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OET (OET-LV) You are not greater than Abraʼam the father of_us, who died_off?
Also the prophets died_off.
Whom you_are_making yourself?
OET (OET-RV) How could you be greater than our ancestor Abraham who died? Even the prophets died. Who do you think you are?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
μὴ σὺ μείζων εἶ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ, ὅστις ἀπέθανεν?
not you greater_‹than› are the father ˱of˲_us Abraham who died_off
The Jews are using this question to emphasize that they do not think that Jesus is greater than Abraham. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate these words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “You are certainly not greater than our father Abraham who died!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν
the father ˱of˲_us
See how you translated this phrase in verse 39.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
τίνα σεαυτὸν ποιεῖς?
whom yourself ˱you˲_/are/_making
The Jews are using this question to rebuke Jesus for thinking that he is more important than Abraham. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate these words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “You should not think that you are so important!”
8:53 Who do you think you are? This question was antagonistic and aggressive. However, if Jesus is immortal, ruling over life and death, then he is greater than Abraham, the prophets, or any of the greatest people in Israel’s history (8:58).
OET (OET-LV) You are not greater than Abraʼam the father of_us, who died_off?
Also the prophets died_off.
Whom you_are_making yourself?
OET (OET-RV) How could you be greater than our ancestor Abraham who died? Even the prophets died. Who do you think you are?”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and English gloss (7th line) are all thanks to the SR-GNT.