OET interlinear MAT 22:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ

on that ¬the day

The phrase On that day indicates that this event happened later that same day, after the previous event that Matthew described. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different word or phrase that introduces an event that happened later on the same day. Alternate translation: “Later on, during that same day,”

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ Σαδδουκαῖοι λέγοντες, μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν, καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν

on that ¬the day approached ˱to˲_him Sadducees saying not to_be /a/_resurrection and ˱they˲_asked him

Matthew is here introducing the Sadducees as new participants in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “On that day some people approached him. They were Sadducees, who are a group who say that there is no resurrection. They questioned him”

Note 3 topic: writing-background

ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ Σαδδουκαῖοι λέγοντες, μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν

on that ¬the day approached ˱to˲_him Sadducees saying not to_be /a/_resurrection

Here Matthew provides background information about the Sadducees that will help readers understand what happens next. Use a natural form in your language for introducing background information. Alternate translation: “Now the Sadducees teach that there is no resurrection. On that day, some of them approached him”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν

not to_be /a/_resurrection

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of resurrection, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “that people do not resurrect”