40When he had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the people for silence, and when there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying:
Orthodox Icons are not drawings or creations of imagination. They are in fact writings of things not of this world. Icons can represent our Lord Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the Saints. They can also represent the Holy Trinity, Angels, the Heavenly hosts, and even events. Orthodox icons, unlike Western pictures, change the perspective and form of the image so that it is not naturalistic. This is done so that we can look beyond appearances of the world, and instead look to the spiritual truth of the holy person or event. (Source )
The term that is transliterated as “Paul” in English is translated in American Sign Language with a sign that signifies the many letters he wrote. (Source: Ruth Anna Spooner, Ron Lawer)
“Paul” in American Sign Language, source: Deaf Harbor
In Spanish Sign Language it is translated with a sign depicting putting away a sword, referring to his conversion from a persecutor of Christians to a Christian leader. (Source: Steve Parkhurst)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 21:40:
Uma: “So, he indeed gave him opportunity. That is why Paulus stood on the stairs, and motioned to the people to be quiet. When they were quiet, he began speaking in the Ibrani language, the language of the Yahudi people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
Yakan: “The colonel allowed Paul. So he stood on the stairs and he made a sign to the people with his hand so that they would listen. When they stopped making noise, Paul spoke to them in the Hibrani language.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he permitted Paul, and Paul, standing there on the steps, lifted up his hand as a sign that he had something to say to the people. And when their noisiness stopped, Paul spoke in the Hebrew language.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The commander gave-permission, so Pablo stood on the stairs/ladder, and gestured to quiet the people. When they became-quiet, he began-to-speak in Hebreo the language of the Jews, and he said,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Tagbanwa: “Well, since he was permitted, he stood on the top stair of that stairway/ladder and raised his hand for there was something he wanted to say. And then when no-one was making a noise any more, he spoke in the Hebreo language.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Although almost all translations say that Paul spoke to them in Hebrew, actually Paul would have been speaking in Aramaic, the language which the Jews of that day used (see New English Bible “in the Jewish language”). Spoke to them in Hebrew may be rendered as “spoke to them; the words he used were Hebrew words,” “spoke to them, using the Hebrew language,” “spoke to them in their own Jewish language,” or “… in the language used by the Jews.”
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 .
Living Water is produced for the Bible translation movement in association with Lutheran Bible Translators. Lyrics derived from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®).
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