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OET (OET-RV) As for us, we’re not able to be silent about what we saw and heard.”
OET-LV For/Because we are_ not _being_able to_be_ not _speaking what we_saw and we_heard.
SR-GNT Οὐ δυνάμεθα γὰρ ἡμεῖς ἃ εἴδαμεν καὶ ἠκούσαμεν μὴ λαλεῖν.” ‡
(Ou dunametha gar haʸmeis ha eidamen kai aʸkousamen maʸ lalein.”)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, red:negative.
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 For we are not able not to speak what we have seen and heard.”
UST But as for us, we cannot obey you. We will not stop telling people about what we saw Jesus do and what we heard him teach.”
BSB For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
BLB For we are not able to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard."
AICNT For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.”
OEB for we cannot help speaking of what we have seen and heard.’
WEB for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”
NET for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”
LSV for we cannot but speak what we saw and heard.”
FBV We can't help talking about what we've seen and heard!”
TCNT For we cannot help but speak about what we have seen and heard.”
T4T But as for us, we cannot obey you. We will not stop telling people about the things that we (exc) have seen Jesus do and what we have heard him teach.”
LEB For we are not able to refrain from speaking about the things that we have seen and heard.”
BBE For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
MOF No MOF ACTs book available
ASV for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
DRA For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
YLT for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.'
DBY for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.
RV for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
WBS For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
KJB For we can not but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
(For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. )
BB For we cannot but speake that, which we haue seene and hearde.
(For we cannot but speak that, which we have seen and heard.)
GNV For we cannot but speake the things which we haue seene and heard.
(For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. )
CB We can not chose, but speake that we haue sene & herde.
(We cannot chose, but speak that we have seen and heard.)
TNT For we cannot but speake that which we have sene and hearde.
(For we cannot but speak that which we have seen and heard. )
WYC For we moten nedis speke tho thingis, that we han sayn and herd.
(For we moten nedis speke tho things, that we have saw and heard.)
LUT Wir können‘s ja nicht lassen, daß wir nicht reden sollten, was wir gesehen und gehöret haben.
(Wir können‘s ja not lassen, that wir not reden sollten, was wir gesehen and gehöret have.)
CLV Non enim possumus quæ vidimus et audivimus non loqui.[fn]
(Non because possumus which vidimus and audivimus not/no loqui.)
4.20 Non enim possumus. Id est, nolumus, vel in naturam versum est (ut angelis confirmatis) non peccare.
4.20 Non because possumus. Id it_is, nolumus, or in naturam versum it_is (ut angelis confirmatis) not/no peccare.
UGNT οὐ δυνάμεθα γὰρ ἡμεῖς ἃ εἴδαμεν καὶ ἠκούσαμεν μὴ λαλεῖν.
(ou dunametha gar haʸmeis ha eidamen kai aʸkousamen maʸ lalein.)
SBL-GNT οὐ δυνάμεθα γὰρ ἡμεῖς ἃ εἴδαμεν καὶ ἠκούσαμεν μὴ λαλεῖν.
(ou dunametha gar haʸmeis ha eidamen kai aʸkousamen maʸ lalein. )
TC-GNT Οὐ δυνάμεθα γὰρ ἡμεῖς, ἃ [fn]εἴδομεν καὶ [fn]ἠκούσαμεν, μὴ λαλεῖν.
(Ou dunametha gar haʸmeis, ha eidomen kai aʸkousamen, maʸ lalein.)
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
4:1-22 Persecution was a common experience of God’s people throughout the Bible. God’s servants often faced hostility and opposition (Deut 30:7; 1 Kgs 18:13; Neh 4:1-3; Jer 37–38; Matt 23:34-37; Luke 11:49-51; 1 Thes 2:14-15). Jesus himself was persecuted (Luke 4:29; John 5:16), and he told his disciples to expect the same kind of treatment (Matt 10:23; 24:9; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12; John 16:2), but he promised that the Holy Spirit would provide strength (Acts 1:8; Luke 12:11-12; 21:15). Acts records frequent times of persecution (Acts 4:3; 5:17-41; 7:54–8:3; 9:1-2; 11:19; 12:2; 13:50; 14:19; 16:19-24), but Acts also reiterates that the Holy Spirit empowers disciples to bear witness in such circumstances (2:44; 4:8-13; 6:10; 7:55). The boldness of Peter and John before the hostile high council exemplifies facing persecution with courage and power (4:20).
Persecution
Persecution is a common experience of God’s people. God’s servants have often faced hostility and opposition (e.g., Deut 30:7; 1 Kgs 18:13; Neh 4:1-3; Jer 37:11–38:28; Matt 23:34-37; Luke 11:49-51; 1 Thes 2:14-16). Jesus himself dealt with persecution (Luke 4:28-30; John 5:16). At the end of his earthly life, he endured mocking, beating, and a horrible death by crucifixion, and he told his disciples to expect the same kind of treatment (Matt 10:16-25; 24:9; Mark 13:9-13; Luke 21:12-17; John 16:2). He prepared his followers for such occasions, telling them that the Holy Spirit would give them the needed courage (Luke 12:11-12; 21:14-15; Acts 1:8).
The book of Acts documents the persecution of the earliest Christians, beginning with the hostility of the Jewish high council and the attacks of Saul of Tarsus on the early church prior to his encounter with Jesus near Damascus (Acts 8:1-3; 9:1-13, 21; 22:4; 26:9-11; see 1 Cor 15:9; Gal 1:13; Phil 3:6). Peter, John, Stephen, James, Paul, and Barnabas all suffered persecution (Acts 4:15-18; 5:17-18; 7:54-60; 12:1-4; 14:5-6). Jesus, in his parable of the farmer and the seed, noted the withering effects of persecution on those with shallow faith (Matt 13:20-21; Mark 4:16-17). Persecution purifies God’s people and gives them the opportunity to conform more closely to the character of Jesus. The apostles’ experiences in Acts bear out Paul’s general statement: “Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution” (2 Tim 3:12; see Mark 10:29-30).
Jesus told his disciples to expect to defend their faith in hostile settings (Matt 10:18-20; Luke 21:12-15), and the apostles and other leaders did so with courage and boldness (e.g., Acts 4:8-12, 31; 5:29-32; 6:8-10; 8:4-40; 9:27). Christians are called to defend their faith courageously and graciously, explaining their convictions to those who ask questions (Col 4:6; 2 Tim 2:24-25; 1 Pet 3:15).
Passages for Further Study
1 Kgs 18:2-15; 19:1-18; Neh 4:1-3; Jer 37:1–38:28; Matt 10:16-39; 13:20-21; 23:34-38; 24:9-14; Mark 10:29-31; 13:9-13; Luke 11:47-51; 12:11-12; 21:12-19; John 16:1-4; Acts 4:13-31; 5:17-42; 6:8–8:4; 9:1-31; 12:1-19; 14:1-7; 22:3-29; 23:12-31; 26:9-11; Gal 1:13; 1 Thes 2:14-16; 2 Tim 3:11-14; 1 Pet 3:13-18
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
γὰρ
for
Peter and John are using the word For to introduce the reason why the council needs to judge whether it would be right for them to obey the council rather than God. Alternate translation: “The reason why you must judge whom we should obey is that”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
ἡμεῖς & εἴδαμεν καὶ ἠκούσαμεν
we & ˱we˲_saw and ˱we˲_heard
Peter and John are using the word we to refer to themselves but not to their listeners, so use the exclusive form of the word in your translation if your language marks that distinction.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
οὐ δυνάμεθα & ἡμεῖς & μὴ λαλεῖν
not /are/_being_able & we & not /to_be/_speaking
You could state the meaning of this double negative positively. Alternate translation: “we must speak”