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OET (OET-RV) I was puzzled about this debate and asked him if he wanted to be judged about these things in Yerushalem.
OET-LV And I perplexing, the debate concerning these things, was_asking if might_be_wishing to_be_going to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and_there to_be_being_judged concerning these things.
SR-GNT Ἀπορούμενος δὲ, ἐγὼ τὴν περὶ τούτων ζήτησιν, ἔλεγον εἰ βούλοιτο πορεύεσθαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, κἀκεῖ κρίνεσθαι περὶ τούτων. ‡
(Aporoumenos de, egō taʸn peri toutōn zaʸtaʸsin, elegon ei bouloito poreuesthai eis Hierosoluma, kakei krinesthai peri toutōn.)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
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 I, doubting the investigation about these things, asked if he might be willing to go to Jerusalem and be judged there about these things.
UST I did not know how I could investigate this case from Caesarea. So I asked Paul, ‘Are you willing to go to Jerusalem so that I can judge you there about these things?’
BSB § Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
BLB Now I, being perplexed concerning this inquiry, was asking if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there to be judged concerning these things.
AICNT Being at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wanted to go to Jerusalem and be judged there regarding them.
OEB And, as I was at a loss how to enquire into questions of this kind, I asked Paul if he were willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be put on trial there.
WEBBE Being perplexed how to enquire concerning these things, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
LSV and I, doubting in regard to the question concerning this, asked if he was willing to go on to Jerusalem, and to be judged there concerning these things—
FBV Since I was undecided as to how to proceed in investigating such matters, I asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there.
TCNT Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate [fn]this matter, I asked if he might be willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these charges.
25:20 this matter ¦ these matters CT PCK
T4T I did not know what questions to ask them, and I did not know how to judge concerning their dispute. So I asked Paul, ‘Are you (sg) willing to go back to Jerusalem and have the dispute between you and these Jews judged there {and let me judge there the dispute between you and these Jews}?’
LEB And because[fn] I was at a loss with regard to the investigation concerning these things, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and to be judged there concerning these things.
25:20 *Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was at a loss”) which is understood as causal
BBE And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.
Moff No Moff ACTs book available
Wymth I was at a loss how to investigate such questions, and asked Paul whether he would care to go to Jerusalem and there stand his trial on these matters.
ASV And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters.
DRA I therefore being in a doubt of this manner of question, asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things.
YLT and I, doubting in regard to the question concerning this, said, If he would wish to go on to Jerusalem, and there to be judged concerning these things —
Drby And as I myself was at a loss as to an inquiry into these things, I said, Was he willing to go to Jerusalem and there to be judged concerning these things?
RV And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
Wbstr And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these matters.
KJB-1769 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
(And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Yerusalem, and there be judged of these matters. )
KJB-1611 [fn]And because I doubted of such maner of questions, I asked him whether he would goe to Hierusalem, and there be iudged of these matters.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)
25:20 Or, I was doubtfull how to inquire heereof.
Bshps And because I doubted of such maner of questions, I asked hym whether he woulde go to Hierusalem, and there be iudged of these matters.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))
Gnva And because I doubted of such maner of question, I asked him whether he would goe to Hierusalem, and there be iudged of these things.
(And because I doubted of such manner of question, I asked him whether he would go to Yerusalem, and there be judged of these things. )
Cvdl Howbeit because I vnderstode not the question, I axed hi, whether he wolde go to Ierusale, and there be iudged of these matters.
(Howbeit because I understood not the question, I asked hi, whether he would go to Yerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.)
TNT And be cause I douted of soche maner questions I axed him whyther he wolde goo to Ierusalem and there be iudged of these matters.
(And be cause I douted of soche manner questions I asked him whyther he would go to Yerusalem and there be judged of these matters. )
Wycl And Y doutide of siche maner questioun, and seide, Whether he wolde go to Jerusalem, and ther be demyd of these thingis?
(And I doutide of such manner question, and said, Whether he would go to Yerusalem, and there be demyd of these things?)
Luth Da ich aber mich der Frage nicht verstund, sprach ich, ob er wollte gen Jerusalem reisen und daselbst sich darüber lassen richten.
(So I but me the/of_the Frage not verstund, spoke I, ob he wanted to/toward Yerusalem travel and there itself/yourself/themselves darüber lassen richten.)
ClVg Hæsitans autem ego de hujusmodi quæstione, dicebam si vellet ire Jerosolymam, et ibi judicari de istis.
(Hæsitans however I about huyusmodi quæstione, dicebam when/but_if vellet ire Yerosolymam, and there yudicari about istis. )
UGNT ἀπορούμενος δὲ, ἐγὼ τὴν περὶ τούτων ζήτησιν, ἔλεγον εἰ βούλοιτο πορεύεσθαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, κἀκεῖ κρίνεσθαι περὶ τούτων.
(aporoumenos de, egō taʸn peri toutōn zaʸtaʸsin, elegon ei bouloito poreuesthai eis Hierosoluma, kakei krinesthai peri toutōn.)
SBL-GNT ἀπορούμενος δὲ ἐγὼ τὴν περὶ ⸀τούτων ζήτησιν ἔλεγον εἰ βούλοιτο πορεύεσθαι εἰς ⸀Ἱεροσόλυμα κἀκεῖ κρίνεσθαι περὶ τούτων.
(aporoumenos de egō taʸn peri ⸀toutōn zaʸtaʸsin elegon ei bouloito poreuesthai eis ⸀Hierosoluma kakei krinesthai peri toutōn.)
TC-GNT Ἀπορούμενος δὲ ἐγὼ [fn]τὴν περὶ [fn]τούτου ζήτησιν, ἔλεγον, εἰ βούλοιτο πορεύεσθαι εἰς [fn]Ἱερουσαλήμ, κἀκεῖ κρίνεσθαι περὶ τούτων.
(Aporoumenos de egō taʸn peri toutou zaʸtaʸsin, elegon, ei bouloito poreuesthai eis Hierousalaʸm, kakei krinesthai peri toutōn. )
25:20 την περι ¦ περι την PCK ¦ εις την περι ECM† TR
25:20 τουτου ¦ τουτων CT PCK
25:20 ιερουσαλημ ¦ ιεροσολυμα ANT CT
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
25:13-22 Festus discussed Paul’s case with Herod Agrippa II (ruled AD 50–100), who had come to Caesarea to make a courtesy call on the new governor.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
ἔλεγον εἰ βούλοιτο πορεύεσθαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, κἀκεῖ κρίνεσθαι περὶ τούτων
/was/_asking if /might_be/_wishing /to_be/_going to Jerusalem and_there /to_be_being/_judged concerning these_‹things›
It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: [asked, ‘Might you be willing to go to Jerusalem and be judged there about these things?’]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
κρίνεσθαι
/to_be_being/_judged
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: [and have me judge him]
As the book of Acts attests, Paul was no stranger to imprisonment, and he catalogued his incarcerations among his many credentials of suffering that affirmed his legitimacy as an apostle to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 6:4-5). The first mention of Paul being imprisoned is when he and Silas were arrested in Philippi after exorcising a spirit of divination from a slave girl (Acts 16). Paul’s actions angered the girl’s owners, since the men were no longer able to make money off of the girl’s fortune telling abilities. Later in his letter to the Corinthians, Paul notes that he had already suffered multiple imprisonments (2 Corinthians 11:23), making it clear that not all of Paul’s imprisonments and other sufferings were recorded in Scripture. The next imprisonment explicitly mentioned in Scripture is when Paul was arrested in the Temple in Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey (Acts 21:27-34). Soon after this Paul was sent to Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast, where he remained in prison for two years (Acts 23-26; see “Paul Is Transferred to Caesarea” map). This may be where Paul penned the letters commonly known as the Prison Epistles (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon). At the end of this time Paul appealed his case to Caesar and was sent to Rome, where he spent another two years under house arrest awaiting his trial before Caesar (Acts 28:16-31). If Paul did not write his Prison Epistles while he was at Caesarea, then it is likely that he wrote them from Rome during this time. The next time we hear of Paul being imprisoned is likely several years later in his second letter to Timothy (2 Timothy 1:8-17; 2:9; 4:9-21). Though it is not certain, the tone of Paul’s writing during this time of imprisonment, which seems markedly more somber than the optimistic outlook he seems to have about his incarceration during the writing of the Prison Epistles (e.g., Philippians 1:21-26; Philemon 1:22), suggests that this incarceration was not the same as his house arrest. If so, then it is possible that between his first and second incarcerations in Rome Paul fulfilled his intention to travel to Spain to continue spreading the gospel (Romans 15:22-28). Just prior to his second incarceration in Rome, Paul had informed Titus that he planned to spend the winter in Nicopolis northwest of Achaia and asked him to meet him there (Titus 3:12). Perhaps it was around this time or soon after that he was arrested once again and brought to Rome. Paul’s ultimate fate is not noted in Scripture, but tradition (Clement, Dionysius, Eusebius, and Tertullian) attests that this final imprisonment of Paul took place at what is now called Mamertine Prison. During Paul’s time this was the only prison in Rome and was called simply “the Prison,” and it was not typically used for long term incarceration but rather for holding those awaiting imminent execution. There, during the reign of Nero, Paul met his earthly death by the sword and was received into eternal life by his loving Savior, whom he had served so long.