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Acts 9 V1 V3 V5 V7 V9 V11 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Jesus Christ
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Damascus
Dictionary: Jesus
OET-LV But Barnabas having_taken_hold_of him, brought him to the ambassadors, and described to_them how he_saw the master on the road, and that he_spoke to_him, and how he_spoke_boldly in Damaskos/(Dammeseq) in the name of_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa).
OET (OET-RV) However Barnabas took Sha’ul and brought him to the twelve, and Sha’ul told them how he had seen the master on the road, and been spoken to by him, and how he had spoken boldly in Damesek (Damascus) in the name and authority of Yeshua.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
Βαρναβᾶς & ἐπιλαβόμενος αὐτὸν, ἤγαγεν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους; καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτοῖς πῶς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶδεν τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ὅτι ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ & ἐπαρρησιάσατο
Barnabas & ˓having˒_taken_hold_of (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Βαρναβᾶς Δέ ἐπιλαβόμενος αὐτόν ἤγαγεν πρός τούς ἀποστόλους καί διηγήσατο αὐτοῖς πῶς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶδεν τόν Κύριον καί ὅτι ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ καί πῶς ἐν Δαμασκῷ ἐπαρρησιάσατο ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ)
The pronoun him refers to Saul in every instance. The pronoun he refers to Saul in the first and third instances and to the Lord in the second instance. The pronoun them refers to the apostles. Alternate translation: [taking hold of Saul, Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told the apostles how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that the Lord had spoken to Saul … Saul had spoken boldly]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ
on in in the name (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Βαρναβᾶς Δέ ἐπιλαβόμενος αὐτόν ἤγαγεν πρός τούς ἀποστόλους καί διηγήσατο αὐτοῖς πῶς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶδεν τόν Κύριον καί ὅτι ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ καί πῶς ἐν Δαμασκῷ ἐπαρρησιάσατο ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ)
Here the name of Jesus represents his authority. Saul had spoken boldly with delegated authority, representing Jesus. Alternate translation: [as a representative of Jesus]
OET-LV But Barnabas having_taken_hold_of him, brought him to the ambassadors, and described to_them how he_saw the master on the road, and that he_spoke to_him, and how he_spoke_boldly in Damaskos/(Dammeseq) in the name of_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa).
OET (OET-RV) However Barnabas took Sha’ul and brought him to the twelve, and Sha’ul told them how he had seen the master on the road, and been spoken to by him, and how he had spoken boldly in Damesek (Damascus) in the name and authority of Yeshua.
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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