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OET (OET-RV) and there were many lamps in the upper room where we had all gathered.
OET-LV And there_were many lamps in the upper_room, where we_were having_been_gathered_together.
SR-GNT Ἦσαν δὲ λαμπάδες ἱκαναὶ ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ, οὗ ἦμεν συνηγμένοι. ‡
(Aʸsan de lampades hikanai en tōi huperōōi, hou aʸmen sunaʸgmenoi.)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, 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 many lamps were in the upper room where we were gathered together.
UST We had gathered in an upstairs room. Many oil lamps were burning there.
BSB § Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.
BLB Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were assembled.
AICNT There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.
OEB There were a good many lamps in the upstairs room, where we had met;
WEBBE There were many lights in the upper room where we[fn] were gathered together.
20:8 TR reads “they” instead of “we”
WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)
NET (Now there were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting.)
LSV and there were many lamps in the upper chamber where they were gathered together,
FBV (The upstairs room where we were meeting was lit by many lamps.)
TCNT Now there were many lamps in the upper room where [fn]we were gathered together,
20:8 we ¦ they TR
T4T Many oil lamps were burning in the upstairs room in which we (exc) had gathered, so the fumes caused some people to become sleepy.
LEB Now there were quite a few lamps in the upstairs room where we were gathered.
BBE And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.
Moff No Moff ACTs book available
Wymth Now there were a good many lamps in the room upstairs where we all were,
ASV And there were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered together.
DRA And there were a great number of lamps in the upper chamber where we were assembled.
YLT and there were many lamps in the upper chamber where they were gathered together,
Drby And there were many lights in the upper room where we were assembled.
RV And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where we were gathered together.
Wbstr And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were assembled.
KJB-1769 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
(And there were many lights in the upper chamber/room, where they were gathered together. )
KJB-1611 And there were many lights in the vpper chamber where they were gathered together.
(And there were many lights in the upper chamber/room where they were gathered together.)
Bshps And there were many lyghtes in an vpper chamber, where they were gathered together.
(And there were many lightes in an upper chamber/room, where they were gathered together.)
Gnva And there were many lightes in an vpper chamber, where they were gathered together.
(And there were many lightes in an upper chamber/room, where they were gathered together. )
Cvdl And there were many lightes in the chamber, where they were gathered together.
(And there were many lightes in the chamber/room, where they were gathered together.)
TNT And there were many lyghtes in the chamber where thy were gaddered to geder
(And there were many lightes in the chamber/room where thy/your were gathered together )
Wyc and he drow along the sermoun til in to mydnyyt. And many laumpes weren in the soler, where we weren gaderyd togidir.
(and he drow along the sermon till in to mydnyyt. And many laumpes were in the soler, where we were gaderyd together.)
Luth Und es waren viel Fackeln auf dem Söller, da sie versammelt waren.
(And it were many Fackeln on to_him Söller, there they/she/them gathered were.)
ClVg Erant autem lampades copiosæ in cœnaculo, ubi eramus congregati.
(Erant however lampades copiosæ in cœnaculo, where eramus congregati. )
UGNT ἦσαν δὲ λαμπάδες ἱκαναὶ ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ, οὗ ἦμεν συνηγμένοι.
(aʸsan de lampades hikanai en tōi huperōōi, hou aʸmen sunaʸgmenoi.)
SBL-GNT ἦσαν δὲ λαμπάδες ἱκαναὶ ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ οὗ ἦμεν συνηγμένοι·
(aʸsan de lampades hikanai en tōi huperōōi hou aʸmen sunaʸgmenoi;)
TC-GNT Ἦσαν δὲ λαμπάδες ἱκαναὶ ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ οὗ [fn]ἦμεν συνηγμένοι.
(Aʸsan de lampades hikanai en tōi huperōōi hou aʸmen sunaʸgmenoi. )
20:8 ημεν ¦ ησαν TR
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
20:5-15 This is another of the “we” passages in Acts (see study note on 16:10). Luke apparently rejoined Paul at Philippi, where Luke had remained several years earlier, and journeyed with Paul to Jerusalem (21:1-18).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἦσαν & λαμπάδες ἱκαναὶ ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ, οὗ ἦμεν συνηγμένοι
˱there˲_were & lamps many in the upper_room where ˱we˲_were /having_been/_gathered_together
The implication seems to be that it became warm in this upper room because there were many lamps lit in it, and this helps account for why Eutychus fell asleep, as Luke describes in the next verse. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “it was warm in the upper room where we were gathered together because many lamps were in it”
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
ὑπερῴῳ
upper_room
In this culture, in some houses, rooms were built above other rooms. According to the next verse, this room was actually built above a room that was built above another room. If your community does not have houses like that, you could use another expression to describe a large indoor space where people could meet. See how you translated this in 9:37.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἦμεν συνηγμένοι
˱we˲_were /having_been/_gathered_together
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: “we had gathered together”