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OET (OET-LV) But when they_believed the in_Filippos, good_message_preaching concerning the kingdom the of_god and the name of_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen_one/messiah, they_were_being_immersed both men and women.
OET (OET-RV) However when Philip started preaching the good message about God’s kingdom and the name and authority of Yeshua the messiah, they believed the message, and many men and women asked to be immersed in water.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
ἐπίστευσαν
˱they˲_believed
The pronoun they refers to the Samaritans. Alternate translation: “the Samaritans believed”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
εὐαγγελιζομένῳ περὶ τῆς Βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
gospel_preaching concerning the Kingdom the ˱of˲_God and the name ˱of˲_Jesus Christ
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of a kingdom, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “proclaiming the good news that God had begun to rule and that Jesus the Messiah had come”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
εὐαγγελιζομένῳ περὶ τῆς Βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
gospel_preaching concerning the Kingdom the ˱of˲_God and the name ˱of˲_Jesus Christ
Here the name of Jesus represents his authority, specifically as the Messiah, as the title Christ indicates. Alternate translation: “proclaiming the good news that God had begun to rule and that Jesus the Messiah had come”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
εὐαγγελιζομένῳ περὶ τῆς Βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
gospel_preaching concerning the Kingdom the ˱of˲_God and the name ˱of˲_Jesus Christ
Since Jesus inaugurated the kingdom of God when he came to earth, it may be helpful to put the information about Jesus before the information about the kingdom of God. Alternate translation: “proclaiming the gospel about the name of Jesus Christ and the kingdom of God” or “proclaiming the good news that Jesus the Messiah had come and that God had begun to rule”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐβαπτίζοντο
˱they˲_/were_being/_baptized
If your language does not use this passive form, you could state this in active form. Alternate translation: “Philip was baptizing them”
8:9-24 Simon the sorcerer was a showman, dazzling the people of Samaria and making self-exalting claims. Simon’s attempt to obtain spiritual power through payment gave the name simony to the later corrupt practice of buying and selling ordination to church leadership (cp. 1 Tim 6:9-10). Peter strongly rebuked Simon’s wickedness.
OET (OET-LV) But when they_believed the in_Filippos, good_message_preaching concerning the kingdom the of_god and the name of_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen_one/messiah, they_were_being_immersed both men and women.
OET (OET-RV) However when Philip started preaching the good message about God’s kingdom and the name and authority of Yeshua the messiah, they believed the message, and many men and women asked to be immersed in water.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.