OET interlinear MARK 12:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

καὶ ἔρχονται Σαδδουκαῖοι πρὸς αὐτόν, οἵτινες λέγουσιν ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι; καὶ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες

and /are/_coming /the/_Sadducees to him who /are/_saying /a/_resurrection not to_be and ˱they˲_/were/_asking him saying

Mark 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: “And some people approached him. They were Sadducees, who are a group who say that there is no resurrection. They were questioning him, saying”

Note 2 topic: writing-background

καὶ ἔρχονται Σαδδουκαῖοι πρὸς αὐτόν, οἵτινες λέγουσιν ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι

and /are/_coming /the/_Sadducees to him who /are/_saying /a/_resurrection not to_be

Here Mark 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. Some of them come to him”

Note 3 topic: writing-newevent

καὶ

and

Here, the word And introduces the next major event in the story. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave And untranslated. Alternate translation: “Then”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

Σαδδουκαῖοι & οἵτινες λέγουσιν ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι

/the/_Sadducees & who /are/_saying /a/_resurrection not to_be

This phrase is identifying the Sadducees as a group of Jews that said no one would rise from the dead. It is not identifying the Sadducees who came to question Jesus as members of that group who held that belief, as if other members did not. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that makes that more explicit. Alternate translation: “Sadducees, men who believe that no one will rise from the dead”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι

/a/_resurrection not to_be

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”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἔρχονται

/are/_coming

In a context such as this, your language might say “go” instead of come. Alternate translation: “go”

Note 7 topic: writing-quotations

λέγοντες

saying

Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: “and they said”