the ambassadors, and having_prayed, they_laid_on their hands on_them.
OET (OET-RV) They stood these seven up in front of the missionaries, who prayed and then placed their hands on them.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.
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