Acts 9:38

Ἐγγὺς δὲ οὔσης Λύδδης τῇ Ἰόππῃ, οἱ μαθηταὶ ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Πέτρος ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῇ, ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτόν, παρακαλοῦντες μὴ ὀκνῆσαι διελθεῖν ἕως αὐτῶν.

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 1451; engys; ἐγγὺς; [is] near; Prep

Strongs 1161; de; δὲ; and; Conj

Strongs 1510; ousēs; οὔσης; she who is being; V-PPA-GFS

Strongs 3069; Lyddas; Λύδδας; Lydda; N-GFS

Strongs 3588; tē; τῇ; the; Art-DFS

Strongs 2445; Ioppē; Ἰόππῃ; of Joppa; N-DFS

Strongs 3588; hoi; οἱ; the; Art-NMP

Strongs 3101; mathētai; μαθηταὶ; Learners; N-NMP

Strongs 191; akousantes; ἀκούσαντες; those who have heard; V-APA-NMP

Strongs 3754; hoti; ὅτι; because/that; Conj

Strongs 4074; Petros; Πέτρος; Small Stone; N-NMS

Strongs 1510; estin; ἐστὶν; is; V-PIA-3S

Strongs 1722; en; ἐν; within; Prep

Strongs 846; autē; αὐτῇ; herself; PPro-DF3S

Strongs 649; apesteilan; ἀπέστειλαν; sent; V-AIA-3P

Strongs 1417; dyo; δύο; two; Adj-AMP

Strongs 435; andras; ἄνδρας; males; N-AMP

Strongs 4314; pros; πρὸς; toward; Prep

Strongs 846; auton; αὐτὸν; himself; PPro-AM3S

Strongs 3870; parakalountes; παρακαλοῦντες; those who are calling beside; V-PPA-NMP

Strongs 3361; Mē; Μὴ; Not; Adv

Strongs 3635; oknēsēs; ὀκνήσῃς; to delay; V-ASA-2S

Strongs 1330; dielthein; διελθεῖν; to pass through; V-ANA

Strongs 2193; heōs; ἕως; until; Prep

Strongs 1473; hēmōn; ἡμῶν; of ourselves; PPro-G1P

RBT Translation:

Birth Pangs: "Pass through until you reach us, Don't be a Coward"

And as Travail was being near to the Beautiful, the Learners, those who have heard that Small Stone is within herself, sent away two Men toward himself, those who are calling in to their side: "Do not shrink back to travel across until ourselves!"⁴⁴

"Do not hesitate."

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Lydda being near Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter is in it, sent to him two men, beseeching not to hesitate to pass through even to them.

LITV Translation:
And Lydda being near to Joppa, the disciples hearing that Peter is in it, they sent two men to him, begging him not to delay to come to them.

Footnotes

44

All the modern English translations render ἕως ἡμῶν as “to us”, effectively absorbing the temporal nuance of ἕως into the prepositional sense of “to”. 

• Greek: διελθεῖν ἕως ἡμῶν → literally “to pass through until to us”

• English (modern translations): “come to us”

Observations:

1. ἕως + genitive normally conveys “until / up to” in a temporal or spatial sense.

2. Translators render it as “to us” to force the text to read naturally in English. Greek normally uses prepositions for this sense (e.g. ἔρχεσθε πρὸς ἡμᾶς “come toward us”)

3. The subtle implication of duration or endpoint (literally, “until he reaches us”) is mostly lost; the idiomatic takes emphasize the goal of the journey, not the temporal “until.”

So while the Greek emphasizes the endpoint/arrival, modern translations, as usual, prioritize English idiomatic bias.