ACTs 8:16 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, 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).

ULT For he had not yet fallen upon any of them, but they had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

UST For the Holy Spirit had not yet openly empowered any of them. They had only received baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.

BSB For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

BLB For He was not yet fallen upon any of them, but they had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

AICNT for it had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

OEB (As yet the Spirit had not descended on any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus).

WEBBE for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptised in the name of Christ Jesus.

WMBB for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been immersed in the name of Messiah Yeshua.

NET (For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

LSV for as yet He was fallen on none of them, and only they have been immersed—into the Name of the Lord Jesus;

FBV The Holy Spirit hadn't come to any of these converts yet—they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

TCNT for the Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of [fn]Christ Jesus.

8:16 Christ ¦ the Lord ANT CT TR

T4T Peter and John realized that the Holy Spirit had not yet begun to empower any of them. They had been baptized {Philip had baptized them} because they had believed in [MTY] the Lord Jesus, but they did not know about the Holy Spirit.

LEB (For he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized[fn] in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

8:16 Literally “but they were only having been baptized”

BBE For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Moff No Moff ACTs book available

Wymth for He had not as yet fallen upon any of them. They had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

ASV for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

DRA For he was not as yet come upon any of them; but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

YLT for as yet he was fallen upon none of them, and only they have been baptized — to the name of the Lord Jesus;

Drby for he was not yet fallen upon any of them, only they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.

RV for as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

Wbstr (For as yet he had fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

KJB-1769 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

KJB-1611 (For as yet hee was fallen vpon none of them: onely they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Iesus.)
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps (For as yet he was come downe vpon none of them, but they were baptized only in the name of Christ Iesu.)
((For as yet he was come down upon none of them, but they were baptized only in the name of Christ Yesu.))

Gnva (For as yet, hee was fallen downe on none of them, but they were baptized onely in the Name of the Lord Iesus.)
((For as yet, he was fallen down on none of them, but they were baptized only in the Name of the Lord Yesus/Yeshua.) )

Cvdl For as yet he was come vpon none of them but they were baptysed onely in the name of Christ Iesu.
(For as yet he was come upon none of them but they were baptised only in the name of Christ Yesu.)

TNT For as yet he was come on none of them: But they were baptised only in the name of Christ Iesu.
(For as yet he was come on none of them: But they were baptised only in the name of Christ Yesu. )

Wycl for he cam not yit in to ony of hem, but thei weren baptisid oonli in the name of the Lord Jhesu.
(for he came not yet in to any of them, but they were baptised oonli in the name of the Lord Yhesu.)

Luth (Denn er war noch auf keinen gefallen, sondern waren allein getauft auf den Namen Christi JEsu.)
((Because he what/which still on none gefallen, rather were alone getauft on the name(s) Christi YEsu.))

ClVg nondum enim in quemquam illorum venerat, sed baptizati tantum erant in nomine Domini Jesu.[fn]
(nondum because in quemquam illorum venerat, but baptizati only they_were in nomine Master Yesu. )

8.16 In nomine. Non est sic legendum, in nomine Jesu tantum, ut aliæ personæ excludantur, sed sic: tantum baptizati erant, etc., id est necdum confirmati. Jesu. Tamen ante, in Patrem credeban et in Spiritum sanctum, sicut alii Judæi. Vel, plena fides unius personæ fidem Trinitatis confirmat.

8.16 In nomine. Non it_is so legendum, in nomine Yesu tantum, as in_another personæ excludantur, but sic: tantum baptizati erant, etc., id it_is necdum confirmati. Yesu. Tamen ante, in Patrem credeban and in Spiritum holy, like alii Yudæi. Vel, plena fides of_one personæ faith Trinitatis confirmat.

UGNT οὐδέπω γὰρ ἦν ἐπ’ οὐδενὶ αὐτῶν ἐπιπεπτωκός, μόνον δὲ βεβαπτισμένοι ὑπῆρχον εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ.
(oudepō gar aʸn ep’ oudeni autōn epipeptōkos, monon de bebaptismenoi hupaʸrⱪon eis to onoma tou Kuriou Yaʸsou.)

SBL-GNT ⸀οὐδέπω γὰρ ἦν ἐπʼ οὐδενὶ αὐτῶν ἐπιπεπτωκός, μόνον δὲ βεβαπτισμένοι ὑπῆρχον εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ⸀κυρίου Ἰησοῦ.
(⸀oudepō gar aʸn epʼ oudeni autōn epipeptōkos, monon de bebaptismenoi hupaʸrⱪon eis to onoma tou ⸀kuriou Yaʸsou.)

TC-GNT [fn]οὔπω γὰρ ἦν ἐπ᾽ οὐδενὶ αὐτῶν ἐπιπεπτωκός, μόνον δὲ βεβαπτισμένοι ὑπῆρχον εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ [fn]Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
(oupō gar aʸn ep oudeni autōn epipeptōkos, monon de bebaptismenoi hupaʸrⱪon eis to onoma tou Ⱪristou Yaʸsou. )

8:16 ουπω ¦ ουδεπω CT

8:16 χριστου ¦ κυριου ANT CT TR

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὐδέπω & ἦν ἐπ’ οὐδενὶ αὐτῶν ἐπιπεπτωκός

not_yet & ˱it˲_was on no_one ˱of˲_them /having/_fallen_on

Luke is speaking of the Holy Spirit as if it could fall on the Samaritan believers. Alternate translation: [none of them had yet received the Holy Spirit]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Luke is using the word For to introduce the reason why Peter and John had to pray for the Samaritans to receive the Holy Spirit. Alternate translation: [They prayed for them because]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

οὐδέπω & ἦν ἐπ’ οὐδενὶ αὐτῶν ἐπιπεπτωκός

not_yet & ˱it˲_was on no_one ˱of˲_them /having/_fallen_on

In Greek this is a double negative for emphasis, “he had not yet fallen upon none of them.” The second negative does not cancel the first to create a positive meaning. If for emphasis your language uses double negatives that do not cancel one another, it would be appropriate to use that construction here.

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

οὐδέπω & ἦν & ἐπιπεπτωκός

not_yet & ˱it˲_was & /having/_fallen_on

The pronoun he stands for the Holy Spirit. Alternate translation: [the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

μόνον & βεβαπτισμένοι ὑπῆρχον εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ

only & /having_been/_baptized ˱they˲_/were/_being into the name ˱of˲_the Lord Jesus

Here, the name of the Lord Jesus represents his authority, and being baptized into his name represents being baptized in order to be under his authority. Alternate translation: [they had only been baptized to become disciples of the Lord Jesus]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

μόνον & βεβαπτισμένοι ὑπῆρχον

only & /having_been/_baptized ˱they˲_/were/_being

If your language does not use this passive form, you could state this in active form. If you must state who did the action, the context suggests it was Philip. Alternate translation: [Philip had only baptized them] or [Philip had only baptized the Samaritan believers]

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