OET interlinear LUKE 17:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-background

ἐπερωτηθεὶς δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν Φαρισαίων πότε ἔρχεται ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ

/having_been/_asked and by the Pharisees when /is/_coming the Kingdom ¬the ˱of˲_God

Luke uses this phrase to begin relating a new event by introducing background information that will help readers understand what happens next. It may be helpful to make this a separate sentence. Alternate translation: “Now when some Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was coming”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

ἐπερωτηθεὶς δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν Φαρισαίων πότε ἔρχεται ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ

/having_been/_asked and by the Pharisees when /is/_coming the Kingdom ¬the ˱of˲_God

If it would be helpful in your language, you could present this as a direct quotation rather than as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: “Now some Pharisees asked Jesus, ‘When is the kingdom of God coming?’”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐπερωτηθεὶς & ὑπὸ τῶν Φαρισαίων

/having_been/_asked & by the Pharisees

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who was the recipient of the action. Alternate translation: “some Pharisees asked Jesus”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

πότε ἔρχεται ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ

when /is/_coming the Kingdom ¬the ˱of˲_God

See how you decided to translate the phrase the kingdom of God in 4:43. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun kingdom with a verb such as “rule.” Alternate translation: “when God would begin to rule”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς καὶ εἶπεν

˱he˲_answered ˱to˲_them and said

Together the two words answered and said mean that Jesus said what follows in response to the question that the Pharisees asked him. Alternate translation: “he responded”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

οὐκ ἔρχεται ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ μετὰ παρατηρήσεως

not /is/_coming the Kingdom ¬the ˱of˲_God with observation

Jesus uses the word observation to mean things that people can observe. Alternate translation: “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs that people can observe”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

οὐκ ἔρχεται ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ

not /is/_coming the Kingdom ¬the ˱of˲_God

See how you decided to translate the phrase the kingdom of God in 4:43. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun kingdom with a verb such as “rule.” Alternate translation: “God is not going to begin to rule”