complete verse (Acts 28:29)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 28:29:

  • Uma: “[[After Paulus spoke like that, the Yahudi people went-home from there and argued among themselves.]]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “After Paul said this, the Yahudi left and they argued greatly.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And after Paul said this, the Jews went out and very intense was their arguing.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “[Upon his saying that, the Jews left, extreme being their arguing-together.]” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When Pablo had ended that which he said, those Jews then left to go home. Their arguing as they went was far-from-ordinary.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Acts 28:29

This verse is omitted from many modern translations because its place in the text is quite doubtful, and for this reason the Good News Translation has placed the verse in brackets. Note that the contents of this verse simply duplicate what is said in verse 25. Because of the difficulty of historical and linguistic order, some early scribe may have thought it was necessary to try to resolve the problem by the addition of verse 29.

The Good News Translation has made the subject Paul explicit, whereas the Greek has simply “he.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .