Paragraph 19:32–34

19:32a

Meanwhile: This verse starts with a Greek phrase that indicates that the story continues. Here it indicates that Luke began to write about the crowd again. For example:

At that time,
-or-
Well, as for those people there at that meeting-place,

The New International Version and some English versions allow the context to imply that the story continues and do not translate the Greek phrase.

the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another: The Greek words are literally “Some were shouting one thing, some another because the assembly was in confusion.” The assembly being confused was a reason for people shouting various things. For example:

some were shouting one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion (New Revised Standard Version)

But there were other reasons for people shouting various things. So some English versions indicate the connection more generally. The New International Version does so with the colon (:).

the assembly was in turmoil: In some languages the translation must refer to the people of the assembly being in turmoil. For example:

The people who had gathered were in turmoil

Some were shouting one thing and some another: The words were shouting and thing are implied in the second clause. They are not repeated in the Greek or the Berean Standard Bible. This is an acceptable way of writing in Greek and English. In some languages some or all of the words must be repeated. For example:

Some were shouting one thing, some ⌊were shouting⌋ another ⌊thing⌋
-or-
some people were shouting one thing, others were shouting something else (Good News Translation)

19:32b

and: The Greek conjunction that the Berean Standard Bible translates literally as and introduces 19:32b. It introduces a second reason why people were shouting various things.

most of them did not even know why they were there: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as they were there is literally “they had assembled.” For example:

they had gathered together (New Jerusalem Bible)

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