OET interlinear LUKE 3:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / events

ἐγένετο δὲ

˱it˲_became and

The previous verse says that Herod put John in prison. It might be helpful to make it clear that the account that starts in this verse happened before John was arrested. UST does that by starting this verse with “but before Herod did that.”

Note 2 topic: writing-newevent

ἐγένετο δὲ

˱it˲_became and

Luke uses this phrase to introduce a new event in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

βαπτισθῆναι ἅπαντα τὸν λαὸν

/to_be/_baptized all the people

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. Alternate translation: “while John was baptizing all the people who came to him”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

ἅπαντα τὸν λαὸν

all the people

The phrase all the people is a generalization for emphasis. Alternate translation: “all the people who came to him”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

καὶ Ἰησοῦ βαπτισθέντος

and Jesus /having_been/_baptized

You could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: “John also baptized Jesus”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀνεῳχθῆναι τὸν οὐρανὸν

/to_be/_opened_up ¬the heaven

You could express this with an active form. This was more than a simple clearing of the clouds, but it is not clear exactly what the expression means, so it may be best not to try to specify what happened too exactly. Alternate translation: “the sky opened up”