OET interlinear ACTs 7:37

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ὁ εἴπας τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει ὁ Θεὸς, ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν, ὡς ἐμέ

¬the the_‹man› ˓having˒_said ˱to˲_the sons ˱of˲_Israel ¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὗτος ἐστίν ὁ Μωϋσῆς ὁ εἴπας τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ Προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει ὁ Θεός ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν ὡς ἐμέ)

If the direct quotation inside a direct quotation would be confusing in your language, you could translate the second direct quotation as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: [who told the sons of Israel that God would raise up a prophet like him for them from their brothers]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ

˱to˲_the sons ˱of˲_Israel

Stephen is using the word sons to mean “descendants.” Alternate translation: [to the descendants of Israel] or [to the descendants of Jacob]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει & ὡς ἐμέ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὗτος ἐστίν ὁ Μωϋσῆς ὁ εἴπας τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ Προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει ὁ Θεός ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν ὡς ἐμέ)

Here, the expression raise up describes God giving someone the mission to go as a prophet to certain people. See how you translated it in [3:22](../03/22.md). Alternate translation: [will send you a prophet like me]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν

the brothers ˱of˲_you_all

Stephen is using the word brothers to mean “kinsmen.” Alternate translation: [your kinsmen]