In Purari society everyone marries, so the question was raised why Philip’s daughters were unmarried. The final rendering into Purari tended to imply that they were all under 18, in order to avoid the implication that they were all so undesirable that nobody wanted to marry them.
In him we live and move and have our being
The Greek that is translated into English as something like “In him we live and move and have our being” is expressed in Purari as “In him we stand up and sit down and lie down.”
essentials
The Greek term that is translated as “essentials” or “essential rules” in English is translated in Purari as “small handful of rules.”
flowers, wreaths
The Greek term that is translated as “wreath” or “flowers” into English is rendered in Purari as “tree flowers” to avoid the implication that they were shell decorations.
brothers (Acts 13:15)
The Greek term that is translated into English as “brothers” is rendered into Purari as “elder brothers” in order to show respect.
angel (Acts 12:15)
The Greek term that is translated as “angel” in English versions in this verse is translated into the Khmer Standard Version (2005) as as “soul” because people believe that the “soul” of a dead person can come back and knock on the door asking for food any time up to 7 days after death.
See also angel.
lower sheet, passive voice
In Purari there needed to be a specification on who lowered the sheet, so it said “four people.”
