Acts 15:41 — compare Bible translations

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object.
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, he-has-been-being-come-through the Syria and Cilicia, establishing-upon the out-callings.

ULT And he was going through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

UST Paul traveled with Silas through the provinces of Syria and Cilicia. In those places, they helped the groups of believers to trust in Jesus even more.

BSB And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

BLB And he was passing through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

AICNT And he went through {Syria and [the][fn] Cilicia},[fn] strengthening the churches [[delivering the commands from the apostles and the elders for them to keep]].[fn]

15:41, the: 𝔓45 B(03) D(05) NA28[ ] SBLGNT ‖ Absent from ℵ(01) A(02) C(04) BYZ TR THGNT.

15:41, Syria and the Cilicia: 𝔓127 reads “Syrophoenicia.”

15:41, delivering the commands from the apostles and the elders for them to keep: Included in 𝔓127 D(05).

OEB started on his journey and went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches in the faith.

WEBBE He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies.

NET He passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

LSV and he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the assemblies.

FBV Paul traveled through Syria and Cilicia, encouraging the churches there.

TCNT And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

T4T Paul continued traveling with Silas through Syria and Cilicia provinces. In those places he was helping the congregations to trust strongly in the Lord Jesus.

LEB And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

BBE And he went through Syria and Cilicia, making the churches stronger in the faith.

Moff He made his way through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Wymth and he passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the Churches.
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ASV And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

DRA And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches, commanding them to keep the precepts of the apostles and the ancients.

YLT and he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the assemblies.

Drby And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the assemblies.

RV And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

SLT And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, supporting the churches.

Wbstr And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

KJB-1769 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

KJB-1611 And he went thorow Syria and Cilicia, confirming the Churches.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps And he went through Cyria & Cilicia, stablisshyng the Churches.
(And he went through Cyria and Cilicia, establishing the Churches.)

Gnva And he went through Syria and Cilicia, stablishing the Churches.
(And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strength/make_firming the Churches.)

Cvdl He wente thorow Syria and Celicia, stablishynge the congregacions.
(He went through Syria and Celicia, strength/make_firming the congregations.)

TNT And he went thorowe all Cyria and Cilicia stablisshynge the congregacions.
(And he went through all Cyria and Cilicia establishing the congregations.)

Wycl And he wente bi Sirie and Silice, and confermyde the chirche, comaundinge to kepe the heestis of apostlis and eldre men.
(And he went by Syria and Silice, and confirmed the church, commanding to keep the commands of apostles and elder men.)

Luth Er zog aber durch Syrien und Zilizien und stärkte die Gemeinden.
(He pulled but through Syria and Cilicia and strengthened the communities/congregations.)

ClVg Perambulabat autem Syriam et Ciliciam, confirmans ecclesias: præcipiens custodire præcepta Apostolorum et seniorum.
(Was_walking_through however Syria and Cilicia, confirming assemblies/churches: ordering to_guard commands(n) Of_the_apostles and of_the_elders.)

UGNT διήρχετο δὲ τὴν Συρίαν καὶ τὴν Κιλικίαν, ἐπιστηρίζων τὰς ἐκκλησίας.
(diaʸrⱪeto de taʸn Surian kai taʸn Kilikian, epistaʸrizōn tas ekklaʸsias.)

SBL-GNT διήρχετο δὲ τὴν Συρίαν καὶ ⸀τὴν Κιλικίαν ἐπιστηρίζων τὰς ἐκκλησίας.
(diaʸrⱪeto de taʸn Surian kai ⸀taʸn Kilikian epistaʸrizōn tas ekklaʸsias.)

RP-GNT Διήρχετο δὲ τὴν Συρίαν καὶ Κιλικίαν, ἐπιστηρίζων τὰς ἐκκλησίας.
(Diaʸrⱪeto de taʸn Surian kai Kilikian, epistaʸrizōn tas ekklaʸsias.)

TC-GNT διήρχετο δὲ τὴν Συρίαν καὶ [fn]Κιλικίαν ἐπιστηρίζων τὰς ἐκκλησίας.
(diaʸrⱪeto de taʸn Surian kai Kilikian epistaʸrizōn tas ekklaʸsias.)

15:41 κιλικιαν ¦ την κιλικιαν ꜱʙʟ ᴡʜ

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

διήρχετο

˱he˲_˓was˒_passing_through

The pronoun he refers to Paul. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [Paul was going through]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

διήρχετο

˱he˲_˓was˒_passing_through

Luke says he, meaning Paul, to refer both to Paul and to Silas, who was traveling with him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [they went through] or [Paul and Silas went through]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐπιστηρίζων τὰς ἐκκλησίας

strengthening (Some words not found in SR-GNT: διήρχετο Δέ τήν Συρίαν καί Κιλικίαν ἐπιστηρίζων τάς ἐκκλησίας)

Luke is using the term churches to refer to the people associated with the churches. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [strengthening the people of the churches]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐπιστηρίζων τὰς ἐκκλησίας

strengthening (Some words not found in SR-GNT: διήρχετο Δέ τήν Συρίαν καί Κιλικίαν ἐπιστηρίζων τάς ἐκκλησίας)

Luke does not mean that Paul and Silas strengthened the people of the churches physically but that they strengthened them spiritually. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [strengthening the people of the churches in their faith]

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Paul and Barnabas Travel to the Jerusalem Council

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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Paul and Barnabas Travel to the Jerusalem Council