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BI Acts 19:6 ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clearImportance=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)Then Paul placed his hands on them and prayed and the holy spirit came down onto them and they started speaking in other languages and speaking messages from God.

OET-LVAnd of_ the _Paulos having_laying_on on_them ^his_hands, the the holy spirit came on them, and they_were_speaking with_tongues and were_prophesying.

SR-GNTΚαὶ ἐπιθέντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ Παύλου χεῖρας, ἦλθε τὸ ˚Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον ἐπʼ αὐτούς, ἐλάλουν τε γλώσσαις καὶ ἐπροφήτευον.
   (Kai epithentos autois tou Paulou ⱪeiras, aʸlthe to ˚Pneuma to Hagion epʼ autous, elaloun te glōssais kai eprofaʸteuon.)

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).

ULTAnd Paul having laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they were speaking in languages and prophesying.

USTAfter that, Paul placed his hands on their heads one by one, and each of them received the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit gave them power to speak in languages that they had not learned. They also spoke messages that the Holy Spirit gave them.

BSBAnd when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

BLBAnd of Paul having laid the hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they were speaking in tongues and prophesying.


AICNTAnd when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit[fn] came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.


19:6, Spirit: See the footnote for Spirit in verse 2.

OEBand, after Paul had placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit descended on them, and they began to speak in other languages and to preach.

WEBBEWhen Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

WMBB (Same as above)

NETand when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

LSVand Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, they were also speaking with tongues, and prophesying,

FBVAfter Paul had placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

TCNTAnd when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.

T4TAfter that, Paul placed his hands on their heads one by one, and the power of the Holy Spirit came upon each of them. The Holy Spirit enabled them to speak in various languages [MTY] that they had not learned, and they also spoke messages that the Holy Spirit revealed to them.

LEBAnd when[fn] Paul laid hands[fn] on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they began to speak[fn] in tongues and to prophesy.


19:6 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“laid”)

19:6 Some manuscripts have “placed his hands”

19:6 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to speak”)

BBEAnd when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.

MoffNo Moff ACTs book available

Wymthand when Paul laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

ASVAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

DRAAnd when Paul had imposed his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

YLTand Paul having laid on them [his] hands, the Holy Spirit came upon them, they were speaking also with tongues, and prophesying,

DrbyAnd Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

RVAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

WbstrAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke in languages, and prophesied.

KJB-1769And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

KJB-1611And when Paul had laide his hands vpon them, the holy Ghost came on them, and they spake with tongues, and prophecied.
   (And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the holy Ghost came on them, and they spake with tongues, and prophecied.)

BshpsAnd whe Paul had layde his handes vpon them, the holy ghost came on the, and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

GnvaSo Paul layde his handes vpon them, and the holy Ghost came on them, and they spake the tongues, and prophecied.
   (So Paul laid his hands upon them, and the holy Ghost came on them, and they spake the tongues, and prophecied. )

CvdlAnd whan Paul layed the hades on the, the holy goost came vpon them, and they spake with tunges, and prophecied.
   (And when Paul laid the hades on them, the holy ghost came upon them, and they spake with tongues, and prophecied.)

TNTAnd Paul layde his hondes apon them and the holy gost came on them and they spake with tonges and prophesied
   (And Paul laid his hands upon them and the holy gost came on them and they spake with tonges and prophesied )

WyclAnd whanne Poul hadde leid on hem his hoondis, the Hooli Goost cam in hem, and thei spaken with langagis, and profecieden.
   (And when Poul had leid on them his hands, the Holy Ghost came in them, and they spaken with langagis, and profecieden.)

LuthUnd da Paulus die Hände auf sie legete, kam der Heilige Geist auf sie und redeten mit Zungen und weissageten.
   (And there Paulus the hands on they/she/them legete, came the/of_the Heilige spirit on they/she/them and talked with Zungen and weissageten.)

ClVgEt cum imposuisset illis manus Paulus, venit Spiritus Sanctus super eos, et loquebantur linguis, et prophetabant.
   (And when/with imposuisset illis hands Paulus, he_came Spiritus Sanctus over them, and loquebantur linguis, and prophetabant. )

UGNTκαὶ ἐπιθέντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ Παύλου χεῖρας, ἦλθε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον ἐπ’ αὐτούς; ἐλάλουν τε γλώσσαις καὶ ἐπροφήτευον.
   (kai epithentos autois tou Paulou ⱪeiras, aʸlthe to Pneuma to Hagion ep’ autous; elaloun te glōssais kai eprofaʸteuon.)

SBL-GNTκαὶ ἐπιθέντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ ⸀Παύλου χεῖρας ἦλθε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπʼ αὐτούς, ἐλάλουν τε γλώσσαις καὶ ἐπροφήτευον.
   (kai epithentos autois tou ⸀Paulou ⱪeiras aʸlthe to pneuma to hagion epʼ autous, elaloun te glōssais kai eprofaʸteuon.)

TC-GNTΚαὶ ἐπιθέντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ Παύλου [fn]τὰς χεῖρας, ἦλθε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς, ἐλάλουν τε γλώσσαις καὶ [fn]προεφήτευον.
   (Kai epithentos autois tou Paulou tas ⱪeiras, aʸlthe to Pneuma to Hagion ep autous, elaloun te glōssais kai proefaʸteuon. )


19:6 τας ¦ — ECM SBL TH WH

19:6 προεφητευον ¦ επροφητευον CT

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


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

19:6 When Paul laid his hands on them they received the Holy Spirit, spoke in other tongues and prophesied, thereby experiencing the same filling with God’s power and presence that the disciples had received on the day of Pentecost (2:4, 11).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-symaction

ἐπιθέντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ Παύλου χεῖρας

/having/_laying_on ˱on˲_them ¬the ˱of˲_Paul /his/_hands

Paul laid his hands on these believers as a symbolic action to show that he wanted God to give the Holy Spirit to them. If there is a gesture with similar meaning in your culture, you could consider using it here in your translation. See how you translated the similar expression in 8:17.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἦλθε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον ἐπ’ αὐτούς

came the Spirit ¬the Holy on them

Luke is speaking as if the Holy Spirit physically came upon these believers. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “they received the Holy Spirit”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐλάλουν & γλώσσαις

˱they˲_/were/_speaking & ˱with˲_tongues

The implication is that these believers were speaking languages that they did not know. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “they were speaking in languages that they did not know”

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