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OET (OET-LV) and he_saw a_man in a_vision, by_the_name Ananias, having_come_in and having_put_on ^his_hands on_him, so_that he_may_receive_sight.
OET (OET-RV) and in his vision, he saw a man named Ananias who comes in and places his hands on him so that he can receive his sight back.”
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
ἐπιθέντα αὐτῷ χεῖρας
/having/_put_on ˱on˲_him /his/_hands
In this culture, laying hands on people was a symbolic way of conveying a spiritual blessing to them, as the apostles did in 6:6 for the men chosen to oversee the food distribution. If there is a comparable symbolic action in your culture, you could use that in your translation. You could also use a general expression. Alternate translation: “giving him a spiritual blessing”
9:1-19 The conversion of Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus road is of central importance to the narrative of Acts—Luke recounts the story three times (also 22:1-21; 26:1-29). Paul (Saul) also alludes to this experience several times in his letters (1 Cor 15:8-10; Gal 1:11-17; Phil 3:4-11; see 1 Tim 1:12-17). Saul’s conversion was his prophetic call and commission as an apostle (Acts 9:15; 22:15, 21; 26:15-18). No one is beyond the power of God to reach, redeem, and use for holy purposes—nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). Paul was prepared through his training, upbringing, and experience to play a unique role in taking the gospel into the broader world as the “apostle to the Gentiles” (Rom 11:13; see 1 Cor 15:9; 2 Cor 12:11-12; Gal 1:1; Eph 3:8).
OET (OET-LV) and he_saw a_man in a_vision, by_the_name Ananias, having_come_in and having_put_on ^his_hands on_him, so_that he_may_receive_sight.
OET (OET-RV) and in his vision, he saw a man named Ananias who comes in and places his hands on him so that he can receive his sight back.”
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 SR-GNT.