ACTs 15:33 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) After they’d stayed there for a while, the believers sent them home carrying greetings from them to the assembly back in Yerushalem (Jerusalem).

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

GHT Moreover, do[ing] time, they-are-loosed-off/away alongside of {peace} from of {the brothers} toward the send[ing]-off/away same.

ULT And having stayed some time, they were sent away with peace from the brothers to the ones having sent them.

UST Judas and Silas stayed in Antioch for a long time. Then, when they were ready to return to Jerusalem, the believers at Antioch wished them well and they left.

BSB After spending some time [there], they were sent off by the brothers in peace to [return to] those who had sent them.[fn]

15:33 TR includes 34Silas, however, decided to remain there.

MSB After spending some time [there], they were sent off by the brothers in peace to [return to] the apostles.[fn]

15:33 CT to those who had sent them. TR includes 34But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.

BLB And having continued a time, they were sent away in peace from the brothers to those having sent them.

AICNT And after spending some time, they were sent off in peace from the brothers to {those who had sent [them].[fn]}[fn]

15:33, them: Absent from ℵ(01).

15:33, those who had sent them: Some manuscripts read “the apostles.” BYZ TR.

OEB After some stay, they were dismissed with kind farewells from the followers, and returned to those who had sent them.

WEBBE After they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brothers to the apostles.

WMBB After they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brothers to the emissaries.

NET After they had spent some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

LSV and having passed some time, they were let go with peace from the brothers to the apostles;

FBV After spending some time there they were sent back by the brothers with their blessing to the believers in Jerusalem.

TCNT After spending some time there, they were sent off [fn]to the apostles in peace by the [fn]brothers.

15:33 to the apostles in peace by the brothers ¦ in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them CT

15:33 brothers. 35 But 69.3% ¦ brothers. 34 But it seemed good to Silas to remain there. 35 And ANT NA TR 25% {Note: NA encloses verse 34 with double brackets.}

T4T 33-34 After Judas and Silas had stayed in Antioch for some time and were ready to return to Jerusalem, the believers there wished them well, and the believers prayed that God would protect them as they traveled. So the two men started to go back to the leaders in Jerusalem who had asked them to go to Antioch.[fn]

15:33-34 just before they left, Silas decided to stay there in Antioch.” Each translator should choose between this text and the implied information that we have given in verse 40. Each should choose the way to translate that seems the most preferable.

LEB And after[fn] spending some time, they were sent away in peace from the brothers to those who had sent them.[fn]

15:33 *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“spending”) which is understood as temporal

15:33 A few later manuscripts add v. 34, “But Silas decided to stay there.”

BBE And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

Moff Then after some time had passed the brothers let them go with a greeting of peace to those who had sent them.

Wymth After spending some time there they received an affectionate farewell from the brethren to return to those who had sent them.

ASV And after they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren unto those that had sent them forth.

DRA And after they had spent some time there, they were let go with peace by the brethren, unto them that had sent them.

YLT and having passed some time, they were let go with peace from the brethren unto the apostles;

Drby And having passed some time [there], they were let go in peace from the brethren to those who sent them.

RV And after they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren unto those that had sent them forth.
(And after they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren/brothers unto those that had sent them forth.)

SLT And having made time, they were loosed with peace from the brethren to the sent.

Wbstr And after they had tarried there a time, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren to the apostles.

KJB-1769 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
(And after they had tarried/waited there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren/brothers unto the apostles.)

KJB-1611 And after they had taried there a space, they were let goe in peace from the brethren vnto the Apostles.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps And after they had taryed there a space, they were let go in peace of the brethren, vnto the Apostles.
(And after they had waited there a space, they were let go in peace of the brethren/brothers, unto the Apostles.)

Gnva And after they had taried there a space, they were let goe in peace of the brethren vnto the Apostles.
(And after they had tarried/waited there a space, they were let go in peace of the brethren/brothers unto the Apostles.)

Cvdl And whan they had taried there for a season, they were let go of the brethren in peace vnto the Apostles.
(And when they had tarried/waited there for a season, they were let go of the brethren/brothers in peace unto the Apostles.)

TNT And after they had taryed there a space they were let goo in peace of the brethren vnto the Apostles.
(And after they had waited there a space they were let go in peace of the brethren/brothers unto the Apostles.)

Wycl But aftir that thei hadden be there a lytil while, thei weren let go of britheren with pees, to hem that hadden sent hem.
(But after that they had be there a little while, they were let go of brethren/brothers with peace, to them that had sent hem.)

Luth Und da sie verzogen eine Zeitlang, wurden sie von den Brüdern mit Frieden abgefertiget zu den Aposteln.
(And there they/she/them warped/spoilt a/one for_a_while, became they/she/them from the brothers with peace sent_away to/for the apostles.)

ClVg Facto autem ibi aliquanto tempore, dimissi sunt cum pace a fratribus ad eos qui miserant illos.
(Facto however there somewhat at_the_time, let_go are when/with peace from brothers to them who/which they_had_sent those.)

UGNT ποιήσαντες δὲ χρόνον, ἀπελύθησαν μετ’ εἰρήνης ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν, πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστείλαντας αὐτούς.
(poiaʸsantes de ⱪronon, apeluthaʸsan met’ eiraʸnaʸs apo tōn adelfōn, pros tous aposteilantas autous.)

SBL-GNT ποιήσαντες δὲ χρόνον ἀπελύθησαν μετʼ εἰρήνης ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν πρὸς τοὺς ⸂ἀποστείλαντας αὐτούς⸃.
(poiaʸsantes de ⱪronon apeluthaʸsan metʼ eiraʸnaʸs apo tōn adelfōn pros tous ⸂aposteilantas autous⸃.)

RP-GNT Ποιήσαντες δὲ χρόνον, ἀπελύθησαν μετ' εἰρήνης ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους.
(Poiaʸsantes de ⱪronon, apeluthaʸsan met' eiraʸnaʸs apo tōn adelfōn pros tous apostolous.)

TC-GNT ποιήσαντες δὲ χρόνον ἀπελύθησαν μετ᾽ εἰρήνης ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν πρὸς τοὺς [fn]ἀποστόλους.
(poiaʸsantes de ⱪronon apeluthaʸsan meta eiraʸnaʸs apo tōn adelfōn pros tous apostolous.)

15:33 αποστολους ¦ αποστειλαντας αυτους ᴄᴛ

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀπελύθησαν μετ’ εἰρήνης ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν

˱they˲_˓were˒_sent_away with peace (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ποιήσαντες Δέ χρόνον ἀπελύθησαν μετʼ εἰρήνης ἀπό τῶν ἀδελφῶν πρός τούς ἀποστείλαντας αὐτούς)

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: [the brothers sent them away with peace]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τῶν ἀδελφῶν

the brothers

Luke is using the term brothers to mean people who share the same faith. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the believers]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστείλαντας αὐτούς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ποιήσαντες Δέ χρόνον ἀπελύθησαν μετʼ εἰρήνης ἀπό τῶν ἀδελφῶν πρός τούς ἀποστείλαντας αὐτούς)

Luke is referring implicitly to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, who had sent Judas and Silas to Antioch. You can include this information if your readers need it to understand the sentence. Alternate translation: [back to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem]

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Acts 15

Paul’s first three missionary journeys originated from Antioch, one of the largest cities in the Roman Empire by Paul’s time. Founded by Seleucus I Nicator, it first served as the capital of the Seleucid Empire, and by the time of Paul it boasted a significant Jewish population. Decades earlier King Herod the Great of Judea had funded the building of a marble colonnaded street there that was nearly two miles (3.2 km) long. As persecuted followers of Jesus fled Judea, some of them traveled as far as Antioch. There they led many Jews and even Gentiles to become believers, and it was in Antioch that the followers of Jesus were first called “Christians” (Acts 11:19-26). Antioch was also the starting point for Paul’s first three missionary journeys (Acts 13:1-3; 15:36-41; 18:22-23). After Paul’s first missionary journey, some people came to Antioch from Judea and began to teach that all believers–Jews and Gentiles–must be circumcised and follow the laws of Moses (Acts 15:1). But Paul and Barnabas argued against them. So the church in Antioch sent Paul and Barnabas and other leaders to Jerusalem to discuss this issue with the apostles and elders there. As they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria on their way to Jerusalem, they told others (presumably Jewish believers) about the conversion of many Gentiles to the faith, and all the believers rejoiced with them. After Paul and the other leaders arrived in Jerusalem and were warmly received by the church there, their reports about the conversion of Gentiles led some believers from the sect of the Pharisees to insist that these new believers be circumcised and follow the laws of Moses. After much debate about the matter, the apostles and elders in Jerusalem decided that Gentile believers did not need to follow the laws of Moses except for a few critical requirements: that they abstain from sacrifices made to idols, from blood, from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. Then the Jerusalem church sent Paul and the other leaders back to Antioch with a letter stating this decision. After Paul and the others arrived in Antioch and delivered the letter, the church in Antioch rejoiced. Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch and continued to teach the believers there. Sometime after this Paul and a believer named Silas embarked on a second missionary journey to visit the churches that Paul had helped to found during his first missionary journey, and Barnabas took his relative John Mark to minister in his home region of Cyprus.

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