OET interlinear MAT 16:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ὅτι δεῖ αὐτὸν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπελθεῖν, καὶ πολλὰ παθεῖν ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, καὶ ἀρχιερέων, καὶ γραμματέων, καὶ ἀποκτανθῆναι καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐγερθῆναι

˱to˲_the disciples ˱of˲_him that ˱it˲_/is/_fitting him to Jerusalem /to/_go_away and many_‹things› /to/_suffer from the elders and chief_priests and scribes and /to_be/_killed_off and ˱on˲_the third day /to_be/_raised

It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: “to his disciples, saying, ‘It is necessary for me to go to Jerusalem and to suffer much from the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be killed and to be raised on the third day’”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀποκτανθῆναι

/to_be/_killed_off

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that the elders and chief priests and scribes would order someone to do it. Alternate translation: “to die” or “for them to put him to death”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐγερθῆναι

/to_be/_raised

Here, the word raised refers to someone who died coming back to life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable word or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to be restored to life”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐγερθῆναι

/to_be/_raised

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, Matthew could be implying that: (1) God did it. Alternate translation: “to have God raise him” or “for God to raise him” (2) Jesus himself did it. Alternate translation: “to raise himself”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ

˱on˲_the third day

Here, the phrase on the third day refers to the day after tomorrow. People in Jesus’ culture counted the current day as the first day, tomorrow as the second day, and the day after tomorrow as the third day. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that refers to the day after tomorrow. Alternate translation: “on the day after the next day” or “two days later”

Note 6 topic: translate-ordinal

τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ

˱on˲_the third day

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use a cardinal number here or an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: “on day three”