ACTs 19:33 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Some people in the crowd selected Alexander the Jew and sent him forward to speak, so he motioned with his hand ready to explain the situation to the people.

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

ULT And some from the crowd instructed Alexander, the Jews having pushed him forward, and Alexander, waving his hand, was wanting to give a defense to the people.

UST Then some of the Jews in the stadium pushed a man whose name was Alexander to the front of the crowd so that he could speak to the people. Some of the others there told him how he could do that. So Alexander put his hands up to get the crowd to stop shouting. He wanted to tell them that the Jews had not caused the trouble.

BSB The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.

BLB Now out of the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews having thrust him forward. And Alexander, having motioned with the hand, was wanting to make a defense to the people.

AICNT But from the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews having pushed him forward; and Alexander, having motioned with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the people.

OEB But some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom several of the Jewish leaders had pushed to the front, and he waved his hand to show that he wanted to speak in their defence to the people.

WEBBE They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defence to the people.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Some of the crowd concluded it was about Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. Alexander, gesturing with his hand, was wanting to make a defense before the public assembly.

LSV and out of the multitude they put forward Alexander—the Jews thrusting him forward—and Alexander having beckoned with the hand, wished to make defense to the populace,

FBV The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander to the front. Alexander motioned with his hand for them to be quiet, wanting to explain things to the people.

TCNT So the Jews put forward Alexander, who [fn]was then brought before the crowd. Alexander motioned with his hand, wishing to make a defense to the public assembly.

19:33 was then brought before ¦ then gave instructions to CT

T4T One of the Jews there was named Alexander. Some of the Jews pushed him to the front of the stadium, so that he could speak to the crowd of people. So Alexander motioned with his hands to the crowd, wanting them to be quiet. He wanted to tell them that the Jews were not responsible for the riot.

LEB And some of the crowd advised[fn] Alexander, when[fn] the Jews put him forward. But Alexander, motioning with his[fn] hand, was wanting to defend himself to the popular assembly.

19:33 Or “concluded it was about”

19:33 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“put … forward”)

19:33 *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

BBE Then they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer:

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Wymth Then some of the people crowded round Alexander, whom the Jews had pushed forward; and Alexander, motioning with his hand to get silence, was prepared to make a defence to the people.

ASV And they brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made a defence unto the people.

DRA And they drew forth Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews thrusting him forward. And Alexander beckoning with his hand for silence, would have given the people satisfaction.

YLT and out of the multitude they put forward Alexander — the Jews thrusting him forward — and Alexander having beckoned with the hand, wished to make defence to the populace,

Drby But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.

RV And they brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made a defence unto the people.

Wbstr And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defense to the people.

KJB-1769 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.

KJB-1611 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Iewes putting him forward. And Alexander beckened with the hand, and would haue made his defence vnto the people.
(And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Yews putting him forward. And Alexander beckened with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.)

Bshps And they drewe Alexander out of the multitude, the Iewes thrustyng hym forwardes. And Alexander beckened with the hande, and would haue geuen the people an aunswere.
(And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Yews thrustyng him forwardes. And Alexander beckened with the hand, and would have given the people an aunswere.)

Gnva And some of the company drew foorth Alexander, the Iewes thrusting him forwards. Alexander then beckened with the hande, and woulde haue excused the matter to the people.
(And some of the company drew forth Alexander, the Yews thrusting him forwards. Alexander then beckened with the hand, and would have excused the matter to the people. )

Cvdl Some of the people drue forth Alexander, whan ye Iewes thrust him forwarde. Alexader beckened with the hande, and wolde haue geuen the people an answere.
(Some of the people drew forth Alexander, when ye/you_all Yews thrust him forwarde. Alexader beckened with the hand, and would have given the people an answere.)

TNT Some of the company drue forth Alexander the Iewes thrustynge him forwardes. Alexander beckened with the honde and wolde have geven the people an answer.
(Some of the company drew forth Alexander the Yews thrustynge him forwardes. Alexander beckened with the hand and would have given the people an answer. )

Wyc But of the puple thei drowen awei oon Alisaundre, while Jewis puttiden hym forth. And Alisaundre axide with his hoond silence, and wolde yelde a resoun to the puple.
(But of the people they drowen away one Alisaundre, while Yews puttiden him forth. And Alisaundre asked with his hand silence, and would yelde a resoun to the puple.)

Luth Etliche aber vom Volk zogen Alexander hervor, da ihn die Juden hervorstießen. Alexander aber winkete mit der Hand und wollte sich vor dem Volk verantworten.
(Etliche but from_the people pulled Alexander out, there him/it the Yuden outstießen. Alexander but winkete with the/of_the hand and wanted itself/yourself/themselves before/in_front_of to_him people verantworten.)

ClVg De turba autem detraxerunt Alexandrum, propellentibus eum Judæis. Alexander autem manu silentio postulato, volebat reddere rationem populo.
(De turba however detraxerunt Alexandrum, propellentibus him Yudæis. Alexander however by_hand silentio postulato, volebat reddere rationem to_the_people. )

UGNT ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄχλου συνεβίβασαν Ἀλέξανδρον, προβαλόντων αὐτὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων; ὁ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος κατασείσας τὴν χεῖρα, ἤθελεν ἀπολογεῖσθαι τῷ δήμῳ.
(ek de tou oⱪlou sunebibasan Alexandron, probalontōn auton tōn Youdaiōn; ho de Alexandros kataseisas taʸn ⱪeira, aʸthelen apologeisthai tōi daʸmōi.)

SBL-GNT ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄχλου ⸀συνεβίβασαν Ἀλέξανδρον προβαλόντων αὐτὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ὁ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος κατασείσας τὴν χεῖρα ἤθελεν ἀπολογεῖσθαι τῷ δήμῳ.
(ek de tou oⱪlou ⸀sunebibasan Alexandron probalontōn auton tōn Youdaiōn, ho de Alexandros kataseisas taʸn ⱪeira aʸthelen apologeisthai tōi daʸmōi.)

TC-GNT Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄχλου [fn]προεβίβασαν Ἀλέξανδρον, [fn]προβαλόντων αὐτὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων. Ὁ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος, κατασείσας τὴν χεῖρα, ἤθελεν ἀπολογεῖσθαι τῷ δήμῳ.
(Ek de tou oⱪlou proebibasan Alexandron, probalontōn auton tōn Youdaiōn. Ho de Alexandros, kataseisas taʸn ⱪeira, aʸthelen apologeisthai tōi daʸmōi. )

19:33 προεβιβασαν ¦ συνεβιβασαν CT

19:33 προβαλοντων ¦ προβαλλοντων ANT ECM^† PCK SCR

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 / explicit

συνεβίβασαν Ἀλέξανδρον

˱they˲_concluded Alexander

The implication is that some people instructed Alexander about how he could speak to everyone in the theater. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “instructed Alexander about how he could speak to everyone”

Note 2 topic: translate-names

Ἀλέξανδρον

Alexander

The word Alexander is the name of a man.

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

κατασείσας τὴν χεῖρα

/having/_gestured his hand

This likely means that Alexander was waving his hand to get the attention of the audience and signal that he was about to speak. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this specifically in your translation. Alternate translation: “waving his hand to signal that he was about to speak”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀπολογεῖσθαι τῷ δήμῳ

/to_be/_defending ˱to˲_the public

The implication is that Alexander wanted to explain that although he and his fellow Jews did not worship idols themselves, they were not opposing the business of making silver shrines of Artemis. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “to explain to the people that he and his fellow Jews were not responsible for the artisans losing business”

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