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Parallel ACTs 2:12

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

OET (OET-RV)Everyone was amazed and totally puzzled, asking each other, “What’s going on here?”

OET-LVAnd all were_marvelling and were_thoroughly_perplexed, another saying to another:
What is_wanting this to_be?

SR-GNTἘξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, “Τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι;”
   (Existanto de pantes kai diaʸporounto, allos pros allon legontes, “Ti thelei touto einai;”)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/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).

ULTSo they were all amazed and were perplexed, saying one to another, “What does this want to be?”

USTThe people wondered about what was happening and did not know what to think about it. So they asked one another, “What is happening here?”

BSB  § Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

BLBAnd all were amazed, and were perplexed, saying to one another, "What wishes this to be?"


AICNTAnd they were all amazed and perplexed, saying one to another, “What does this mean?”

OEBThey were all utterly amazed and bewildered.
¶  ‘What does it mean?’ they asked one another.

WEBBEThey were all amazed and were perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NETAll were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

LSVAnd they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying to one another, “What would this wish to be?”

FBVThey were all amazed and confused. “What does this mean?” they asked each other.

TCNTThey were all amazed and greatly perplexed, saying to one another, “What [fn]could this mean?”


2:12 could ¦ does CT

T4TAll those people were amazed, and did not know what to think about what was happening. So they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

LEBAnd all were amazed and greatly perplexed, saying to one another,[fn] “What can this mean?”[fn]


2:12 Literally “one to the other”

2:12 Literally “what does this want to be”

BBEAnd they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?

MoffNo Moff ACTs book available

WymthThey were all astounded and bewildered, and asked one another, "What can this mean?"

ASVAnd they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

DRAAnd they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another: What meaneth this?

YLTAnd they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one unto another, 'What would this wish to be?'

DrbyAnd they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?

RVAnd they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

WbstrAnd they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

KJB-1769And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

KJB-1611And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
   (Same as from KJB-1769 above)

BshpsThey were all amased, and wondred, saying one to another: What meaneth this?
   (They were all amazed, and wondred, saying one to another: What meaneth this?)

GnvaThey were all then amased, and douted, saying one to another, What may this be?
   (They were all then amazed, and douted, saying one to another, What may this be? )

CvdlThey were all amased, and wondred, and sayde one to another: What wil this be?
   (They were all amazed, and wondred, and said one to another: What will this be?)

TNTThey were all amased and wondred sayinge one to another: what meaneth this?
   (They were all amazed and wondred saying one to another: what meaneth this? )

WyclAnd alle weren astonyed, and wondriden, `and seiden togidere, What wole this thing be?
   (And all were astonished, and wondered, `and said together, What will this thing be?)

LuthSie entsetzten sich alle und wurden irre und sprachen einer zu dem andern: Was will das werden?
   (They/She entsetzten itself/yourself/themselves all and became irre and said einer to to_him andern: What will the become?)

ClVgStupebant autem omnes, et mirabantur ad invicem, dicentes: Quidnam vult hoc esse?
   (Stupebant however omnes, and mirabantur to invicem, saying: Quidnam vult this esse? )

UGNTἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι?
   (existanto de pantes kai diaʸporounto, allos pros allon legontes, ti thelei touto einai?)

SBL-GNTἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ ⸀διηπόρουν, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες· Τί ⸀θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι;
   (existanto de pantes kai ⸀diaʸporoun, allos pros allon legontes; Ti ⸀thelei touto einai;)

TC-GNTἘξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ [fn]διηπόρουν, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, Τί [fn]ἂν θέλοι τοῦτο εἶναι;
   (Existanto de pantes kai diaʸporoun, allos pros allon legontes, Ti an theloi touto einai; )


2:12 διηπορουν ¦ διηπορουντο WH

2:12 αν θελοι ¦ θελει CT

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


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ἐξίσταντο & πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο

/were/_marveling & all and /were/_thoroughly_perplexed

The words amazed and perplexed mean similar things. Luke is using them together to emphasize that the people could not understand what was happening. Alternate translation: “they were very perplexed”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐξίσταντο & πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο & λέγοντες

/were/_marveling & all and /were/_thoroughly_perplexed & saying

These are not passive verbal forms. However, if your language does not use passive forms, it might be helpful to your readers to use an expression that does not seem to be a passive verbal form. Alternate translation: “this amazed and perplexed all of them, and they said”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι

what /is/_wanting this to_be

The expression want to be is a way of referring to what something means. Your language may have a similar expression that you could use in your translation. Or, if it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “What does this mean?” or “What is the explanation for this”

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