OET interlinear ACTs 9:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντες

all ¬which hearing

Luke says all as a generalization for emphasis. Alternate translation: “those who heard him” or “many who heard him”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

οἱ ἀκούοντες & ὁ πορθήσας & τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους

¬which hearing & the_‹one› /having/_persecuted & the_‹ones› calling

Luke is using the participles hearing, having destroyed, and calling on, which function as adjective, as nouns. ULT adds the terms ones and one to show this. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate these with equivalent expressions. Alternate translation: “those who heard … the man who destroyed … those who call”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ πορθήσας ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο, καὶ ὧδε εἰς τοῦτο ἐληλύθει, ἵνα δεδεμένους, αὐτοὺς ἀγάγῃ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς?

not this is the_‹one› /having/_persecuted in Jerusalem the_‹ones› calling ¬the name this and here for this ˱he˲_/had/_come in_order_that /having_been/_bound them ˱he˲_/may/_bring to the chief_priests

The people in Damascus are using the question form to emphasize that Saul was indeed the man who had persecuted the believers in Jerusalem and had come to Damascus to arrest the believers there. If you would not use rhetorical questions for this purpose in your language, you could translate these words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. It may be helpful to make this two sentences. Alternate translation: “This is the man who destroyed those in Jerusalem who call on this name! And he come here for this, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests!”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο

the_‹ones› calling ¬the name this

By this name the speakers implicitly mean the name of Jesus. Alternate translation: “the ones calling on the name of Jesus”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο

the_‹ones› calling ¬the name this

Here, the name of Jesus represents his person. Alternate translation: “the ones calling on Jesus”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο

the_‹ones› calling ¬the name this

Here, calling on is an idiom. See how you translated it in 9:14. Alternate translation: “the ones worshiping Jesus”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἵνα δεδεμένους, αὐτοὺς ἀγάγῃ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς

in_order_that /having_been/_bound them ˱he˲_/may/_bring to the chief_priests

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “that he might bind them and bring them to the chief priests”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

ἵνα δεδεμένους, αὐτοὺς ἀγάγῃ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς

in_order_that /having_been/_bound them ˱he˲_/may/_bring to the chief_priests

Like Ananias in 9:14, the people here are using one part of the arrest process to represent the entire process. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or plain language. Alternate translation: “that he might arrest them and bring them to the chief priests”